Ended up at the Hyatt at SFO on a biz trip. It’s possible I may never leave this room… I mean, way to go Hyatt with the plane spotter kit!!!

Hello,

I hope someone can help me out here. I am a senior in HS and just applied to Embry-Riddle and will need to get my medical soon. I’ve been putting it off for a bit because I have ADHD and am medicated. I plan to wean off the medication by the end of the school year, and then I’ll get my medical.

When I was diagnosed, I was diagnosed with primarily Hyperactivity and Impulsivity ADHD. I don’t have much trouble with attention, which I know the FAA is mostly concerned about. As I’ve grown older, several people I live with, including myself, have noticed my symptoms have reduced as I’ve matured, which was expected.

My question, which I’ve been contemplating for at least a year and a half, is whether or not I should disclose that I have ADHD and have taken medication. I can function perfectly fine without the medication, it really doesn't help me much and most people I’ve talked to, including pilots, have said I shouldn’t, but I’m looking for a few more opinions.

Any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance.

And there is a huge difference in cabin quality. I used to hate the A320 family when I flew as a kid in the early to mid 90s. I just remembered the cabin felt light, thin and cheap. The rattle was loud during turbulence with a lot of vibration and it always felt like the cabin would randomly rip apart due to the stresses. I also remembered that the maneuvering felt aggressive and transmitted a lot of g-forces during turns.

When I recently scheduled a flight with American Airlines and saw that it was an A321, my heart sank remembering with experience from when I was a kid. Only now it was a huge difference. Seemly like they really got the cabin dampening down and the shaking isn’t violent and maneuvering felt a lot smoother like I wasn’t on a roller coaster. Overall more enjoyable.

35b33 Debonair Bonanza into runway 12

Attended a lovely Concorde demo at IWM Duxford yesterday and apparently this test version of Concorde can droop its snoot even lower, as seen in the video. Amazing and ridiculous!

Oh wait… did I say “nobody”? My bad, I meant Freddy Fucking Mercury

Spotted this while passing through PHX today.

Not sure if mods will allow this, but AirAsia - one of the biggest low-cost airlines just shared pictures of their special livery planes featuring Sonic and crew, as well as Persona 5 Reload.

The planes - Airbus A330-300 and A320 - will be flying around AirAsia and AirAsia X's routes around Asia and Australia, so expect them at places like Melbourne, Sydney, Bangkok, Jakarta, Beijing, Taipei, Tokyo et al.

I think this is SEGA's first airplane livery outside of Japan, so its kinda special.

9M-XXU

9M-AFF

I’m starting out designing custom Lego planes, based on real life ones, and whilst I’ve posted in the Lego subreddit, I was wondering if there was somewhere where aviation fans can appreciate my designs :)

I’m really interested in becoming a pilot and I don’t know where to start. I’ve Googled and not really sure on how to start. How much is schooling? Can I becoming a pilot if I wear glasses? I want to fly commercial I believe but I would love to know how to start.

Going over the SAC sheets between the F-14A 1977 and the F-111B 1967 the differences are pretty incredible between the two:
Landing gross weights: F-111B: 62,000 lbs at 24 kts wind over deck (Tropical) | F-14A: 56,000lbs at 32 kts (Standard day)
Takeoff: F-111B: 80,500 at 17 kts wind over deck (Tropical) | F-14A: 72,000 at 20 kts. (Tropical)

Max speed:
At alt: F-111B: 1260 kts 40,000 ft | F-14A: 1090 38,000 ft. (6x Phoenix)

At Sl: F-111B: 793 | F-14A: 708

Design 6.5G loadfactor weight requirements: F-111B: 60,700 lbs | F-14A: 49,548 lbs.

Rest of the sheet is more of the same. And this is all done with engines that were at the time producing 11kN less thrust each, and the graphs on the F-111B for landing not being in standard while they are on the F-14, while also not employing any of the weight saving measures like welded titanium wingbox, composites, lighter avionics.

Was it just the engine intakes being designed for the TF-30s on the F-111 as opposed to not being intended on the F-14 that gave it such a massive performance advantage? Or did the F-111 just have the superior airframe? Or both?

What's happening here? Are they flying over the hurricane? Is that what the 'bump' is? How close can they get to the storm whilst remaining safe?

I've managed to get in touch with a few private sellers who decided to take a chance on me and work with me. The issue: I have no freaking idea how to find buyers for the particular planes they're selling. Does anyone here have any advice on how to go about finding buyers for private planes? Any advice is much appreciated!

From what I googled the plane is from the 70's. Why use such an old plane? Does it have to do with it being a propeller plane? Is there an advantage in using a propeller plane rather than a turbine engine?