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Happy Saturday Drama Fans - hope you day is wonderful and your caesar salads go unspilled.

This week, thanks to our army of sky drama farmers, our global vomit and vape surveillance network added/expanded coverage of the skies above:

Durango, CO, USA
São Paulo, Brazil
Dublin, Ireland

Thanks to all sky drama farmers, new and old - for without them, salad spills, non-compliant vapers, and so much excreta would go unreported - lost forever to the winds.

If you'd like to become a sky drama farmer check out: https://acarsdrama.com#feed

Sky Drama Farmers get free Jumpseat access!

What's Jumpseat? Why, it's our premium offering for serious aviation nerds who want deeper access to our data!

Anyone can become a Jumpseat Member - and doing so helps support this accidental global firehose of data.

Learn more @ https://jumpseat.acarsdrama.com

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It’s been a while, and we have quite a few new followers! Yay! Welcome! ✈️

So here’s a quick tour of ACARS Drama, and what it is. You can always find all this info at acarsdrama.com — you should check it out, not least because we’re very proud of the design.

ACARS messages are transmitted in the clear over VHF radio waves between passing aircraft and ground stations. They’re usually intended for airline operations control rooms, not ATC.

Most of the messages you see on ACARS Drama are air-to-ground, because they’re more easily captured, though sometimes you might see ground-to-air replies.

ACARS was originally designed in the 1970s as a mechanism for sharing OFF/OUT times, but like all tech, it has grown in functionality, and is now used more like SMS over VHF radio.

#avgeek #avgeeksofMastodon #avgeeks

United States Air Force LC-130H 73-0492 "Drift Buster" of the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard departing Travis AFB to PHIK. November 2020 #milair #aviationphotography #LC130 #Antarctica #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon

United States Air Force LC-130H 76-3301 "Freedom" of the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard departing Travis AFB to PHIK. November 2020 #milair #aviationphotography #LC130 #Antarctica #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon

Tail shot of United States Navy F-35C (or D for disco ball) of VX-9 The Vampires, Naval Weapons Station China Lake on final for Pt. Mugu, August 2022. The triangular coating is an experimental infrared suppression coating (More details on this novel F-35C and more of my pictures can be seen in the article here: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/navy-f-35c-surfaces-wearing-new-mirror-like-skin #milair #aviationphotography #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #F35C #thewarzone #Mugu #vampires #ChinaLake #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft

#avgeeks of the #fediverse, #Mastodon, have any of you been able to bridge any of the #aviation #avtwitter accounts that migrated to #Bluesky? I'm trying to add bridged accounts like Flightradar24.com & Jon Ostrower's #bsky accounts but not having any success. If any of you have successfully added (followed) their bridged bsky accounts here, can you show me how/share the correct account. #AvgeeksofMastodon #avgeeksocial

20241025 09:20 (LT) @singaporeair SQ26 Boeing 777 from Frankfurt (DE) to New York (US), crossed the moon while flying overhead Eindhoven (NL)
#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #mooncrosser #moon

20240818 World helicopterday today #worldhelicopterday #wordlhelicopterday2024

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

20240721 Belgium air Défilé during the National holiday. A flight in an A400s in a formation of three.

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

#belgianairforce

@15wairtransport
@beairforce

20240816 A400M van de @armee_de_lair op @vlbeindhoven

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

20180912 Rescan of my photos of the @NATO_AIRCOM AirPolicing mediaflight overhead southern Europe. @armee_de_lair @[email protected] @team_luftwaffe @ejercitoaire

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

20240510 Zagreb/Pleso. Croatian Air Force, old MiG-21s and new Rafales @morh_osrh

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

20240423 Today two Egyptian C-130s visiting Eindhoven AB today (NL).
#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

20240410 Divers, Chinooks, water and sun. Perfect environment for nice photos. @dhcluchtmacht @kon_luchtmacht @landmacht

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

Last week, the Italian Air Force withdrew the AMX. @italianairforce

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

Turkish Airlines 787-9 makes a small rainbow and a cool shadow of its tail on the vapor while making the turn to line up at San Francisco International #rainbow #aviationphotography #KSFO #nikonphotography #Airbu #Nikon #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft #airplane #Turkey #Turkishairlines #B787

20240307 Media day at Rovaniemi AB for the Nordic Response exercise. @finnishairforce @nato @team_luftwaffe

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

Warsaw Plane Spotting

#plane #avgeeks #AvgeeksofMastodon #avgeek #wizzair #photography #planephotography

USAF F-117A Nighthawk #88-0841. "Mystic Warrior"on final for KFAT September 2021 after playing with the F-15C of the 144th FW #milair #aviationphotography #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft #nikon #nikonphotgraphy #blackjet #f117 #f117nighthawk #Fresno #stealth #nighthawk #tonopah #military #aviation #wobblinggoblin #skunkworks #lockheedmartin

20231208 Mass launch of Dutch F-16s. Next year the last F-16 will be retired.
#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

20231138 Armée de l'Air A330MRTT flight from BA Istres (FR) to Siualiai AB (LT). With French Mirage 2000-5s, Finnish F-18s and Italian Eurofighters.

#aviation #aviationphotography #avgeek #aviationgeek #aircraft #AviationDaily #AvgeeksofMastodon #Photography #photographyonmastodon #nato #planespotting
#militaryaircraft #MilitaryAviation

[Air Baltic] - Design Our Livery!
Put your creative vision on airBaltic’s 50th aircraft

"airBaltic takes pride in operating one of the most extensive fleets of the world-class Airbus A220-300 aircraft. As we eagerly anticipate the arrival of our 50th aircraft in November 2024, we're making the wait more exciting by letting you decide on the aircraft's design, also known as livery."

#airlines #aviation #A220-300 #airbus #livery #avgeek #avgeeksofmastodon #contest #AirBaltic #airplanes

https://www.airbaltic.com/en/50th-livery-contest?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20232711_contest&utm_content=inhouse_post&utm_term=eng&sref=SMM

"Concorde guzzled four times more fuel than a jumbo jet like the Boeing 747, which could also carry nearly 500 passengers (Concorde's cramped seating arrangement could carry just 100). And a round-trip ticket in the 1990s could cost as much as $10,000 — about $20,000 in today's money."

#aviation #concorde #avgeeks #avgeeksofmastodon #BritishAirways #AirFrance #civilaviation #airlines #transatlantic #supersonicflight

RE: https://press.coop/users/NPR/statuses/111467580947492841

[Harvard Law Today] - Why flying is miserable
By Jeff Neal

Ahead of the holiday travel season, Harvard Law graduate Ganesh Sitaraman argues in a new book that deregulating the airline industry has led to higher costs, less choice, and more misery for the flying public

"we’ve now lived in the deregulated system for 40 years. And what we ended up with was a system that failed to achieve the things that the deregulators said it would. We now have a system that is less competitive than it was even during regulation. "

#aviation #airlines #flying #avgeek #avgeeksofmastodon #publicpolicy #Airtravel #GaneshSitaraman

https://hls.harvard.edu/today/airline-deregulation-may-be-why-flying-is-such-a-miserable-part-of-holiday-travel/

Happy Thanksgiving to our American neighbours, and all the aviation staff working on the holiday. Thank you for keeping the skies safe and for safely transporting everyone home and back.

#Thanksgiving #aviation #avgeek #avgeeksofmastodon #ATC #airtrafficcontrollers #pilots #flightattendants #airlines #airports

Cartoon credit: Rick McKee

[Flightradar24] 787 lands on Antarctica ICE RUNWAY! (And takes off again)

This made big news this week, a chartered Norse Atlantic Airways B787-9 landing at Troll Airfield in Antarctica orginating from Oslo, Norway via Cape Town, South Africa.
📽: Flightradar24 (YouTube)

#NorseAtlanticAirways #aviation #airlines #Antarctica #TrollAirfield #B787 #N0787 #Dreamliner #planespotting #avgeek #avgeeksofmastodon

https://youtu.be/6jeW6jIPAlc

[Executive Traveller] Qantas reveals its most Instagrammable plane ever
By David Flynn

"Around 100 painters were involved in completing the livery, working with 130 stencils to replicate a detailed design by Pitjantjatjara artist Maringka Baker which tells the Dreaming story of two sisters who traverse remote Australia together, covering vast distances to find their way home."
...
"In the tradition of the Qantas Flying Art series, the aircraft itself is named for the artwork Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa (literally ‘the two sisters creation story’), although all subsequent A220s will be named after native Australian wildlife."

I like and appreciate this way more than Condor's fugly jail stripes. Sorrynotsorry. UnpopularOpinion.

#Qantas #airline #livery #Airbus #A220 #aviation #avgeek #avgeeksofmastodon #planespotting #mirabel #indigenousart #indigenousartist

https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-a220-flying-art-livery

Local YYZ Planespotting YouTuber Wake Turbulence Aviation captured this gnarly Air Canada B777 landing coming in from Tokyo Haneda on Nov. 13.
Flight AC2 Air Canada B777-333(ER)
Reg C-FIUV
HND to YYZ
As much as Xitter/bird chan is a vortex of crap now, I continue to monitor the Av community there as it unfortunately refuses to abandon the site. This came up in a post so I'm sharing it here in the fediverse.
📽: Wake Turbulence Aviation @waketurbulence747 (YouTube)

#AirCanada #B777 #YYZ #C-FIUV #WakeTurbulenceAviation #landing #planespotting #avgeek #avgeeksofmastodon #aviation

https://youtu.be/72mFk_jGcT0

Der Grund warum ich in Maribor bin. H2Fly hat sein Flugzeug mit flüssigem #Wasserstoff demonstriert. Sehr leise. Das Chase-Plane hat deutlich mehr Lärm gemacht. #h2fly #luftfahrt #aviation #avgeek #AvgeeksofMastodon

