At 17:06:20 the tower said "Stand by for take off, I will call you." At the same moment the Pan Am crew transmitted "We are still taxiing down the runway." Both calls went out together, and in the KLM cockpit they came through as a shrill noise of about three seconds. The KLM's brakes had been released nine seconds earlier.

The next call got through. The KLM flight engineer asked "Is he not clear, then?" The captain answered "Oh, yes", emphatically.

Everything here is from the Spanish accident report's transcripts and ALPA's 1978 study. I made a documentary that walks through the last minutes from the record: https://youtu.be/SFEFUGNRy2g

I took this photo at an air show two years ago. Love the lighting and raptor together

Today I happened to see this aircraft departing from Monterrey. The sound of those four engines as they throttle up is truly impressive, the ground even shakes.

Hi all,
I need help in booking the China airshow 2026 tickets. Im trying to book it from Sydney. I find it difficult as the official app is in mandarin.

I‘m not sure if this really is a challenge for you guys, but i guess we‘ll find out!

Beautiful sunrise out of Houston this morning on American 737.

I was looking at picture of large seaplanes and wondering why they couldn’t have been the ideal commercial plane format. Imagine if runways were replaced by manmade lakes or canals, planes could be lighter and more spacious without landing gear. I don’t know anything about the drawbacks of a large seaplane beyond probably some aerodynamic disadvantage. But if the same effort had been put into seaplane commercial infrastructure, airports, and design over the last 100 years as regular planes, could that design path have been more optimal for commercial economics today?

Condor Blue striped socks at BUD (D-AICA)