Editorials

A Newcomer’s Perspective on SpotLAX2023

Mark Lawrence shares his experiences as a first time attendee at SpotLAX2023.

Editorials

The Flying Classroom: Culture Change and City Transformation

Mark Lawrence recently sat down with Opa-Locka FL City Manager Darvin Williams and Captain Barrington Irving to discuss The Flying Classroom.

Editorials

Save The Dates: SpotLAX Returns Next September

SpotLAX returns next September! Save the date for our annual plane spotting weekend held at Los Angeles International Airport.

Editorials

Get To The Chopper! My First Time Spotting From A Helicopter.

Mark Lawrence checked an item off his bucket list while at #SpotLAX2023, when he took a helicopter plane spotting flight over LAX.

Events

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About #SpotLAX2023

Now in its 10th year, SpotLAX returns for 2023! Here is everything you need to know about the event. From a schedule of events to spotting locations and transportation info, it’s all here.


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The Why, How and Where of Flight Diversions

While diversions do happen frequently, the decision to land a plane perhaps hundreds or thousands of miles from its destination is not taken lightly. A look at why planes divert and how pilots, dispatchers and managers choose w...
by Phil Derner Jr.
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Meet SpaceX’s New Manned Dragon: Cool Animation Shows ‘How It Works’

Want to meet and fly aboard SpaceX’s next generation manned Dragon V2 spacecraft? Well hop aboard for a ride to the International Space Station and back.
by Ken Kremer, UniverseToday.com
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The Noisy, Sweaty Hell of Small Planes

I spent the better part of five years immersed in general aviation. Frankly, as I see it, those are 1,500 hours that I’m never getting back.
by Patrick Smith
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Video: Boeing 747-8 Extreme Braking Test

How does Boeing test the braking limits on the largest aircraft they've ever built? File the brake pads down to the rivets, load up the plane to nearly a million pounds, gun the engines to 200 mph, then mash the brakes as hard ...
by admin
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27 Dead in Indonesian Plane Crash

A Merpati Airlines passenger plane carrying at least 27 people crashed off Indonesia's West Papua province on Saturday, officials said, adding that a number of bodies have been recovered.
by BNO News
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