John Walton • @thatjohn.bsky.social

Independent aviation, transport & travel journalist — and author — open to projects! #PaxEx, rail, Japan, gardens, #Eurovision and more. 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 in 🇫🇷.

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Not really here any more because, well.

Off to Japan soon for #JohnDoesJapan, my new project based on #thatjohninJP — find me on Bluesky (https://t.co/Wtp7EiUkz7) or Insta (https://t.co/uod25SVwY4)!

…and buy my book for the young #avgeek or lil' traveller in your life:

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I'm thrilled to share my latest project: #TheAirport, a children's book celebrating the incredible people who work to get us where we're going when we fly.

Got a small #avgeek in your life? Pre-order the book today!

UK: https://t.co/IUNfvUSvoO
US: https://t.co/Y01naBh1ji

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This account is now on hiatus, likely permanently.

Since this site now hides many links to other media within posts, you'll need to find me via the address in my username.

Wherever you go, friends, go well, be safe, and take care of each other.

—John

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@jrawson Javine the slaaaaaaag?

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A reminder that I've mostly moved over to Bluesky — thatjohn dot bsky dot social — so if you're over there too, do follow on and let me know!

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@adamcobb I am clearly VERY OLD because thirty years ago this year I was definitely recording episodes of Deep Space Nine onto 180-minute VHS tapes that took up entire shelves of my teenage bedroom to watch and rewatch forever

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@petchmo doing a Millennial Camera Zoom in on myself and pulling back slowly while saying "and he gathered them all together in a place called Armageddon"

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@zoelondondj me looking at my twitter rn

[Runway Girl @RunwayGirl]

Reflections on JAL516 and a visit to Airbus' new Safety Promotion Center https://t.co/1q1GDBIkL4 by @thatjohn
#airsafety #JAL516 #paxex

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@adebradley omg same

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A Dash-8 is a sizeable aircraft — substantially smaller than the A350, but large enough that the effects of a collision would be commensurate with what we're seeing. #JAL516

https://t.co/rUFANKVfK9

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

According to Japanese media the Japan Airlines aircraft collided with a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 from Japan Coast Guard during landing.

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Shocking news out of #Tokyo this morning. NHK News is reporting on an accident concerning #JapanAirlines flight #JAL516 — an Airbus A350-900 — from Sapporo New Chitose to Haneda International Airport.

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Absolutely incredible to watch high-definition video of the A350 airframe involved in the #JAL516 accident. Thinking dispassionately for a moment, this will be invaluable to air safety, with impacts for generations to come.

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@robertscheib @Davelatics @winglets747 @RunwayGirl It's still at "a few new(and newly refurbed) airplanes on a few airlines" sort of basis. Nothing you can plan on yet.

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Heading to Hong Kong with @cathaypacific on a delightful autumn #presstrip today — follow along on Bluesky! I'm https://t.co/Wtp7EiUkz7 over there.