It’s the year 1972, on the 29th of December, Eastern Airlines flight 401 is flying between JFK, new york, and Miami Airport, Florida. Operated by a 4-month-old Lockheed l-1011-1 Tristar registered as N310EA which was just delivered to the airline on August 18, 1979. It is the tenth Tristar delivered to the carrier since fleetContinue reading “The small light bulb that brought this big jet to ashes”
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A Horrible crash just because of ignoring 28 seconds: Santa Barbara Flight 518
February 21st 2008, Santa Barbara Airlines, flight 518 is preparing for a flight to Carcass from Alberto Carnevalli Airport Merida, Venezuela. Aldino Garatina Gomez is today’s Captain (age 36). He is a flight instructor and a senior pilot in the airline with 5000 hours of experience. The First Officer is Denis Ferreira Quintal (age 28).Continue reading “A Horrible crash just because of ignoring 28 seconds: Santa Barbara Flight 518”
Aviation for Aviators is on Instagram again!
We regret to announce that we couldn’t retrieve access to our old and original Instagram page that Instagram has deactivated for a non-clear clarification. But this won’t stop us from proceeding with our journey to keep promoting the aviation and air travel industry! Therefore we are glad to announce that we are relaunching our InstagramContinue reading “Aviation for Aviators is on Instagram again!”
B747 vs a380-How Much Are They Worth in 2022?
Brief history (B747) After the introduction of the 707 in 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet two and half times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30% to democratize air travel. Hence in 1965, Joe Sutter left the 737 development program to design the 747-the first twin-aisle airliner. The 747 is a quad jet, initially powered by JT9D turbofan engines, then GE CF6 and RR RB211 engines for theContinue reading “B747 vs a380-How Much Are They Worth in 2022?”
Official statement from Aviation for Aviators; Regarding our Instagram Page
On Wednesday, the 15th of December, 2021; we received a shocking email from Instagram informing us of the deactivation of our Instagram account for “violating someone else’s rights”. Which we totally denounce and deny. As we at Aviation for Aviators are always keen and aware of the content we do upload on all our platformsContinue reading “Official statement from Aviation for Aviators; Regarding our Instagram Page”
The Winglets: What are they for?
The jet age which started in the 1950s has marked many transformations in the aviation industry where the aircraft has reached high speeds. This came with challenges in reaching the aerodynamic efficiency.
We are on Discord!
To all our amazing audience, We are pleased to announce that Aviation for Aviators has just landed in Discord!!😉 Discord is a free to join communicative app and website in which communities can have conversations on relative topics. You simply have to create a free account and then click on a server link to chatContinue reading “We are on Discord!”
Raise Awareness about Black People’s lives.
On our all Social Media platforms; we are happy to welcome everybody. No matter the skin colour, age, gender, religion, origin, ethnicity or sexual identity. We are proud to have such a diverse community from all over the world!