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2026-03-19 00:05:34 GMT

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Spotted at PDX this afternoon: green #UnpaintedAirplane #PicklePlane Boeing 737 MAX8 on its first flight out of the Renton factory, arriving at Portland #KPDX as Boeing 508 for painting at the Boeing paint hangar. The pre-painted rudder indicates this plane will go to American Airlines. And ADS-B telemetry also indicated AAL. #KPDX #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW
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2025-12-03 21:41:20 GMT

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Spotted: brand new Boeing 737 MAX8 departing Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX. It came from the Boeing Paint Hangar wearing TUI livery and ADS-B indicating UK registration G-TUPC. It's flying with the callsign Boeing 911. Next step after its arrival at Seattle Boeing Field #KBFI will likely be "delivery" (payment and change of ownership) to the customer who will then ferry it home. #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-12-02 00:42:57 GMT

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Here's a flight track with a hint about #Boeing 777-9 flight testing progress. In order to be "approved for flight into known icing" the Boeing test pilots have to hunt for known icing🥶❄ conditions and fly in it for hours. They flew from a flight test base in Moses Lake WA #KMWH to Minnesota last Tuesday, and returned to MWH. Minnesotans probably don't usually expect anyone to go there for the weather this time of year. 😀 https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N779XX/history/20251125/1800Z/KMWH/KMWH #B779 #aviation #business #travel #avgeek
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2025-11-16 01:44:05 GMT

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That wasn't an oops, at least not on the part of the crew. The left engine was found on the ground of the airfield where it tore off during takeoff. NTSB is investigating. But there appear to be parallels to the 1979 crash of American 191 in Chicago, where an engine broke away from a DC-10 due to a missing bolt on the pylon. Checklists and inspections seemed to prevent that from happening again, unless it happened again with this one.

2025-11-09 00:18:57 GMT

"Earthquake Prediction Flowchart" by XKCD comic (Fediverse mirrors @npub1n23…agga @npub1wmu…nnec ) - A simplistic but effective method to deal with #pseudoscience is just drop it like a brick. The best geologists can currently do is make forecasts of quake probability, not a specific time or magnitude, based on exhaustively studying historical quakes and stress on regional fault lines. There is no known method to pinpoint when the rocks will actually break. https://xkcd.com/3165/ #earthquake #quake #geology
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2025-11-07 21:57:57 GMT

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I got pictures of a brand new Boeing 737 MAX8 on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX. This is the recurring theme of 737 MAX planes arriving for painting in Portland. It's flown by Boeing test pilots on its first flight out of the Boeing Renton #KRNT factory. The mystery each time we see one of these is what airline it's going to. This time the pre-painted rudder indicates the customer is American Airlines. #UnpaintedAirplane #PicklePlane #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-11-05 02:47:32 GMT

"At least 3 dead, 11 injured in UPS plane crash in Kentucky and governor says numbers likely to grow" by [@AssociatedPress](https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress ) - UPS Flight 2976 (MD-11 reg N259UP) crashed on takeoff from Louisville #KSDF. Crew killed. Injuries among people on ground. Counts expected to increase. Accident under investigation by NTSB. https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-louisville-plane-crash-report-71dd124d1971a22f122590e72cc2c73a #UPS2976 #aviation #cargo #avgeek

2025-10-28 21:33:40 GMT

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Another plane that seemingly doesn't belong here: FlyDubai 737 MAX8 departing Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX. This plane is brand new and not yet delivered to the airline. It arrived at the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar on Oct 17 from the Boeing 737 factory in Renton #KRNT. This is probably the plane's second flight. I'm guessing customer pilots are doing a "C1" acceptance flight test since Boeing test pilots already tested it and it's in eastern Washington for maneuvers. #aviation #travel #avgeek
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2025-10-27 01:48:48 GMT

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I needed to see more airplanes in my feed. And I think I'm not alone. #avgeek

2025-10-27 01:42:51 GMT

Planespotting without even trying... UPS Flight 5978, a Boeing 767-300F, inbound from Louisville #KSDF on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX Runway 28L, viewed from the Costco parking lot in Portland. #aviation #avgeek
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2025-09-16 19:21:26 GMT

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I spotted an Oman Air Boeing 737 MAX8 in OneWorld special livery as it departed Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX. This brand new plane is still owned by Boeing, flying to Boeing Field #KBFI in Seattle for customer delivery. I posted pictures of this same aircraft on Sept 4 when it arrived as an #UnpaintedAirplane #PicklePlane on its first flight. It was painted during the 12 days it was in Portland. #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW
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2025-09-04 21:43:59 GMT

