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astrokatie.com
After a hiatus of a year and a half I got to fly this again on Saturday, as a volunteer pilot at the Canadian Aviation Museum. I’m rusty for sure but hoping to get the hang of it soon. Such an honor to fly such a cool airplane! #avgeek #aviation
A photo of a yellow antique airplane called a Chipmunk, inside a large hangar. It is a fixed-gear tailwheel airplane with a bubble canopy and RCAF markings on it
December 16, 2024 at 4:18 PM
astrokatie.com
Had a nice vantage point for the last sunset of 2024
#avgeek #aviation
The sun setting over the ocean, as viewed from a small airplane at about 4500 feet. The right wing is in view.. Along the coastline between the water and the mountains, a layer of cloud obscures the shore. A view of me at the controls of the plane, which is a Piper Archer, with a glass panel. I am essentially flying into the sunset.
January 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
astrokatie.com
I wanted some aviation-related things so I commissioned an artist & now I have a new favorite tank top & a safety-enhancing bumper sticker!

You can get your own versions at the Redbubble store linked on my new (very bare-bones so far) website, www.flyingphysics.com, if you like! #aviation #avgeek
Me standing in front of the big show arch at Oshkosh AirVenture wearing a tank top that says “Dog is my co-pilot”. The image on the shirt is a cartoon of a low-wing airplane in which there is a human in the left (pilot) seat and a happy goofy dog in the right (copilot) seat Another view of me standing in front of the AirVenture arch, this time a longer view so you can see the full length of the tank top. I’m wearing shorts and looking to the side. A bumper sticker that says “CAUTION easily distracted by airplanes”. It’s being held up in front of the back of a Ridgeline truck with a bike rack on it. It’s not my truck; it’s a rental.
July 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
astrokatie.com
Spent some quality alone-time in the sky yesterday 🛩️ #aviation #avgeek
A view from 5000 feet in a small airplane. There are lots of green fields below and a scattered cloud layer about 500 feet above, with high cirrus clouds far overhead A selfie of me flying the plane. I’m wearing aviator sunglasses and a headset, looking relaxed A photo of the plane (a Mooney) parked on the tarmac with the setting sun behind, lighting up the high clouds orange
August 24, 2024 at 12:54 PM
astrokatie.com
One of my favorite kinds of flying is taking up friends and sharing the joy of #GeneralAviation. From the last few months: flights with my NASA friend Holly, @maryrobinettekowal.com & her fighter-pilot-veteran father-in-law Glenn, and @malwaretech.com. #avgeek #aviation
Holly and me in a Piper Archer in the sky somewhere over Southern California Photo of me flying a G1000-equipped Piper Archer with Glenn in the right seat looking to the side as I’m banking the plane. Photo taken by Mary Robinette in the back Me and Marcus in a Piper Archer somewhere over Southern California A view of part of the California coast just before sunset near San Luis Obispo from the flight with Marcus
January 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
planeyboys.bsky.social
I'm grabbin him.... holding him...... delaying him further #art #artwork #avgeek #airplanes #planeposting #aerlingus
November 28, 2024 at 11:58 PM
astrokatie.com
Saturday. #aviation #avgeek
A wing of a yellow RCAF airplane (specifically: a DHC-1 Chipmunk) viewed from inside the plane in flight about 1000 feet above the ground. The skyline of Detroit appears just on the other side of a river in the distance.
March 1, 2026 at 4:34 AM
planeyboys.bsky.social
Whole Airplane In A Can #avgeek #airplanes #comics
November 27, 2024 at 5:24 PM
airportplanner.bsky.social
The Northern Lights made a spectacular appearance above Denver International Airport (DEN) last night #DEN #airport #avgeek 📸courtesy of DEN Operations
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
avsource.bsky.social
The Captain of Alaska Airlines flight AS1282 has sued Boeing for $10 million, alleging the manufacturer attempted to deflect blame onto him and his crew for a midair door plug failure.

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#AlaskaAirlines #Boeing #737MAX #avgeek #Aviation #Aviationnews
Alaska Airlines Pilot Sues Boeing for $10 Million, Alleging Scapegoating in Door Plug Blowout
The Captain of Alaska Airlines flight AS1282 has sued Boeing for $10 million, alleging the manufacturer attempted to deflect blame onto him and his crew for a midair door plug failure.
aviationsourcenews.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:41 AM
astrokatie.com
I love exploring the cloud canyons 😍
🛩️ #aviation #avgeek #IFR
A view from the cockpit over the nose of a single-engine propeller plane of a cloud formation with little puffy clouds all around like the inside of a half-stuffed plush toy, with blue sky visible through a gap in the middle and upper left
August 26, 2024 at 4:10 AM
mseeley.net
Blue Moon: JetBlue flight JBU543 did a flyby of the Moon as it traveled from New York (EWR) and West Palm Beach (PBI) last Friday (1/10).

