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As we reach the end of 2025, it’s time for the team to look back on the year that was. 2025 was another exciting year for the Simple Flying team, with new features launched on the website, plenty of exciting events, and lots of aviation news to report. Did you see the sneak peek of the aircraft seat maps that we’re working to build? As every year, there were plenty of major aviation news stories throughout the year. Unfortunately, the most notable stories this year were tied to aviation safety, with a series of high-profile aviation accidents, including , the…

A Qantas flight between Singapore and Melbourne was forced to divert to South Australia after the aircraft reported it was experiencing pressurization problems. This saw 240 passengers stranded in Adelaide, before being placed onto replacement flights to Melbourne. QF36 had been operating from Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) to Melbourne Airport (MEL) on Wednesday, December 24, when the technical issue was located. Allegedly, passengers were only advised of the pressure concern and diversion some 30 minutes before the plane was due to land. Circling Above Adelaide Credit: Flightradar24 The flight had departed from Singapore at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, December 23, and…

From 2014 (YouTube Edition): The Stunning Technology Behind What Keeps Much Of The Aero-World Flying In this video we have the pleasure of meeting, J.J. Frigge, the Executive Vice President for Hartzell Propeller, and we receive a personal guided tour of the Hartzell production facility. The Hartzell Propeller Company goes back to the early days of aviation when they were innovators in airplane propeller research and development. The spirit of those days has not been lost on the modern company.

“This has marked one of the most significant and impressive years for achievements in skydiving, with skydivers showcasing their skills, setting records, and advancing the sport at world-class drop zones across the United States. We continue to see skydivers push the limits of what some may think is possible, and we’re so proud of the many accomplishments in the sport this year.” Source: Albert Berchtold Executive Director of the U.S. Parachute Association — celebrating an eventful year in the sport by noting the biggest stories and achievements from the year. Highlights include an 86-year-old skydiver achieving 1,000 jumps and earning…

Aero Linx: WACO Historical Society The WACO Aircraft Company was the largest manufacturer of civil aircraft in the country in the late 1920’s and early 30’s and this museum is dedicated to the plant and the employees that made it great.

DETRESFA (Distress Phase) The code word used to designate an emergency phase wherein there is reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger or require immediate assistance.

I recently shared my experience flying Emirates first class with my dad from New York (JFK) to Milan (MXP), as part of our Good Morning Milan, Goodnight Moon trip. I’m not writing a traditional review of the flight, but instead, want to focus on a few specific aspects of the experience.In this post I’d like to broadly discuss a topic I’ve never covered before — just how good is Emirates’ first class food? Having flown Emirates first class dozens of times over the years, I think it makes for an interesting topic, because Emirates is uniquely positioned in terms of…

Fighter aircraft rarely spend all that much time operating at their top speeds. However, analyzing the top speeds of different fighter aircraft can still tell you quite a lot about an aircraft’s design priorities. On paper, the F-15 Eagle family is clearly quicker than the F-35 Lightning II, both of which are fighter programs originally developed for the United States Air Force by McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed Martin, respectively. The USAF lists the maximum operational speed for the F-15 Eagle at around 1,875 miles per hour (3,017 km per hour), which accounts for a speed of roughly Mach 2.5 at…

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US passenger airlines plan 20,700 scheduled aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings) on Christmas Day. Compared to last Thursday, their collective offering has fallen by more than a fifth (-21%). These findings are based on examining the full schedules of the country’s top ten airlines using Cirium Diio data. Christmas Day always brings about temporary oddities. Due to only cutting 8% of flights, United Airlines is the country’s—and the world’s—top operator today. It has overtaken American Airlines, due to that carrier’s much more substantial reduction. Bucking the trend is Frontier, which has actually scheduled more flights than a week ago. And…