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Flights with indirect routing like today's are a big hint that a plane coming from Renton #KRNT to Portland #KPDX will probably turn out to be a new unpainted green plane on its first flight. Boeing test pilots fly out to eastern Washington State while putting the plane through the "test card" checklist. Many things to verify as working properly before they hand off a new aircraft to the customer's line pilots. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE940/history/20250904/1615Z/KRNT/KPDX #UnpaintedAirplane #PicklePlane #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-09-04 20:43:56 GMT

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This afternoon I spotted a green unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8 on approach to Portland #KPDX, coming from the Boeing 737 factory in Renton #KRNT. It was probably the plane's first flight. Callsign was Boeing 940. After landing it taxied to the Boeing Portland Paint Hangar. The pre-painted rudder and winglets look like this plane's customer is Oman Air. ADS-B also showed OM registration. #UnpaintedAirplane #PicklePlane #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-08-14 03:41:59 GMT

I've been concerned hearing people call #USpol ICE deportation flights "ICE Air". It's probably unavoidable people will call it by that nickname. However, the international callsign "IceAir" is and has been IcelandAir, for decades. So if you hear an #IceAir callsign on the radio, scanner or LiveATC, it's IcelandAir doing a normal scheduled passenger flight to or from Reykjavik. Sooner or later someone will need help dealing with a misinterpretation of that. #aviation #business #travel #avgeek

2025-08-07 23:07:42 GMT

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With Boeing 777-9 production starting to move again and certification apparently within months, I'm looking forward to seeing brand new ones start coming to Portland #KPDX to be painted. I'll share pictures when I can catch them. I saw lots of them parked at Everett a month ago, waiting for progress like this before they could be readied for flight. https://avgeek.social/@ikluft/114818660781502396 #B779 #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW

2025-08-07 22:07:13 GMT

"Fifth Boeing 777X Makes First Flight" by Airline Geeks (Fediverse presence not found #FPNF - if you know them, invite them) - This indicates Boeing has resolved production and certification issues found in testing of the 777-9 prototypes, which required rework. The 5th airframe is now flying, first production plane beyond the four 777-9 prototypes though it will be used for some certification tests. https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/08/06/fifth-boeing-777x-makes-first-flight/ #B779 #KPAE #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW
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2025-08-05 03:25:41 GMT

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You probably had heard of the RAT (Ram Air Turbine for other readers) but may not have remembered. The well-known cases of Air Canada 143 (Boeing 767, "Gimli Glider", 1983) & Air Transat 236 (Airbus A330, "Azores Glider", 2001) each maintained electrical & hydraulic power by deployment of their RATs after fuel exhaustion. In both those cases, Canadian pilots heroically glided from the flight levels to a safe landing on a runway. Both planes were repaired and returned to service.

2025-08-05 03:15:01 GMT

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No, it was absolutely not gliding in. The test pilots can force deployment of the RAT to test that it works. And that was obviously what they were doing.
Even when training in small aircraft, we have a rule not to create a real emergency when practicing for preparedness. I had heard reports of planespotters in Everett pointing out that a brand new plane returned with the RAT deployed. But this is the first time I've seen it for myself.

2025-08-05 03:06:12 GMT

Bicycle ride to Portland Airport #KPDX today: Boeing-owned 787-9 flying from Everett #KPAE for the paint hangar. A mystery is why a 787 came from Everett, since they're all built in Charleston #KCHS for years now. My hunch is a Chinese order (CN reg on ADS-B) was declined due to US trade conflict, stored at PAE. Maybe it has a new buyer or China changed an order. Test pilots doing their stuff, it landed with RAT deployed. First time I've seen that. #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW
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2025-07-30 20:53:59 GMT

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Sounds similar to thunderstorms that confronted a friend and me at Crater Lake the beginning of the month. Each of us saw multiple cloud-to-lake lighting strikes. We sheltered in the Rim Village visitor center. We got some pictures during lulls in the storms. We could see on the radar that new storms kept forming right there as the winds climbed up over the mountains. So we gave up on planned hikes. It's too hazardous being on top of a mountain in thunderstorms. https://avgeek.social/@ikluft/114781990780864041

2025-07-29 21:49:44 GMT

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Taking a merger's name from an acquired company is valid under rights of ownership. US airlines had several high profile examples. AmericaWest Airlines acquired US Airways out of bankruptcy and took the bigger-sounding name (yet kept the on-air callsign Cactus). They did it again when they acquired American Airlines out of bankruptcy and kept AA's name & callsign. Also when Continental acquired United Airlines out of bankruptcy, they took UA's name but retained Continental's globe logo.

