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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Air France A380 Arrives at JFK on November 20th

Air France has finalized its first A380 schedule: Paris (CDG)-New York (JFK) service will begin November 23rd, with special inaugural flights on Nov. 20th and 21st.
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Boeing Delivers FedEx’s First 777F

Boeing handed FedEx the keys to a shiny new 777 Freighter today, the box hauler's first of 15 on order. In 2006, FedEx placed what is still the largest 777F buy to date, soon after canceling their A380F order due to the Airbus ...
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This is the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six (N71MC) that collided with a helicopter over the Hudson. (Photo by Paul Kanagie)

Harrowing Accident Exposes Hudson River Corridor’s Flaws—and Beauty

A pilot explores the history of aviation accidents over the Hudson River corridor and the rarity of mid-air collisions.
by Brian Futterman

 
 

Week In Review

This week, the TSA leaked a sensitive procedure manual, Boeing announced a date for 787's first flight, United placed A350 and 787 orders, Republic Airways looked to replace the Frontier Airbus fleet, the Northwest overfly dram...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 
 

Flying Through History Aboard the B-17 Flying Fortress: A Photo Essay

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was America's workhorse bomber throughout World War II. Few flyable copies remain, but two of them, Liberty Belle and Aluminum Overcast, recently visited Seattle. We got to fly both of them.
by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren