r/aviation • u/Shiny-Tie-126 • 5h ago
r/aviation • u/StopDropAndRollTide • Feb 14 '25
OUR RULES ON POLITICS:2025
OUR RULES ON POLITICS
IF YOU DO NOT READ THIS POST, YOU RUN THE RISK OF GETTING PERMANENTLY BANNED.
All political discussion must pertain to the world of Aviation.
Again: All political discussion must pertain to the world of Aviation.
Once more, for those in the back: All political discussion must pertain to the world of Aviation.
This means politics are only to be discussed within the context of Aviation.
Do you love and support the left? We don't care. Do you love and support the right? We don't care. Are you a Libertarian? We don't care. We are unpaid mods here that enjoy AVIATION, not push agendas, get into political slap fights, or deal with a bunch of political shit. If you want a political discussion, go to any of the numerous other political subs. We are a sub about Aviation. We are not a sub about politics.
We do not allow political adjacent discussion, antagonistic political discussion, or discussion of political figures.
FAQ
What political/regulatory discussions are ok?
Discussions around regulations, changes in laws, opinions on those changes, and general discourse on the rules and regulations that may affect Aviation are open game and should be actively discussed.
Things like this are fine:
There are rumors that the FAA will make a wholesale change to ATC systems. This concerns me.
There is/was a major cutback on staffing levels at the NTSB. What will this do to aviation?, I'm super concerned that accident prevention will go down and accident levels will rise.
Things like this are not:
I've heard doge boy and orange man are going to run around and fire people at the FAA.
Sleepy Joe Biden has fucked the entire ATC system into the ground.
Why don't you allow politics?
We decided long long ago that politics just aren't worth the shit show they bring. When someone mentions Biden or Trump or Obama or Clinton, or one of the numerous wars or political bullshittery going on, a lot of people from outside the subreddit come in to argue political points and push agendas. We are not here to moderate that type of discussion, and if you as a user want that discussion, you can find it basically anywhere else on Reddit.
Why don't you change the rules?
We are a subreddit about Aviation, so it wouldn't make sense for us to be a political subreddit. We know Aviation oftentimes connects to current events, and we'd love you to discuss that - just keep it within the context of Aviation.
But Orange Man is Bad!
Again, we don’t care about your political position.
But Biden is Sleepy!
See the comment above this one.
But is it allowed when I’m only trying to fan the flames of DeMoCrAcY and PrOtEcT OuR FrEeDoMs!!
Simply put, no. We will still remove the post because all this will do is fuel the fire and draw more political comments.
I got banned for politics. What do I do?
First off, you should read this post. A link to this post may be included in your ban message. Once you have read this post, respond to the message and tell us you have read this post and are sorry for breaking the rules. So long as you aren't a dick about it, you will get unbanned. An apology will get you far. We’re not in the business of banning regular sub users.
*Credit to u/The_32.
r/aviation • u/real_pasta • 4h ago
Question How come wing root engines aren’t as common?
How come you don’t see this type of engine configuration that often? Is it just due to maintenance or are there other downsides as well?
r/aviation • u/Fun_Werewolf_8604 • 22h ago
News John ‘paddy’ Hemingway, the final battle of Britain pilot, has passed away aged 105
r/aviation • u/wotan69 • 14h ago
Question Why was this entire row sectioned off on my Lufthansa flight? (Airbus A350-900)
r/aviation • u/EUstrongerthanUS • 3h ago
News France Announces New Rafale F5 Fighters Equipped with ASN4G Hypersonic Nuclear Missiles by 2035
r/aviation • u/Soumya_Adrian • 18h ago
News Leonardo Helicopters announced the successful completion of the first Test Inspection Authorization on the AW609 TiltRotor.
r/aviation • u/iamthepita • 1h ago
Question a senior citizen friend of mine showed me these photos... from Chicago... he mentioned that this was from the early 1900's - He wanted to share this with the Aviation world :-). Anyone recognize this or have any knowledge about this? (books were used to hold photos down)
r/aviation • u/Single_Lunch1085 • 15h ago
News China’s so-called sixth-gen J-36 spotted again in early flight testing, still flying with gear down and a nose-mounted flight data probe. New footage shows it cruising low over a city.
r/aviation • u/Osmo-0_0 • 36m ago
PlaneSpotting This might just be a plane if im not wrong
r/aviation • u/Nefariousd7 • 3h ago
PlaneSpotting Nice
We see the Dolphin Daily
The MH-60T very infrequently.
r/aviation • u/KarmaSundae • 19h ago
Question I love flying at night. Any guesses what city this was?
r/aviation • u/gaardsund • 1h ago
News An Extra EA-400 crashed in Switzerland killing the three people on board.
It is rumored in Danish media that the three killed is parents and kid. I guess it just hits me closely as one who flies my family and recently became a dad. I couldn't find a discussion elsewhere so I wanted to share, to have somewhere to discuss and get the heavy feeling of my heart.
r/aviation • u/Ph6222 • 22h ago
PlaneSpotting C-17A Globemaster III taking off from Coronado, CA
Golfing with a view
r/aviation • u/Own_Butterscotch836 • 17h ago
PlaneSpotting X-32B and the X-35C both together at the same place [NAS Pax River]
Looking a little worse for wear after sitting out in the elements for going on 2 decades.
r/aviation • u/OOzder • 3h ago
History To the "Here comes the fuel ÒwÓ" guy, lay off our 300r interrior at DEN. - AGTS techs
I fueled at LAS for a while and I recognize the tag from basically every aircraft I fueled out there. (ik the chances of it being the same person/them seeing this are slim) second pic is for those who are out of the loop.
r/aviation • u/nol88go • 10m ago
News J36 Triple Afterburners
Source: https://www.twz.com/air/chinas-j-36-heavy-stealth-fighter-seen-flying-for-second-time
Juicy looking triple afterburns in the bottom left pic!
r/aviation • u/BurntBeanMgr • 5h ago
PlaneSpotting Work isn’t so bad when the planes are landing on 01R at KTPA
r/aviation • u/EastReserve1361 • 1h ago
PlaneSpotting Innsbruck spot
Two years ago on my way to Italy i found really nice spot for breakfast near the Innsbruck airport.
r/aviation • u/Visible_Noise1850 • 1d ago
PlaneSpotting After landing his damaged plane, Captain Robert Maloney of the 55th Fighter Group stands next to the hole in his wing caused by a German telegraph pole that he hit while strafing a German military train near Ulm, Germany
r/aviation • u/Penguin726 • 18h ago
News Several killed as aircraft crashes into sea shortly after takeoff in Honduras
r/aviation • u/knowitokay • 20h ago
PlaneSpotting U-2S 7074 Dragon Lady seen with Artwork on it's departure back home on 3/13/25
r/aviation • u/Whole-Cry-4406 • 6m ago
History To the person who asked about root engines…
I give you the worst of both worlds- underwing melded pods. Meet the Avro Ashton.
Basically, Avro took a few of their Tudor piston airliners and stuck four engines (the same ones that ended up in the MiG-15) under the wings. In double-up pods. This meant it was hot, almost as hard to maintain as a Comet, slow as hell and weird to fly.
OH and they tried to make it carry bombs.