2025-07-25 03:19:35 GMT

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I bicycled to Portland Airport #KPDX this afternoon. Here's the same Boeing 777-200LR/F freighter which arrived as an #UnpaintedAirplane #PicklePlane on July 10, now painted in Emirates Sky Cargo livery. Though it's still owned by Boeing at this point. The plane flew to Boeing Field #KBFI in Seattle where purchase and customer delivery are routinely the next steps. #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-07-12 21:32:33 GMT

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Viewed from my backyard, a new Boeing 737 MAX9 with pre-painted rudder indicating this one will be going to United Airlines. It came from Boeing's 737 factory in Renton WA #KRNT. This one was different because it did 2 touch-and-go's on Portland #KPDX Runway 28R before landing on Runway 28L, nearest to the Boeing paint hangar. I would have missed some pics if I had been at the airport, without enough time to reposition to the other runway. #UnpaintedAirplane #PicklePlane #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-07-10 17:08:13 GMT

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Spotted from my backyard in Portland: an unpainted green (vinyl protective coating from the factory) Boeing 777-200LR freighter on final approach to Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX coming from the Boeing Everett Factory at Paine Field #KPAE on this aircraft's first flight. After landing it taxied to Boeing's Portland Paint Hangar. The rudder was unpainted. But ADS-B indicated the plane will be registered in UAE upon customer delivery. #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-07-08 18:58:22 GMT

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From home in Portland I saw a green unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8 on final approach to Portland Int'l #KPDX, coming from the 737 factory in Renton #KRNT, Washington. The pre-painted rudder and winglets appear to be from AJet of Turkey. This is usually the first flight of the aircraft by Boeing test pilots. It's going to Boeing's Portland paint hangar which handles overflow when the Seattle-area paint hangars are booked. #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-06-19 23:52:45 GMT

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Here's a cropped frame-grab from my video of the brand-new unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8 which arrived at Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX today. I didn't find an obvious match for which airline it's going to, based on the painted rudder and winglets. #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW
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2025-06-19 23:48:51 GMT

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Video: a brand-new unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8 arrived at Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX on its first flight out of the Renton factory today. It was coming to Boeing's PDX paint hangar. Based on the painted rudder and winglets, I couldn't immediately tell which airline is the customer for this plane. It could be a custom livery, leasing company or private buyer. #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW
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2025-06-17 20:39:52 GMT

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In addition to yesterday's Tanker 910 drop on the Alder Springs Fire near Redmond, Oregon, Ten Tanker's Tanker 911 has repositioned from Albuquerque, New Mexico #KABQ to Moses Lake, Washington #KMWH and has begun drops on the Alder Springs Fire from there. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/TKR911/history/20250617/0004Z/KMWH/KMWH https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/TKR911/history/20250617/1901Z/KMWH/KMWH #aviation #avgeek #ORfires #ORwx #PNW
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2025-06-17 02:55:39 GMT

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"Fire crews battle new wildfire burning in central Oregon; evacuations ordered" by KATU News (ABC Portland) - More info on the Alder Springs Fire which Tanker 910 flew up from SoCal to drop retardant on. https://katu.com/news/local/fire-crews-battle-alder-springs-wildfire-burning-central-oregon-crooked-river-national-grassland #aviation #avgeek #ORfires #ORwx #PNW

2025-06-17 02:42:40 GMT

Ten Tanker's firefighting DC-10 Tanker 910 flew up from San Bernardino #KSBD California to do 2-3 retardant drops on the Alder Springs Fire near Redmond, Oregon and is returning to SBD. There is an air tanker base at Redmond #KRDM, but not big enough to handle a DC-10. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/TKR910/history/20250617/0015Z/KSBD #aviation #avgeek #ORfires #ORwx #PNW
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2025-06-01 01:43:49 GMT

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Video of this afternoon's green/unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8 arrival at Portland Airport #KPDX Runway 28L for painting. When we see these, it's usually the first-ever flight of that aircraft out of the Renton WA factory. The painted rudder leads me to think this is going to SCAT Airlines of Kazakhstan. #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-05-18 05:27:22 GMT

