Went flying yesterday with good friend (they can ID themselves here on Mastodon if they want).

Visited Friday Harbor, WA and Tacoma Narrows airport in Gig Harbor, WA

Saw this happy little cloud opposite direction 3 oclock

This #beach at low tide can make for a great airstrip! Saw two people yesterday taking turns flying their powered paraglider over this beach along the #ocean (south shore of Boston). At low tide a long, wide expanse of flat sandy beach was exposed making for an easy spot for taking off (left pic) and landing (right pic). #flying #NewEngland #SeaScape

I would like to publicly apologize for the years of eye rolling and impatience with flight attendants on how to use/open emergency doors, follow the illuminated lights along the floor, leave your seat belts on till the pane comes to a full stop and instructions to leave belongings and get the fuck out of planes. Given the last 3 months, with the latest plane fire in #denver you would have my full undivided attention. Not going to fly in the #usa tho #planes #flying #otttawa

Magic takes flight: Canberra Balloon Spectacular 2025

From 15-23 March, Lake Burley Griffin and the surrounding natural scenery is filled with colour as hot air balloons of all shapes and sizes take to the sky. Spectators young and old gathered around John Dunmore Lang Place in Parkes at the crack of dawn on Saturday for the magical experience

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2025/mar/15/magic-takes-flight-canberra-balloon-spectacular-2025-in-pictures

One of these years I'm so going to visit Canberra to see this

Delayed flight? It could soon be harder for you to claim compensation from airlines.

Proposals to water down passenger flight delay compensation rules are being discussed in Brussels, risking the EU's claim to having the most passenger-friendly skies in the world.

A revision to the current compensation rules, EU261, has been debated since 2013, but resurfaced this week under pressure from airlines and lobbying groups.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250311-delayed-flight-it-could-soon-be-harder-for-you-to-claim-compensation-from-airlines?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

My night flight was a success. Launched shortly after sunset and flew to Wausau (KAUW) and past the ski hills. Then a jaunt back with a 30 knot tailwind making the return trip a lot faster.

Ryanair postpones the introduction of digital-only boarding passes.

The Irish airline is postponing the introduction of paperless boarding passes from May until the beginning of November, when passengers will be forced to use digital boarding passes.

Ryanair not only wants to simplify the check-in process, but also save over 300 tons of paper waste a year. This is likely to be part of its goal of becoming CO₂-neutral by 2050.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250307-ryanair-postpones-the-introduction-of-digital-only-boarding-passes?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Interesting. Can't say I agree with the need for a lounge in transit; some of them are fairly unimpressive. I like to find a bar with comfy seating and park myself there.

"Any break between connecting flights that lasts longer than a couple of hours requires a lounge."

#travel #flying https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/nine-mistakes-you-should-never-make-at-an-airport-20250228-p5lfz5.html

The wind will keep blowing on Thursday in Montana, so hang on, sugar... or you'll be gliding!

oof, it has been quite the year for aviation mishaps. Glad this didn't end in mass causalities at Midway.

A vulture gliding head-on to a landing with wings extended. Lightly textured background. Photographed in Zimbabwe Africa.

#vulture #bird #birdphotography #zimbabwe #africa #flying #nature #scavenger #flight #soaring #gliding #wildlife #wildlifephtography #safari #wings #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt #giftideas #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll

https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/vulture-landing-zimbabwe-africa-2-joan-carroll.html

New collection of transportation poems https://bikestylelife.com/2025/02/23/moving-right-along-transportation-poems/.

Apparently flights between California and Hawaii had to turn around tonight due to issues at Oakland ATC.

#FAA #flying #travel

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1iw211r/whats_going_on_with_flights_from_sfo_to_hawaii/

I took my mother down to Bessie's Diner in Janesville, WI (KJVL) for a birthday brunch. It has been snowing and otherwise bad weather here for a while so it was nice to fly again. (Check out those roads across the lake on the ice).

Under no circumstances will I fly into, from, or enroute to somewhere else via the #usa One, cuz well the world, and two, Space dildo manufacturer has his engineers coming to “fix everything” How fucked in the head do you have to be to have the ego this shmuck has #airtravel #flying https://apnews.com/article/doge-faa-air-traffic-firings-safety-67981aec33b6ee72cbad8dcee31f3437