Just in time for summer travel to Europe Updated 4:00 am PDT, Thursday, April 11, 2019 Air Italy's Airbus A330 inaugural flight from Milan lands at SFO Air Italy's Airbus A330 inaugural flight from Milan lands at SFO Photo: Peter_Biaggi, Peter Biaggi / SFO Photo: Peter_Biaggi, Peter Biaggi / SFO Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close Image 1 of 20 Air Italy's Airbus A330 inaugural flight from Milan lands at SFO Air Italy's Airbus A330 inaugural flight from Milan lands at SFO Photo: Peter_Biaggi, Peter Biaggi / SFO Air Italy lands at SFO with nonstops, low fares to Milan 1 / 20 Back to Gallery TravelSkills on SFGate is brought to you by Visa . San Francisco International Airport is once … [Read more...] about Air Italy lands at SFO with nonstops, low fares to Milan
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An F-16 fighter jet made a California highway patrolman’s radar go bonkers with a high-speed flyby
Ryan Pickrell, provided by Published 5:41 pm CDT, Monday, March 11, 2019 U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Drzazgowski Video taken by Officer Chris Bol of the California Highway Patrol shows an F-16 Fighting Falcon blasting past his patrol car on an empty highway. These low-altitude flybys occur regularly in this particular area and are often picked up on radar. Bol's radar went in and out, apparently reading 250 mph at one point, the California Highway Patrol station in the California desert suburb of Bishop told Business Insider. A California patrolman's radar apparently flipped out on an empty stretch of highway over the weekend, which was odd because there wasn't another car in sight. But then an F-16 Fighting Falcon came flying low and fast past his location. A video taken by Officer Chris Bol and shared by the California Highway Patrol station in the California desert suburb of Bishop shows the F-16 making a pass — not the first, as the officer … [Read more...] about An F-16 fighter jet made a California highway patrolman’s radar go bonkers with a high-speed flyby
Marine jets collide, land safely at Southern California base
Updated 6:31 pm CST, Tuesday, March 5, 2019 FILE - In this April 12, 2013, file photo, a U.S. Marine F/A-18 Hornet jet flies low pass during Philippines-US joint military exercise in northern Philippines. A military official says two Marine fighter jets collided in midair, but both pilots managed to land safely at a Southern California training base last month. 1st Lt. Frederick D. Walker says no injuries were reported in the collision of F/A-18s on Feb. 28, 2019, over Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. less FILE - In this April 12, 2013, file photo, a U.S. Marine F/A-18 Hornet jet flies low pass during Philippines-US joint military exercise in northern Philippines. A military official says two Marine fighter jets ... more Photo: Bullit Marquez, AP Photo: Bullit Marquez, AP … [Read more...] about Marine jets collide, land safely at Southern California base
Sunwing jet catastrophe narrowly avoided after -52 C takeoff speed typo, investigators say
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By The Canadian Press Thu., Nov. 22, 2018 Investigators say an incident last year that saw a jet operated by Sunwing Airlines Inc. strike a 36-centimetre-high light beyond the runway and fly low for four kilometres carried potentially “catastrophic” consequences after a pilot typed in the wrong temperature. A report by the U.K.’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch says the Boeing Co. 737 lifted off at the “extreme end” of a runway in Belfast after the autopilot determined the takeoff speed based on a temperature of -52 C, rather than 16 C. The report says the aircraft, which took off with 185 passengers en route to the Greek island of Corfu from Belfast International Airport on July 21, 2017, avoided a crash and “multiple fatalities” largely because of the low terrain and lack of obstacles surrounding the airport. Read More: Boeing 737 narrowly avoided disaster in Belfast amid crew error Article Continued Below … [Read more...] about Sunwing jet catastrophe narrowly avoided after -52 C takeoff speed typo, investigators say
When and where you can see RAF Lakenheath jets in action this October
PUBLISHED: 08:25 30 September 2018 | UPDATED: 09:36 30 September 2018 Military jets at RAF Lakenheath. Picture: GREGG BROWN Some of the best American firepower will be on display at low altitude across the skies of Norfolk and Suffolk in the coming week as the US military conducts a “readiness exercise” to ensure it is ready in the event of an emergency. Military jets at RAF Lakenheath. Picture: GREGG BROWNRAF Lakenheath Tweeted that its 48th Fighter Wing would be carrying out “increased flying sorties” between Monday, October 1 and Wednesday, October 3 as part of training exercise to ensure its air and ground teams are a “ready and capable force”.That could mean some of the US military’s most hi-tech aircraft, including the F-15 fighter jet, flying at low levels across East Anglia and being more visible than usual.The best vantage points for plane spotters are likely to be in Norfolk and Suffolk, close to the airbase itself - although the … [Read more...] about When and where you can see RAF Lakenheath jets in action this October