45 years ago, May 18, 1980: the big eruption of Mt St Helens. It started with the biggest landslide in recorded history as the northeast side of the mountain slid away. That uncorked the gas-pressurized magma inside the mountain that exploded without the weight holding it down. An 8 hour eruption killed 57, flattened forests and sent mudflows downstream. Volcanologists learned a lot from it. USGS article about the eruption: https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-st.-helens/science/1980-cataclysmic-eruption #MSH45 #volcano #geology #PNW #history #TDIH
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2025-05-15 18:37:23 GMT

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Airliners last long enough they shouldn't be named "new" or "next". Airbus wasn't alone in such a mistake. The 3rd generation Boeing 737 was called the "Next Generation" to sound like a Star Trek series current at the time of its design. 737NGs were built from 1996-2020 (civilian models) and still fly. But there's nothing "next" about them now. The following generation "MAX" has managed to destroy the 737's reputation to the point there won't be another "next". #aviation #avgeek #travel

2025-05-14 23:25:48 GMT

#Avgeek musings... The Airbus A320NEO "new engine option" isn't new any more after a decade. It's actually a geared turbofan (GTF) engine which made it "new" at the time. So should it be called the A320GTFO "geared turbofan option"? Even though technically correct, undoubtedly Airbus marketing would find fault with that name. 😀 #aviation #travel #humor

2025-05-13 21:40:24 GMT

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Coincidentally the next plane to land on Portland Runway 28L after the newly-painted plane's departure was another green 737 MAX8 on its first flight arriving for paint. The painted rudder looks to me like this one will be going to Singapore Airlines. #aviation #travel #avgeek
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2025-05-13 21:24:10 GMT

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Today I drove to PDX Airport #KPDX and got pictures of what I think is the same 737 MAX8 that arrived unpainted on the 4th, now out of the paint hangar and departing with its United paint. It flew as a Boeing-owned plane to Boeing Field in Seattle, where presumably the purchase by United will be completed and they'll take delivery there. #aviation #travel #avgeek
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2025-05-04 19:05:27 GMT

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I made an edit a couple posts back in this thread, about hints a plane coming to Portland might be a brand-new green plane. Really, the first hint is "Boeing-owned". You can start checking the other factors after that gets your attention. It flies with a Boeing callsign for testing and painting until the purchase is completed later at a Boeing delivery center in Seattle #KBFI, Everett #KPAE or Charleston #KCHS. #aviation #avgeek #business #travel

2025-05-03 23:41:35 GMT

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Boeing sends new planes for painting in Portland as extra capacity beyond what their paint hangars in the Seattle area can handle. At Everett #KPAE they can paint new 777s & 767s (and formerly 747s) on field before first flight. As needed, some fly unpainted to PDX for painting. And new 737s fly out of Renton #KRNT either to Boeing Field #KBFI in Seattle or to Portland #KPDX for paint. #aviation #avgeek #business #travel #PNW

2025-05-03 23:26:21 GMT

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Before a plane arrives in Portland, there are hints an #avgeek can use to anticipate if it's probably a brand new green plane... Boeing-owned, coming from an airport with a Boeing factory, either Everett Paine Field #KPAE (777 & 767, soon Max10) or Renton Municipal Airport #KRNT (737). Then the flight path can be a big hint that the test pilots are putting a never-before-flown aircraft through the "test card" checklist. So it isn't exactly a direct route. 😀 #aviation #avgeek #business #travel
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2025-05-03 23:16:25 GMT

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Today I spotted a brand new Boeing 737 MAX8 arriving from Renton #KRNT on its B1 flight (first flight of the aircraft from the factory with Boeing test pilots) at Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX Runway 28L. As it went by I saw United globe livery on the already-painted rudder. So after this plane gets out of Boeing's Portland paint hangar, United test pilots will probably fly it on its 2nd flight. Assuming tests pass, United will pay for it & take delivery. #aviation #avgeek #business #travel #PNW
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2025-04-29 03:18:34 GMT

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While bicycling around Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX, I explored bike-accessible locations to get pictures of planes. As expected, there's limited parking near the airport. So some spots need a bike to get to. These views are along the Columbia River (other side of the levee from Runway 28R/10L), at the end of 28R/10L and in the Cascade Station shopping center between the short final for both 28R & 28L. #aviation #avgeek #cycling #Portland #KPDX #PNW
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2025-04-29 02:50:19 GMT