Seen here from the Space Coast, the Airbus A320-232 (reg N521JB) was flying @ 28k ft & 480 kts.

📷: me, flight data by @flightradar24.com

#photography #Avgeek
January 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
astrokatie.com
Winter flying is something else. #aviation #avgeek
December 8, 2024 at 1:41 AM
admirablewomen.bsky.social
American aviator Harriet Quimby the first woman to fly across the English Channel, 1912. Her only instruments were a hand-held compass and a watch.

She was the first woman in the US to obtain a pilot's license, 1911. She was born #OTD in 1875.

#aviation #AvGeek #AviationHistory
A high-contrast, black-and-white historical photograph captures American aviation pioneer Harriet Quimby (1875–1912) seated in the cockpit of her Blériot monoplane. The composition is a medium shot, framed by the intricate network of the aircraft's structural wires and bracing struts that converge above her head, creating a geometric web against the soft, overcast sky. Quimby is dressed in her iconic signature flying suit: a dark, shimmering satin hooded ensemble that fits snugly around her face, emphasizing her striking features. She looks directly at the camera with a confident, radiant smile and bright eyes, projecting a mood of adventurous optimism. Her gloved hands rest on the controls of the open-air cockpit. The background is a soft-focus, desolate airfield, which highlights her as the central figure of progress. This image carries immense historical weight, representing the first woman to earn a U.S. pilot’s license and the first to fly across the English Channel. The handwritten caption at the bottom reads, "Harriet Quimby in her Blériot monoplane," grounding the portrait in its early 20th-century origins.
May 11, 2026 at 10:11 PM
astrokatie.com
Big shoutout to my flying buddy Lisa who had her first warbird solo last night! #avgeek #aviation
peacewind.aero Lisa 🇨🇦 @peacewind.aero · Nov 23
Update: I soloed a taildragger last night. Not just a taildragger either. A warbird traildragger. #aviation #avgeek
Me smiling while sitting (partially spilling) out of a yellow DeHavilland DHC-1 Chipmunk. The livery has the RCAF logo on it and the old Red Ensign on the tail.
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
planeyboys.bsky.social
water cannon salute #planeposting #avgeek

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December 18, 2024 at 3:22 PM
airwaysmag.bsky.social
BA Airbus A380 taking off from MIA

By jere_aviation

#britishairways #airbus #avgeek
August 26, 2026 at 12:54 PM
planeyboys.bsky.social
Plane spotter..... spot planer...? #avgeek #planespotting #airplanes #planeposting
December 2, 2024 at 11:55 PM
nevrender.bsky.social
Kept adding my favorite cursed dreams to the same page until they started scheming in a circle

#art #aviation #avgeek #M-2D
January 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
planeyboys.bsky.social
Lufty 747 but photographed with my BIG lens #avgeek #planeposting #artwork
March 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
planeyboys.bsky.social
Mama Croatian Dash 8 waiting for the widdle 200's to grow #planeposting #avgeek
April 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
planeyboys.bsky.social
concorde can be petted at speeds of up to mach 2.04 #avgeek #art #concorde
November 14, 2024 at 8:12 PM
mseeley.net
🌗+✈️

Bathed in morning sunlight, an Embraer E175LR (N288NN) transits the 3rd quarter Moon early Sunday over the Space Coast.

American Eagle 4113 was traveling from Wilmington (ILM) to Miami (MIA) at 32k ft & 431 kts.

(📷: me; flight data by @flightradar24.com)

#Avgeek #Aviation #photography
September 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
planeyboys.bsky.social
Called out early morning, still in jammies #planeposting #avgeek
January 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Omg.

$SAVE #AVgeek 🤡
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Nov 9
The WSJ on how unbelievably stupid Noem and Lewandowski are.

I don’t care that I’m late to this; it’s to good to pass up.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
More broadly, officials across ICE say Noem and Lewandowski have directed them to use a $170 billion infusion of cash from Congress to launch splashy ideas that have proven ineffective or impractical. Among the examples some ICE officials have cited: A few weeks ago, the pair ordered ICE officials to buy 10 737 jets from Spirit Airlines that they said would be used to boost deportation flights— and for their own travel, according to people familiar with the matter. Some officials warned the pair that the effort would be prohibitively expensive compared with hiring more flight contractors, the people said. Once the officials looked into the proposal, they learned that Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy for a second time in August, didn't own the planes. The planes also don't have engines, which would need to be purchased separately. The project has since been put on pause, though DHS recently purchased two Gulfstream jets for $200 million, according to Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee, who were notified by the department. A spokesperson for Spirit didn't respond to a request for comment.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM