Chocks Howay

Just a Geordie lad trying to be a good magpie - my flying journey

[Aviation @xAviation]

No different than bus drivers giving hand gestures, this is how pilots say hi at cruising altitude

📹: javierdafonte_

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Mark your calendars 🌌

February 28, 2026 — a rare six-planet alignment where Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune drift quietly into line.

[Chocks Howay @chockshoway]

@campbellclaret Labour are actually being quite effective. Noticeably more police, inflation under control, easier to get a GP appointment, their weakness is their PR machine. Would you @campbellclaret consider stepping up and replacing Tim A to defend against a hard right future?

[Jon Ostrower @jonostrower]

The team from @theaircurrent is seeking more information on this statement from the President. A massive amount of the U.S. fleet of mainline, regional, helicopter and military aircraft are "made in Canada."

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

One of the wildest demos in aerospace history: a Space Shuttle tile pulled from a 2,200°F oven… and held like it’s nothing.

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

Absolutely stunning footage of last night’s geomagnetic storm as seen from the ISS.

Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov said it was like flying straight through them.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

SpaceX's Crew 11 astronauts returing to Earth from ISS spotted over Burbank California

https://t.co/nNDfo31KuI

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

Cockpit view of a lightning strike on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

[Francisco Cunha @OnDisasters]

Sound up for this Hawker Hurricane fly by. Filmed in 2010 I believe, but doesn´t matter, as long as you hear all the 12 cylinders from that revvin RR Merlin :D 🎥Wonkabar007 on youtube

[Chocks Howay @chockshoway]

@neeratanden Last year @Microsoft waited until people had bought xboxes for Christmas in Black Friday sales then on 1st December hiked the price of Game Pass by 58%. That's disgusting. @bradsmi @satyanadella

[Aviation @xAviation]

One of the coolest things to experience!

📹: James Ronnie

[Chris Williams @Astro_ChrisW]

New Years fireworks in Baku, Azerbaijan. I was practicing some night time photographs from one of the windows on the @Space_Station at the end of the work day on New Years Eve. I had just finished passing over my targets when I noticed something funny – the city below me was twinkling! I quickly took a video, and realized that as we were orbiting further east, we had orbited into 2026, and I was actually seeing the New Years fireworks over Baku, Azerbaijan! Nikon Z9/400mm lens.

[Aviation @xAviation]

When the Boeing 787 operates on autopilot, its sophisticated flight control system manages the flaperons to maintain stable flight, particularly during turbulence.

The system continuously receives data from various sensors, including airspeed indicators, inertial navigation systems, and accelerometers. When turbulence is detected, the autopilot system automatically adjusts the position of the flaperons to counteract any rolling motions caused by gusts or disturbances in the airflow.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Astronaut playing baseball alone in space...

[Chocks Howay @chockshoway]

@xAviation Kudos to whoever has been keeping those wheel bearings oiled!

[Aviation @xAviation]

Back in May, on a Friday night at London Heathrow Airport, Concorde G-BOAB discreetly moved for the first time in ten years a rare and stirring sight for those lucky enough to witness!

📹: John tripp

[Alex 🇭🇲 @speedbird020]

#SpeedbirdSaturday
Two legendary Concorde’s departing London Heathrow with afterburners in full effect 🔥🔥

@xaviation @Keg767
📹 - osprey60

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

Incredible video of a Boeing 747 at 35,000ft overtaking a Boeing 737 at 37,000ft captured from a B777 pilot at 33,000ft.

[☈ Chris Jackson ☈ @ChrisJacksonSC]

The fire on #1 was really bad, no doubt, but the compressor stall that happened on #2 right here was the truly crippling event that sealed their fate. This was likely due to FOD being shoved down its throat from the uncontained failure of #1. Look at the yaw moment right after the compressor stall (puff of fire) from the loss of its thrust.

No way that thing was ever gonna climb out on one engine. Not loaded with cargo and fuel. And no, there’s nothing that could’ve been done different from the flight deck. Heartbreaking. 🙏

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

No one on earth has ever put anything other than milk and sugar on their Weetabix.