Delta: You can select one of twelve languages for your seatback interface.
Me: Oh good. So I can expect like…most of the content to be translated in something other than English or Spanish right?
Delta: Hahahahhaa. No.
#flying
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The luggage carousel thing is easily solved by travelling with cabin luggage only. But I agree re the travelators, I snarl at people who block them when I'm trying to get past. They could at least stand to one side.
"The people who just stand there on travelators, blocking the pathway. Travelators are designed to get you to your gate or back again faster than normal, not to help you avoid doing the slightest bit of exercise. Unless you have difficulty walking, or you have small kids, move it along."
#airport #flying #traveler https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/of-all-the-annoying-plane-passenger-behaviours-this-is-the-worst-20250805-p5mkf3.html
The Sydney Morning Herald · Of all the annoying plane passenger behaviours, this is the worst
It's official!
Airport X-ray imaging can detect all sorts of threats, along with the water bottle you forgot to trash, and many other embarrassing snafus ranging from a buzzing vibrator that sounds like a potential bomb threat to cannabis accidentally carried into a state or country where it carries criminal charges. @popsci tells us what TSA bag scanners actually see:
Popular Science · What do TSA bag scanners actually see?
I have Fridays in August off as a perk. Friday Flydays. Kicking off the first one by flying from Appleton to Schaumburg for lunch at Pilot Pete's with the family.
A puffin in flight with the blurred ocean in the background and with about a dozen sandeels in its mouth.
https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/flying-puffin-brings-home-dinner-joan-carroll.html
#puffin #atlanticpuffin #flying #fish #iceland #bird #birdphotography #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll #colorful
️ Just reading an article on the BBC about #airturbulence on planes.
Convective, orographic, clear air.
Linked to thunderstorms, mountain air flows, changed in wind direction and speed.
Most people.seem OK about #flying risks - fasten seat belts etc.
For those who do take planes, is turbulence a concern?
#Poll
6 easy ways to stay #healthy while #flying, according to doctors
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2025/07/6-easy-ways-to-stay-healthy-while-flying-according-to-doctors/
The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News | · 6 easy ways to stay healthy while flying, according to doctors | The Optimist DailyFrom choosing the right seat to staying hydrated, these doctor-approved tips will help you avoid getting sick on your next flight.
They didn't just take the fun out of flying. They loaded it up with pain and misery. Greedy ba$tard$. 
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@samloonie Yeah, in good (or even just fair) weather, they fit in multiple flights per hour during tourist season.
The Waco is a relatively-modern Second World War era trainer (student pilots often still started in biplanes back then). If you want to see even older, First-World-War-era biplanes still flying ("blip" switches and all),, check out the Great War Flying Museum at Brampton Airport:
https://www.bramptonflightcentre.com/community/airport-community/great-war-flying-museum/
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@samloonie Glad you spotted one! There have been regular Waco flying tours out of Rockcliffe Airport (by the Aviation Museum) for many years. I often shared the circuit and the fuel pumps with them when I had a Piper at the airport.
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#glider #avgeek #aviation #flying
ditto.
Early hours pilot here.
There's a gliding centre 2nm from the airstrip I fly from.
They hosted a GASCo (General Aviation Safety Council) evening which I went to, they were very welcoming and it certainly looks like a really fun thing to do.
Gotta nail that glide approach!
Also want to do some aerobatics, mainly for Advanced Upset and Recovery, for all those bits I was taught not to do!
I've been watching videos on gliders and I've never thought about doing it. I fly powered aircraft so "why would I want to do that?"
After watching some videos, It looks fun as hell! After Air Venture I'm going to probably contact the Wisconsin Soaring Society and see about having someone talk my ear off about gliders and then maybe go up in one.
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@phlox81 Bag check in: $75
Bag arrives with you: $50
Problem solved.
Delta Airlines "dynamic pricing" using AI: ~3% of domestic flights were sold using AI pricing over the past six months. Goal is to boost that to 20%, and eventually get rid of static pricing entirely.
Ars Technica · Will AI end cheap flights? Critics attack Delta’s “predatory” AI pricing.
https://www.europesays.com/us/67091/ Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket #ai #AirTravel #AirlineIndustry #ArtificialIntelligence #chatbots #DeltaAirLines #Flying #prices #Surveillance #Technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStates #US