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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Joined July 2010
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JackG retweeted
A Cessna 172M got flipped upside down by a United Boeing 737 jet blast at John Wayne Airport in California yesterday.
I almost had this happen to me taxing a Cessna 172 at Boeing Field in Seattle about 27 years ago. I had just vacated runway 13L and was northbound on the Alpha taxiway. As I came upon the UPS cargo ramp, there was a 747 pulling into their stand. The ramp was sloped slightly uphill.
I knew as I taxied behind them the pilot was going to apply some thrust to make it uphill. I went full scale deflection with my ailerons by turning the yoke into the direction of their jet blast. The blast picked up my right wing with only my nose wheel and left main remaining on the ground. It maybe lasted about 3 seconds.
In hindsight I should have just stopped short and waited for them but I was a Jr. D*ckweed 51 teenager back then. Situational awareness on the ground and in the air is paramount for any pilot. I chalk it up to one of those, “I learned about flying from that” moments.
JackG retweeted
Meanwhile, in Florida…
A Cessna 172D Skyhawk (N2905U) made an emergency landing near Bayshore Road and I-75 in North Fort Myers, Florida, on November 7, 2026. Thankfully, no injuries were reported.
Bro really merged into traffic like he was joining the highway. The cars just kept driving without even braking hard.
"Hey, hey! Slow down! We need to exchange insurance details! WE NEED TO EXCHANGE INSURANCE DETAILS!"
JackG retweeted
AI data centers are now buying old CFM56 cores because the grid can’t keep up.
I’ve pulled enough of these off 737s and A320s. Normally they go for overhaul or parts. FTAI’s turning the cores into generators that hit 23 MW continuous and 25 MW peak. They already have over 100 contracted for the US and Canada in 2027–2028. In July their Joint venture with Jereh group got a $1.465 billion order from a cloud provider for the mobile ones.
xAI’s doing the same idea with eight converted GE CF6s (old 747 engines) at their Mississippi site for Colossus 2.
AerFin just picked up 44 737NGs and 88 CFM56-7Bs from Qantas, their biggest deal. Most of those will stay in aviation, but the power side is now competing for the same cores.
Weird seeing engines I know from the ramp ending up next to servers.
* Old retired CFM56 in the video.
JackG retweeted
Dando partida no maior helicóptero de produção do planeta
O gigante que aparece no vídeo é o Mil Mi-26, conhecido pela OTAN como Halo. Desenvolvido na antiga União Soviética, ele é o maior helicóptero de produção em série já construído.
A partida impressiona: a fumaça expelida pelos motores, o ronco das turbinas e as gigantescas pás do rotor principal começando a girar revelam a dimensão dessa máquina.
ALGUMAS CURIOSIDADES SOBRE O GIGANTE:
Rotor principal: 32 metros de diâmetro e oito pás.
Motorização: dois motores turboeixo, com aproximadamente 11.400 cavalos de potência cada.
Capacidade de carga: até 20 toneladas.
Peso máximo de decolagem: aproximadamente 56 toneladas.
O Mi-26 foi projetado para transportar cargas extremamente pesadas, como veículos militares, equipamentos industriais e até outras aeronaves em operações específicas.
Além do uso militar, também participou de operações humanitárias e de resposta a desastres. Após o acidente nuclear de Chernobyl, em 1986, uma versão adaptada, o Mi-26S, foi empregada em missões de descontaminação da região. A aeronave também possui versões utilizadas no combate a incêndios e no transporte de cargas em áreas de difícil acesso.
JackG retweeted
Yeah, you’re definitely getting arrested & the airline will give us paid time to come testify.
You’ve wrecked the follow-on schedule for that jet, affecting hundreds of other passengers, maybe thousands. You deserve jail time.
JackG retweeted
AIRCRAFT INCIDENT – JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT (SNA)
#Cessna172M #Skyhawk N57BM flipped over on the ramp after being hit by #JetBlast from a #United737.
Airport Crash 3 and county emergency crews are responding. Occupant/s status not yet confirmed on frequency. Ground control (120.8) reported the aircraft shut down its engine and could not hear radio.
Aircraft is a 1973 Cessna 172M (S/N 17261980), privately registered.
Developing. @theATCapp
#SNA #JohnWayneAirport #Aviation #ATC #Cessna
JackG retweeted
Oakland Airport is auctioning off these electric baggage tugs.
They sell for next to nothing.
What's the use case for making money, Entrepreneur?
JackG retweeted
Friends who fly together 🫶
These shots from Piper Ambassador Emily Larry show just how much fun it can be.
#PiperAircraft #FlyPiper #PilotLife #Aviation #PiperAmbassador
JackG retweeted
JUST IN: FAA announces plans to phase out floppy disks used in U.S. air traffic control towers by the end of 2028.
JackG retweeted
Watch this Lufthansa A350-1000 come in for an amazing touch and go. The main gear meets the runway for just a moment, the spoilers pop up briefly to dump lift and plant the aircraft, then throttles go forward, and one of the most advanced airliners is airborne again. Smooth and beautiful.✈️
🎥ilio_spotter
JackG retweeted
13,629 FEET. A NEW HEIGHT IN AVIATION HISTORY.
An Indian Air Force IL-76MD has scripted history with a successful landing at Nyoma, marking the highest-altitude landing ever achieved by the aircraft anywhere in the world.
A remarkable demonstration of the aircraft’s enduring capability, backed by the exceptional skill, precision, and professionalism of its crew.
A milestone that reinforces India’s strategic airlift capability.
Pushing boundaries. Redefining limits. Making history.
#IndianAirForce #IAF #Nyoma #AviationHistory #IndianDefence
@DefenceMinIndia
@SpokespersonMoD
@HQ_IDS_India
@adgpi
@indiannavy
@CareerinIAF
@air_veterans
JackG retweeted
Celebrating 89 years in the logbook means thousands of stories in the hangar ✈️
As we look ahead to year 90, we’re revisiting the blueprints and breakthroughs that shaped Piper, and the early aircraft where it all began.
#PiperAircraft #FlyPiper #GeneralAviation #PilotLife
JackG retweeted
This A340-600F, (flown by Air Atlanta Icelandic for World Cargo), wasn’t built to haul freight. It started life as a passenger airliner.
Airlines parked a lot of A340s in recent years. Four-engine passenger jets are expensive to run, and the twins replaced them. But the -600 has long range and a lot of space, and in cargo demand spikes, conversion became worthwhile.
The conversions I found coverage of strip out the seats and fit fire suppression in the main cabin. Without a big side cargo door, crews load through the existing doors, with conveyors and rollers to move the freight.✈️
JackG retweeted
The FAA deployed the nation’s first digital air traffic control towers in Florida and Alaska! The new technology uses advanced cameras and digital displays to provide controllers with a continuous, 360-degree view of runways, taxiways and surrounding airspace giving controllers better tools to do their job.