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Also on today's bike ride, after not getting to an ideal spot in time for the green/unpainted 737MAX (and just getting some still shots from the bike path), I was in place at the airport for the British Airways 787-10 which arrived soon afterward. #aviation #avgeek #Portland #KPDX #PNW
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2025-04-29 02:14:39 GMT

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Sometimes a perceptive #avgeek can tell which airline an unpainted new plane will be going to. The rudder gets installed already with final paint because the paint hangar can't get inside the mechanism with out disassembling it, which they don't want to do. Unless it's a special livery, this looks to me like it's going to Singapore Airlines.
Credit to @npub1sff…gqyy for the first hint that a Boeing-owned plane might be on the way to Portland from Renton, which I inferred as possibly new. #aviation
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2025-04-29 02:01:23 GMT

I bicycled to Portland Int'l Airport #KPDX for a closer view of this unpainted Boeing 737 MAX8. Coming from Renton WA #KRNT where the 737 final assembly line is, I suspect this was the very first flight of this aircraft, known as the "B1" flight since it's the first flight done by Boeing test pilots. (A later pre-delivery flight with customer test pilots is called the "C1" flight.) Boeing has a paint hangar in Portland so some new planes fly here on B1 to get painted. #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-04-25 22:27:39 GMT

"Why the Dutch still honour Canadians, 80 years after their liberation from Germany" by CBC - This CBC story concurs with what I heard from my father, who was Dutch, about their continuing appreciation of Canadians for liberating the Netherlands. Dad's teen years coincided with the German occupation. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/dutch-honour-canadians-1.7512126 #WWII #history

2025-04-19 02:51:49 GMT

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The 1906 #earthquake was a turning point in #geology #history. #Science investigation and study revealed that quakes occur on fault lines, and the recently-discovered San Andreas Fault was the source of the 1906 SF #quake. Within decades it would contribute to understanding of plate tectonics, which is relevant to understanding quake hazards around the world. Modern understanding of quakes started there and then. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1906calif/18april/revolution.php
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2025-04-19 02:28:29 GMT

119 years ago, April 18, 1906: M7.9 "Great San Francisco Earthquake & Fire". The quake actually struck all of coastal Northern California from a 280mi/450km rupture in the San Andreas Fault. SF water mains broke and the city couldn't put out fires that raged for days. Most other cities in the region maintained water service and extinguished their fires. It was at a time when SF was the big city on the US West Coast. 3000+ dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake #quake #earthquake #history #geology
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2025-03-30 17:52:31 GMT

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We were chatting this week at the Portland Linux Kernel Meetup about measures for misbehaving aggressive crawlers. Since some obviously use the robots.txt exclusion list as a checklist for what to read, it should start with a honeypot that feeds them bad data long enough to add them to a local or distributed blocklist.

2025-03-30 05:21:12 GMT

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I wonder if he aspires to be a rideshare or an apex predator.

2025-03-26 22:10:59 GMT

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Cumulus clouds are growing as the time arrives that the forecast said thunderstorms would start to arrive in the Pacific Northwest, particularly along the I-5 corridor west of the Cascade Mountains. Looking north, Mt St Helens is still visible from Portland. But the clouds will undoubtedly obscure it soon. Conditions are very favorable for thunderstorm development (moisture, instability and uplift) so that some will probably be severe. #Portland #PNW #weather #ORwx #WAwx #volcano #geology
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2025-03-25 20:51:22 GMT

"Severe t-storms possible in Pacific Northwest Wednesday" by @npub1y55…8x9k / @npub19xy…lkfq - An incoming cold front will make thunderstorms likely to form and grow into big storms. https://ingallswx.com/2025/03/25/severe-t-storms-possible-in-pacific-northwest-wednesday/ #weather #PNW #ORwx #WAwx

2025-03-12 00:02:00 GMT

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Considering what a fan of Southwest he used to be, it's remarkable. Is there a falling-over-a-cliff emoji?

