Thomas Saunders

Freelance Aviation Photojournalist @holdpointmedia | All views are my own | Get in touch: [email protected]

[Thomas Saunders @thomas379]

@SteveNomadic This would look great as a patch!

[Jon Ostrower @jonostrower]

Man @SteveNomadic, this episosde on the Spirit Airlines aircraft repo operation is really something. Sure, it helps if you love aviation, but this is such a human story, well told. https://t.co/nFBqryV3Ec

[Karlene Petitt @KarlenePetitt]

If you can get to #Denver You're invited to an AIR21 trial. "The Coach in the Cockpit." Captain Clifford v, @united @UnitedPilots https://t.co/vU6TLzjGuP #whistleblower #aviation #traveling @CNN @FoxNews @denverpost @DenverChannel @KDVR

[JetPhotos @JetPhotos]

A Swiss A350 preparing to depart Zurich. https://t.co/yeEdkF6f3b © Peter Binder

[Dylan Phelps - Centerline Images @CenterlineIMGs]

Look away, Harrier fans…

Caught this lineup of ex-RAF jets at AMARG in 2021. Not a graveyard—these were donor airframes keeping USMC AV-8Bs flying, one part at a time.
By 2022, with the fleet winding down, they were hauled off and scrapped.

June 2021 - Davis Monthan Air Force Base (Tucson, Arizona)

#Aviation #AvGeek #DavisMonthanAFB #Harrier

[Thomas Saunders @thomas379]

@CaptBob_Nomadic @pilotedgeATC recently created a web interface that allows other users to trigger failures in the simulator. This has the added bonus of having human ATC alongside the aircraft whilst working the failure. Other failure systems work on the network too if ATC is all that is needed.

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

And this is why I don’t run

[MtarfaLee @MtarfaL]

Introduction to E-7 Wedgetail Challenges

1/25 The UK E-7 Wedgetail programme, replacing the RAF’s E-3D Sentry, delivers advanced airborne early warning & control (AEW&C). It faces significant hurdles, from delays to budget cuts. This thread explores these challenges & who’s responsible for them.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has now announced the death of all six crewmembers onboard the U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker that crashed yesterday in Western Iraq, following a reported mid-air collision with another KC-135 while supporting Operation Epic Fury.

[U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM]

Four Confirmed Deceased in Loss of U.S. KC-135 Over Iraq

TAMPA, Fla. – At approximately 2 pm ET on March 12, a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq. Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased as rescue efforts continue.

The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.

The identities of the service members are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.

[Jeremy Clarkson @JeremyClarkson]

Don’t worry if your A level results aren’t what you were hoping for. I got a C and two Us, and here I am, 46 years later, with my own pub.

It opens next weekend if you fancy dropping in.

[Thomas Saunders @thomas379]

Yesterday saw 12 @LockheedMartin F-22As from the 90th Fighter Squadron arrive at @48FighterWing, for a stop over on their deployment to the Middle East.

Photographed is 05-4090 arriving as TREND71.

[Aviation Week @AviationWeek]

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is reviewing the potential market for a modernized version of the Short Sherpa twin-turboprop cargo aircraft, last produced in 1990.

https://t.co/wmFesYOYpa

[Thomas Saunders @thomas379]

@AerLingus please pass on my praise and thanks to the crew of today’s EI167 for their professionalism dealing with the incident on board.

[AviationSource @AvSourceNews]

#NEWS | The 139th Airlift Wing, part of the Missouri Air National Guard, has completed a 41 hour mission, with the aircraft running for 45 hours.

Read more at AviationSource!

https://t.co/BRaaaqcpJI

#139AirliftWing #Missouri #Rosecrans #ANG #AvGeek

[Thomas Saunders @thomas379]

@WandrMe @teemaction I’ve seen new trains in the UK have to go back to Alstom (formerly Bombardier transportation) for modifications prior to entering service. Perhaps something similar?

[AviationSource @AvSourceNews]

#INTERVIEW #ANALYSIS | Fellow aviation enthusiast @Jxck_Sweeney is known for tracking the private jets of @elonmusk & @taylorswift13. AviationSource sat down with him to discuss the controversy that has followed from this.

Read more at AviationSource!

https://t.co/YSW6F9Qfr1

#TaylorSwift #ElonMusk #JackSweeney #Aviation #AvGeek

[Thomas Saunders @thomas379]

@sentdefender Lakenheath only has F-35As and F-15Es. They’d only usually launch from RAF Fairford if they’re in the UK, which currently doesn’t have a bomber deployment.

[AviationSource @AvSourceNews]

LIVE: Celebrating 20 Years of The Final Concorde Flight - Nose Droop & More https://t.co/1Xd7sfXcZm

[AviationSource @AvSourceNews]

#HISTORY | It has been five years since the final commercial British Airways Boeing 767 flight. AviationSource writer Thomas Saunders was onboard that final flight all those years ago.

Read more at AviationSource!

https://t.co/OXzfclCw9n

#BritishAirways #Boeing #B767 #AvGeek