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Aug 10, 2020 8 tweets 2 min read Read on X
For the record, everyone’s looking at this and seeing Pete Buttigieg, I’m seeing possibilities from Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, crossing the border to throw folks off the scent.
Also, for those sleuthing, there’s a curveball in the mix. Who flies them is totally random. I went through Biden Campaign FEC filings and they used a broker (that doesn’t own any aircraft directly) to arrange their recent private air travel.
In 2008, it wasn’t the candidate that was on the plane, it was the advance team prepping Biden for the Obama announcement. The plane then flew on to Scranton (Biden’s birthplace) and on to Denver for the convention.
It’s not just Wilmington for arrivals. There are at least three airports you should be watching for. KILG, KGED, KMIV. Really anything with a runway longer than 2,500-3,000 feet within 90-120 minutes from Biden.
Also, there’s no guarantee that the VP pick will be appearing with Biden immediately. The campaign is principally based in Philadelphia, so you will look for departures from surrounding airports there as well.
There are any number of permutations for arrivals and departures, but broadly speaking a team would have to be dispatched to the VP pick before an announcement.
Also, if you’re at an airport FBO and you see something interesting. My DMs are open or drop me a line on Signal.
Veepstakes planespotting Twitter is my favorite Twitter.

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Aug 16, 2022
I am pleased to report that with 25 years of reflection, I have always been me. June 1997: 7th grade English class project was to publish your own magazine, fake ads and all. Before there was @theaircurrent. Before there was FlightBlogger. There was SpaceWorld.
@theaircurrent Oh yeah, we had a website. It’s not there anymore. (I checked) All “published” a month before Pathfinder and Sojourner landed on Mars.
I’ve just started going through about 8 big boxes of stuff from my childhood that arrived last week from Boston. A whole lot of airplane photos that are now only good with 20 years of nostalgia attached. Grainy ACA 328Jet at Logan anyone?
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The rumblings of a ~300 airplane Airbus deal date back to fall 2020, but all indications at that point suggested it would wait until after the U.S. presidential election. It was clear that the Max was a pawn in the geopolitical game. theaircurrent.com/china/737-max-…
In the closing days of the Trump administration, U.S. policy underwent a major shift that largely derailed China's own move toward cultivating a home-grown commercial aircraft capability to fly alongside Boeing & Airbus. theaircurrent.com/china/chinas-c…
In the opening months of the Biden Administration, the relationship between the U.S. and China got its first face-to-face test. It didn't go well. theaircurrent.com/china/us-china…
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We need to stop for moment and take stock of the abject evisceration of the Russian commercial aircraft fleet and airline market that is currently taking place.
Prior to the sanctions, Russia had one of the most active domestic aviation operations, a global highlight in an otherwise ailing airline market with the two-year pandemic. The market was actually ABOVE 2019 levels of traffic last summer.
Both Airbus and Boeing have announced suspension of parts and services to the Russian fleet, effectively cutting off maintenance support to Russian airlines. Local airlines have some capability to service their own, but they will quickly become paperweights.
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A lot of folks are going to be watching Downfall this weekend, the new @netflix documentary on the 737 Max. I had a chance to be a part of the film, offering technical & historical context drawn from my time reporting on Boeing. I wanted to share some additional reading.
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My Valentines Day present just arrived. Married up. Way up.
The collection of Boeing annual reports, internal company magazines and newsletters span the pre-WWII era through the 1960s. Pristine condition.
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On March 12, 1921, four Ostrower brothers aged 9 to 15 arrived with their mother, Sara, at Ellis Island. They had left a tiny village in what is today Ukraine in search of a better life. They were eager to leave a Europe ravaged by World War I and rapidly rising antisemitism.
Sara and her sons arrived in New York on the SS Savoie 100 years ago today. She was exhausted, unstable and reeling from the journey to reset her entire life after World War I.
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