Via FirePhotoGirl ….Brandy Carlos, aka Fire Photo Girl, got this great vid of a #Calfire Grumman S-2T Type-3 Air Tanker with a payload of 1200 gallons. CF operates 23 of these aircraft from Air Attack Bases throughout our state. #BonnyFire #Wildfire #CaliforniaWildfire #avgeek #AvgeeksofMastodon

#CoulsonAviation who is a contractor for #CalFire brought in NSWRFS 737 LAT 210 from Australia for the California Fire season…she is based at AAB McClellan, Sacramento (MCC)…here she is making a drop on the #bonnyfire near Anza, Ca #wildfire #Californiawildfire #avgeek #avgeeksofMastodon

Via Michael Steinberg: NSW RFS T210 departing Chico AAB back to McClellan AAB last evening after working the #WonderFire, with the moon in the background as well. This converted 737 beauty is contracted by CalFire from Australia for the #CaliforniaFireSeason. The fire season has kicked into gear. #wildfires #cawx #californiawildfire #aviation #AvgeeksofMastodon #avgeek

Spanish Harrier #photography #AvgeeksofMastodon #AviationDaily #aviation #avgeek https://glass.photo/ljpuk/49iYSdUYd35i3eQiXuZ6SU

Here is a highlight and BRAVO for the BLMNational Aviation program – Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) & Fire Bosses!
• SEATs - land-based aircraft used to drop retardant on #wildfires.
• Fire bosses - amphibious aircraft that scoop water to drop on wildfires. #avgeek #AvgeeksofMastodon

In a line, current RAF front line in Typhoon and F-35 #avgeek #AvgeeksofMastodon #aviation #photography #RIAT

Finally, the last large air tanker to arrive at MCC for the #fireseason2023 is Neptune Aviation’s T01 on July 8 down from Minnesota. The BAe 146 aircraft is equipped with the Active Response drop system capable of delivering a payload of 3,000 gallons of fire retardant. #avgeek #AvgeeksofMastodon #wildfire #Californiawildfire

#WhittleFire…Taking a closer looked at the large air tanker (LAT) T103….she is based at the McClellan retardant air base… she is in the retardant pits ready for her second drop on the fire if needed…the MD80 aircraft is owned by contractor Erickson Aero out of Oregon…This Erickson Aero Tanker is the most versatile fire bomber available. FAA-Approved, 900 miles loaded strike range, 5000 foot runway capability loaded, 3000 gallon capacity #wildfire #avgeek #AvgeeksofMastodon

#whittlefire A look at the air attack via tracking #avgeek #wildfire #AvgeeksofMastodon

Fill me up! United States Air Force KC-135 58-0027 As SWATH23 refueling of the F-35's (Hill AFB) proving a CAP for POTUS's visit over the SF Bay Area #milair #POTUS #CAP #HillAFB #KC135 #F35 #president #aviationphotography #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft #nikon #nikonphotgraphy

Closeup of the IR detection devices on the back of the turbines of United States Air Force VC-25A 92-9000 as Air Force 1 June 19th, 2023 #milair #biden #president #USAF #Moffett #VC25 #IR #aviationphotography #planespotting #haveglass #AF1 #POTUS ##aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft #nikon #nikonphotgraphy

United States Air Force VC-25A 92-9000 as Air Force 1 on final for Moffett Field with POTUS aboard. June 19th, 2023 #milair #biden #president #USAF #Moffett #VC25 #aviationphotography #planespotting #haveglass #AF1 #POTUS ##aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft #nikon #nikonphotgraphy

Sopwith Camel with a funny-looking dog with a big black nose
#milair #aviationphotography #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft #nikon #nikonphotgraphy #snoopy #sopwith #peanuts

Twilight at Moffett Field as we depart for a fixed wing medical transport #aviationphotography #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft #airplane #medical #transport #nurse #nursing #moffett #FlightNurse
#nikon #nikonphotgraphy

“We tell stories using light. We tell stories using shadows. That's it.”
― Merlin Schönfisch

Emirates A380-800 A6-EVQ throwing a shadow of its wing onto low level clouds as it makes the turn to line up at KFSFO a few minutes ago #aviationphotography #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft #airplane #Airbus #A380 #Emirates #nikon #nikonphotgraphy #shadow #light

When low overcast clouds give you lemons, make lemonade. Lufthansa 747-8i D-ABYG from Frankfurt to San Francisco International (#KSFO). The Queen of the skies is casting a shadow on the low overcast while making the turn to line up. Shot just a few minutes ago from the backyard #aviationphotography #Lufthansa #Boeing #clouds #shadow #B747 #Queen #planespotting #haveglass #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #aviationdaily #photography #aircraft #Nikon #Z9 #AvgeeksofMastodon #aircraft #airplane #nikon #nikonphotgraphy