2025-03-11 17:14:40 GMT

"The Day Southwest Died" by Cranky Flyer / Brett Snyder - Under investor pressure to make more revenue, Southwest Airlines ends the policy of 2 free checked bags which had set it apart from the bigger US airlines. SWA offered no new differentiators after recently going to assigned seating. Formerly-loyal customers abandon the carrier. https://crankyflier.com/2025/03/11/the-day-southwest-died/ #aviation #travel #avgeek #business #WTF

2025-03-10 07:58:55 GMT

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I posted a YouTube video with narrated photos/videos from my trip to #Australia in late Jan / early Feb 2025. Thanks to friend & colleague @npub1xcq…cxyf for acting as my local guide. Among sightseeing spots: Blue Mountains, Sydney Bridge Climb, Australia Day concert & fireworks in Sydney, Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Melbourne CBD, Great Ocean Road & Naracoorte Caves. Also Portland VIC, since I live in Portland OR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZrHoR4Dv8 #aviation #travel #roadtrip #avgeek
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2025-03-04 03:55:00 GMT

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“Portland’s airport hypes sustainable timber, but those lofty claims are more complicated than they seem” by Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB (PBS Portland) - OPB verification of port authority claims found some of the wood for PDX Airport Terminal ceiling, representing Pacific Northwest #PNW forests, couldn’t be confirmed as locally sourced due to mixing by mills. More accurately stated as what could be traced was within 300 miles. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/01/portland-airport-terminal-renovation-hypes-sustainable-timber-lofty-claims-complicated/ #aviation #travel #avgeek #KPDX

2025-02-20 21:45:49 GMT

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During my trip to Australia, I switched my devices and apps to show metric units (Celsius, km, etc). Get the whole experience, right? I don't mind since I can convert most common imperial⇔metric units in my head anyway. That's except for temperature since °F & °C don't have the same zero - I often use a converter app for that. After I returned home, it took almost a week to find all those settings and change them back. 😀

2025-02-18 20:40:04 GMT

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4 weeks ago my adventure to #Australia began. I've been back almost 2 weeks now. It was a fun and memorable trip. I had my first flights on an A380 outbound and 787 on the return trip, both of which can mostly only be found on the longest international flights such as this. I visited New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia, including Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. https://avgeek.social/@ikluft/113868608754632970 #aviation #travel #avgeek

2025-02-10 19:21:37 GMT

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Yeah, we talked about that on Isaac @npub155w…ts92's Aerospace Chat. Still, keeping people guessing about a small number of lakes and arrival times makes it not worthwhile for large crowds to show up and get in the way of the preparations for land transport. The question then is how quickly they can drain fuel, take the wings off and put it on trucks. Only a road closure could keep crowds away during that time.

2025-02-10 16:51:43 GMT

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"Last of the Martin Mars waterbombers has left Sproat Lake" by Nanaimo News Bulletin - In a surprise to #avgeek observers, the San Diego leg of the ferry trip has been cancelled. #PhilippineMars flying boat will depart Alameda today (Feb 10) direct to "an undisclosed lake" near Tucson AZ to begin ground transport to Pima Air Museum permanent static display. Clearly they do not want crowds getting in the way of logistics. https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/the-last-of-the-martin-mars-waterbombers-has-left-sproat-lake-7811671 #aviation

2025-02-10 06:59:16 GMT

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"Philippine Mars water bomber leaves Island, flying to new home in Arizona" by Victoria Times Colonist, BC Canada🇨🇦 - #PhilippineMars, firefighting tanker-bomber which is the last flying airframe of the WWII Martin JRM Mars flying boats, completed ferry flight 1 of 3 from Port Alberni BC to Alameda CA. Next to San Diego then to Tucson AZ for Pima Air Museum static display. https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/philippine-mars-water-bomber-leaves-island-flying-to-new-home-in-arizona-10209046 #aviation #avgeek

2025-02-09 23:58:58 GMT

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#PhilippineMars (historic flying boat) turned near SF Bay Oakland Int'l Airport #KOAK for final approach to a water landing near Alameda Island. I presume Oakland Tower held Runway 30 departures to make room for them. #aviation #avgeek
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2025-02-09 23:48:34 GMT

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#PhilippineMars (historic flying boat) flies over the Golden Gate Bridge and by Angel Island during arrival to mooring at Alameda Island before the next leg of the trip to the museum. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/CFLYK/history/20250209/2228Z #aviation #avgeek
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2025-02-09 22:48:52 GMT

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#PhilippineMars (historic flying boat) picked up on radar again near California's Cape Mendocino on its Day 1 ferry flight from Port Alberni BC to San Francisco Bay and mooring at Alameda Island. At the end of this journey it will go to a museum in Arizona. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/CFLYK/history/20250209/2228Z #aviation #avgeek
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2025-02-09 19:58:47 GMT

