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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

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Its maximum takeoff weight of 9,300 pounds and large cabin space made it suitable for cargo, passengers, or specialized equipment. With our diminished flight controllability and heavy ice load, we received vectors to swing out over Long Island Sound and turn carefully to approach straight in from the south on the north/south runway.

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Experiencing Air France Airbus A220-300 (Part 2: CDG-BCN)

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Air France, Air France Cargo and FedEx Express use this as a hub for its operation. At this point, we reached the threshold of the runway. We were on final approach into runway 06L. Therefore not only the airport is named after him, the IATA airport code has his initials, CDG. Passing by Air France's corperate office.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) differentiates an accident from an incident by imposing a threshold of aircraft damage set at $1 million. The contents of this article have been limited to commercial aircraft performing public transport flights, whether carrying cargo or passengers (or both).

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My Birthday Flight With EVA Air's Boeing 787-10

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

Photo: EPS1) After 10 minutes of taxi, we were near the threshold of the runway. At the threshold, we were cleared to depart. The approach and landing in Taipei was a smooth affair. On final approach We touched down 13 minutes late. Passing by one of JAL's aircraft in the special livery. We started descending.

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Flying on New Year's Day With A New Airline from Frankfurt to Athens!

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

This was my flight's final assigned gate. I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Lufthansa Cargo's Boeing 777F replaced the fleet of MD-11F and now operating just this aircraft type. DHL and Aerologic are also big names in the cargo airline business.

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Experiencing EVA Air's 3-Class Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Premium Economy Class

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

We entered the threshold and waited for our clearance to take off. The southeast part of Singapore with the cargo ships dominating the sea. We were on final approach into Taipei Taoyuan Airport. Window view photos (Take off to landing) It was raining at this point. We started rolling down the runway. This is Terminal 2.