Dave Hartland, Author at Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/author/dave-hartland/ Aviation News and History From An Informed Perspective Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:54:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://avgeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-avgeekerylarge1-32x32.jpg Dave Hartland, Author at Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/author/dave-hartland/ 32 32 104229628 Ural Airlines Abandons Plan to Fly Airbus A320 Out of Field https://avgeekery.com/ural-airlines-abandons-plan-to-fly-airbus-a320-out-of-field/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:54:16 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=34092 Russian media reports indicate that Ural Airlines has abandoned plans to fly an Airbus A320 from a Siberian wheat field. The crew of the ill-fated jetliner made an emergency landing…

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]]> 34092 Airline Fires Crew, Bans YouTuber Over Critical Flight Review https://avgeekery.com/airline-fires-crew-bans-youtuber-over-critical-flight-review/ Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:19:36 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33557 Qatar Airways is under fire after allegedly firing crew members involved in a video shot by popular YouTube aviation vlogger and airline critic Josh Cahill.  Cahill, a Czech-Australian based in…

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]]> 33557 Planes of Paradise: 11 Extinct Airlines of Hawaii https://avgeekery.com/planes-of-paradise-11-airlines-of-hawaii-weve-forgotten/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:43:39 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33442 In light of last week’s surprise announcement by Alaska Airlines that it has acquired Hawaiian Airlines, we decided to take a look back at some of the Hawaiian airlines of…

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]]> 33442 Stargazer: The Lone Flying L-1011 TriStar https://avgeekery.com/stargazer-the-lone-tristar/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 23:19:27 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33271 Out of 250 Lockheed L-1011 TriStars ever built, only one remains airworthy today. The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a groundbreaking aircraft for its time.  In the transformative decade of the…

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]]> 33271 Delta Prepares to Bid Adieu to the Plane We All Love to Hate https://avgeekery.com/delta-prepares-to-bid-adieu-to-the-plane-we-all-love-to-hate/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 03:26:46 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33153 Breaking up is hard to do, but the end is finally near. Delta Air Lines will end operations on its once-massive fleet of CRJ-200s on 30 November.  That means beginning…

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]]> 33153 Boeing Scores Big at Dubai Airshow https://avgeekery.com/boeing-scores-big-on-day-one-of-dubai-airshow/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 22:30:49 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33176 It was a very good week for Boeing as two major Middle Eastern carriers, Emirates and flydubai, placed orders worth a staggering $63 billion on the opening day of the…

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]]> 33176 Eight Years After the Farewell: US Airways’ Enduring Legacy https://avgeekery.com/us-airways-enduring-legacy/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 04:59:15 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33102 When US Airways Flight 1939 touched down at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) on 17 October 2015, a storied chapter of American aviation history came to a poignant close. The symbolically…

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]]> 33102 And Then There Were Five: The DC-8 in 2023 https://avgeekery.com/and-then-there-were-five-the-dc8-in/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:55:13 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33087 Introduced in the late 1950s, the Douglas DC-8 was a marvel of its time, revolutionizing long-haul air travel and setting the stage for modern jetliners. Today, while most of its…

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]]> 33087 End of a (Short) Era: Alaska Airlines Bids Farewell to Airbus https://avgeekery.com/alaska-airlines-bids-farewell-to-airbus/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:14:03 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=33069 In a significant milestone for avgeeks and industry followers alike, Alaska Airlines marked the end of an era as it operated its final revenue flight with an Airbus aircraft. The…

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