#PhilippineMars (historic flying boat) is airborne on its ferry flight leg from Port Alberni BC to San Francisco Bay CA. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/CFLYK/history/20250209/1921Z #aviation #avgeek #PNW
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2025-02-07 02:40:40 GMT

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While @npub1xcq…cxyf was driving, we both witnessed from #Melbourne a fireball meteor on January 28. Due to being on the road, we didn't have good enough direction info to make a report. I recall I looked at my watch and it was 2057 local time (AEDT), during local twilight. But apparently enough people had info to report and AMS eventually posted it. It had to be one of the longest-lasting meteors I've seen. https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2025/575 #asteroid #meteor #fireball #astronomy #LowFlyingRocks #Australia
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2025-02-06 23:52:51 GMT

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My #Australia trip started in Sydney. On the way out of town on January 27, @npub1xcq…cxyf and I stopped at a viewing point for #SYD / #YSSY Airport's runways. Pictured here: Singapore 777-300ER, Qantas 787-9 in special Aboriginal art livery, 2 Qantas 737-800NGs, Malaysian A330-300. #aviation #travel #avgeek #photography
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2025-02-06 22:16:33 GMT

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As much as tourists in #Australia would like to see them, it's hard to find a Koala🐨 in the wild. Fortunately @npub1xcq…cxyf spotted this one. And I got a picture. This was on Feb 1 at the Tower Hill volcano and surrounding wildlife reserve in southwest Victoria. #travel #photography
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2025-02-06 21:52:09 GMT

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The most dangerous moment in my #Australia trip was due to #weather that could happen anywhere, not due to wildlife🐨🦘🐍. On a walk in a park with lakes in Melbourne, I heard distant thunder & saw sporadic large raindrops. Thunderstorms to the west were moving in. I started back to my friend's place. Almost there, I heard loud buzzing sound from a metal residential fence. I recognized it as St Elmo's Fire, a potential imminent lightning🌩️ strike there. I ran and got indoors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo's_fire

2025-02-05 23:21:29 GMT

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I'm safe at home in #Portland #Oregon. So I can declare the trip to #Australia a complete success. I had a wonderful time and saw so much more than my previous visit. The hot weather was expected since it's summer there. I got to fly for the first time on an A380 outbound and 787 on the return. And from all the likes and boosts it seems a lot of you appreciated that I shared the experience. #aviation #travel #avgeek

2025-02-05 22:23:58 GMT

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On the ground in #Portland #Oregon. I saw snow at low altitude on final approach but it's raining at ground level. #KPDX #aviation #travel #avgeek #PNW
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2025-02-05 18:27:57 GMT

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Video clip from Wednesday morning's arrival in rainy Los Angeles #LAX #KLAX. They need the rain so it's good to see. And yes, I arrived Wednesday morning after a Wednesday afternoon departure thanks to crossing the Date Line. For me today is Wednesday-again. #aviation #travel #avgeek
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2025-02-05 17:53:45 GMT

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Video clip from Wednesday afternoon's departure from #Melbourne #MEL #YMML. #Australia #aviation #travel #avgeek
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2025-02-05 17:32:18 GMT

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Images from Wednesday afternoon's departure from #Melbourne #MEL #YMML. #Australia #aviation #travel #avgeek
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2025-02-05 00:53:45 GMT

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Boarded. #MEL #YMML #aviation #travel #avgeek
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2025-02-04 23:49:59 GMT

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I spy a red-tailed roo. Well, there are lots of these here. But this one will be my ride home. This is my first time flying on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. This is a 787-9 model. Though I have been aboard static display 787-8 test planes in Seattle & Oshkosh which had ballast tanks instead of seats, and "experimental" painted over the doors. #MEL #YMML #aviation #travel #avgeek
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2025-02-04 23:40:05 GMT

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#Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport is the second busiest in #Australia by passenger volume, after Sydney, matching Melbourne's size as the second biggest city in the country. #MEL #YMML #aviation #travel #avgeek
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2025-02-04 06:17:20 GMT

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Last day of sightseeing in #Australia, back in #Melbourne... trains, state library, military history monument, river, etc. Hot weather🥵. #travel
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2025-02-04 03:08:17 GMT

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This will take some adjustment... temperatures at current location #Melbourne, #Victoria, #Australia 38C/100F and at home Portland, Oregon, USA 4C/39F. #travel
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2025-02-02 05:04:02 GMT

