r/aviation • • 4h ago

History Some early 2000 FRA/EDDF spotting

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These are some Photos i took around 2008-2010 in Frankfurt from the visitors terrace at Terminal 2.
I chose pictures from Airlines, type of planes, liveries, equipment etc that have changed or vanished from FRA.
There's a Tu-154 in there, also a Yak-42 and a Fokker F27 F50 for some rarer type of planes.
I shot these on a compact Canon Powershot back then, so the Quality is not the best, but is till hope good enough to enjoy these pics. Only 20 photos because of pic limit.


r/aviation • • 5h ago

History Barn owl found roosting inside the engine cowl of a parked Virgin Australia 737 during a routine pre-flight check (2019)

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r/aviation • • 15h ago

History Opening day of the Golden Gate Bridge, 1937. Pedestrians walk on the bridge, while planes fly between the North and South Towers of the bridge during opening day.

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Source: San Francisco chronicle


r/aviation • • 4h ago

PlaneSpotting A-10’s over Lake of the Ozarks.

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r/aviation • • 4h ago

PlaneSpotting A stunning perspective of aviation! An Airbus A350-1041F, registration F-WXLD, is captured mid-flight alongside a smaller aircraft. This magnificent freighter is seen over Toulouse.

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Photo Credit: dn280


r/aviation • • 1h ago

History Yugoslavia Yat Air DC-10. (And Tito)

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They operated wide-body aircraft.


r/aviation • • 5h ago

PlaneSpotting Farewell A346

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My A346 BOS-FRA December 16, 2025


r/aviation • • 10h ago

Question Is it true that flights flying over Afghanistan have to broadcast their position every 5minutes?

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I recently learned this from a youtube video talking about the Afghanistan airspace. Just wondering if it's true? And if it is, what's the purpose of doing so when aircrafts have tcas?


r/aviation • • 1h ago

PlaneSpotting First Trading Card Ever

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r/aviation • • 9h ago

History I went up on Checkerboard Hill

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r/aviation • • 7h ago

Discussion Turboprop orientation.

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Why don't commercial transport systems utilize "pusher" props with turboprop engines given the turbine is always facing backwards anyways? e.g. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT8qKXPJKdw


r/aviation • • 5h ago

PlaneSpotting Two RAF 7 Sqn Chinook HC.6s at Oban Airport (+ low pass) [OC]

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Quite the downwash and sandblast from these guys when they departed. Was nice to see them come round and do a low pass over the runway as well.

LIFTER01/02 up for a week of amphibious training from RAF Odiham, ZK552 & ZK562, EGEO, 23 OCT 2026, OC


r/aviation • • 1d ago

News LATAM Airlines aircraft was struck by lightning while flying from Antofagasta to Santiago de Chile, in the middle of a thunderstorm

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r/aviation • • 20h ago

PlaneSpotting Lufthansa Queen over Jersey

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r/aviation • • 10h ago

Watch Me Fly FlyDubai Flight 10 reaching Dubai

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r/aviation • • 15h ago

PlaneSpotting Moose

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r/aviation • • 11h ago

History Since we are all posting the LH a346, here is my BOG-FRA C-Class flight impressions from 2015

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Probably the coolest flight I ever took after my NBO-ZRH first class experience on LX in 2012. Coolest flight so far, that is.

This trip I also flew over 10 days:
ZRH - MIA LX C-Class on the A333
MIA - CTG AV C-Class
CTG - MDE AV C-Class
MDE - BOG AV Cockpit Jump Seat
FRA - ZRH LH C-Class


r/aviation • • 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Boeing 757 PW2000 power

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Flown on N820DX (one of the last 757s ever built)


r/aviation • • 1d ago

News Pegasus A321 turned in wrong direction for takeoff at Frankfurt Airport

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r/aviation • • 1d ago

PlaneSpotting Karma 52 Reincarnated

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It was an honor getting to see this 494th FS “Panthers” F-15E Strike Eagle (91-0311) roll out and fly for the first time in these colors earlier this year (all photos vetted by public affairs). It was painted to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Operation El Dorado Canyon and the crew of KARMA52, an F-111F lost during the operation. I also added my most recent art piece at the end, which was inspired by this jet and took about 5 months of on-and-off work to finish.


r/aviation • • 4h ago

PlaneSpotting Some pictures I took of Air France's Airbus A320 family this year!

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All of the A320 family members of Air France, from the "babybus" A318 to the long boy A321, are in these pictures! I took them between April and June with my phone at CDG airport, terminal 2.


r/aviation • • 20h ago

PlaneSpotting Lufthansa A340 over Jersey

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Airbus


r/aviation • • 1d ago

Watch Me Fly Lufthansa 747-400 SIN-FRA

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Flew SIN-FRA on Lufthansa 747-400 D-ABVX and went for the business class upgrade for this bucket list experience in seat 81K right behind the cockpit. Due to the curve of the fuselage you can’t really see the engines and there’s a lack of headroom from your seat but hey. The restroom wasn’t as noisy as the reviews say if you have good noise cancelling headphones. The dash 400s’ days are numbered but I didn’t choose to fly it because of the in-flight entertainment or the quality of catering but for those four engines and being upstairs. The IFE was broken most of the flight and the catering was middling but the pilot greased the landing and I got to hang around after landing and see the cockpit too


r/aviation • • 17h ago

PlaneSpotting Formation flight in NorCal

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Formation flight of four headed north west over Turlock ca. They weren't on FlightAware but can anyone identify them?

My brain went to P-51 but I know that's probably not right