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Today we visited Naracoorte Caves National Park near Naracoorte, South Australia. Cool caves literally and figuratively, since it was a lot cooler underground than the hot Australian summer days. #Australia #travel #geology
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2025-02-01 11:39:56 GMT

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Something you don't usually see in tourist photos of #Australia... Here's a #volcano. Today's #roadtrip ended at Mt Gambier, South Australia. The town is built around a maar volcano with two crater lakes. And SA is a new state for me. #travel
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2025-02-01 06:42:37 GMT

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This seems both familiar and very different... For a brief moment #Portland, #Victoria, #Australia is the farthest place I've been from home in Portland, Oregon, USA. #travel #roadtrip
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2025-02-01 04:27:44 GMT

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On the Great Ocean Road we stopped at limestone cliff and island formations at the Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge, London Bridge and Bay of Islands. #Victoria #Australia #roadtrip #travel
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2025-01-31 23:31:40 GMT

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Today everywhere we go is the new farthest place I've been from home. @npub1xcq…cxyf is showing me the famous Great Ocean Road on the coast of #Victoria, #Australia. #travel #roadtrip
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2025-01-31 05:22:18 GMT

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I should clarify that I've been to #Melbourne before. Since my first visit years ago, it's still the farthest place I've been from home. #Australia #travel

2025-01-31 01:42:02 GMT

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Some pictures from my exploration in #Melbourne #Australia. This is the farthest place I've been from home. #travel
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2025-01-28 04:06:29 GMT

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Explored Canberra yesterday ... and my post was supposed to be in this thread. So I'll insert a link to it. https://avgeek.social/@ikluft/113899635160280840

2025-01-26 09:07:18 GMT

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Video pan across the scene at #AustraliaDay from Circular Quay in #Sydney from a drone launch to the Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Opera House to the CBD. #Australia #travel
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2025-01-26 09:04:36 GMT

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Watching the #AustraliaDay concert (and upcoming fireworks) at Circular Quay in #Sydney . #Australia #travel
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2025-01-26 05:04:15 GMT

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Online friends finally meet in person... I've known @npub1xcq…cxyf for years from @npub155w…ts92's biweekly Aerospace Chat. He's a fellow #avgeek, #spacegeek, #mapgeek, pilot and flight instructor. Now he's showing me around #Sydney. #Australia #travel
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2025-01-24 11:10:11 GMT

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Circular Quay (edit: pronounced "key") at Sydney Harbour was buzzing with activity on the Friday evening of Australia Day weekend. This is one of those places that I get a big grin and think, "I can't believe I'm here." #Australia #travel
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2025-01-24 08:35:11 GMT

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Sydney Central train station is a busy place. #Australia #travel
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2025-01-24 06:39:31 GMT

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Exploration in #Australia today... I took the train to Katoomba and walked to the viewpoints for Blue Mountains National Park. Pictures here from Echo Point looking at the Three Sisters rock formation, and nearby at Katoomba Falls. Unlike my previous trip to Australia years ago, I'm getting more of a look outside the big cities this time. #travel #photography
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2025-01-23 02:58:05 GMT

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As I explore Sydney, I'm in what will be the path of totality in the #SolarEclipse of July 22, 2028. #astronomy #SolarEclipse2028
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2025-01-23 02:52:13 GMT

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The red-tailed roo took me to a strange land where it's Summer in January. It's 23C here, contrast to just above freezing when I left Portland. #aviation #avgeek #travel #SYD #YSSY
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2025-01-22 07:38:12 GMT

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After some delays while techs worked on the flight deck, the flight is boarding. My first time on an A380. #aviation #avgeek #travel #KLAX
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2025-01-22 04:01:37 GMT

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I spy a red-tailed roo. #aviation #avgeek #travel #KLAX
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2025-01-22 03:59:05 GMT

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Always lots of big planes at LAX. #aviation #avgeek #travel #KLAX
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2025-01-22 03:57:38 GMT

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On the descent into LAX, I got some views of the area that was hit by the devastating #PalisadesFire. Not much smoke now, at least not much visible at twilight. I couldn't recognize any fires with all the orange city lights. #aviation #avgeek #travel
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2025-01-22 03:53:32 GMT

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Some views from the PDX-LAX flight: Columbia River, Mt St Helens, Mt Rainier, Mt Hood, Lake Tahoe. #aviation #avgeek #travel #KPDX #KLAX
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2025-01-22 01:51:49 GMT

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On the ground in Los Angeles. #aviation #avgeek #travel #KLAX
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