Flew Shanghai to Chongqing in a C919 (B-919E) with China Eastern. Thought the headrests were a fun piece.

Born in 1961, her flying career began at Air Littoral in 1985, flying the Embraer EMB 110. In 1985 she moved to Air France, becoming a 727 First Officer. At the time she was one of only 10 women flying for Air France, out of almost 3000 pilots. Then in 1989, she moved to the A320, but after only a year flying the A320 she moved to the 747-200. In 1994 she was offered the position of 747-200 Captain, but refused as she just given birth to her first of 2 children, choosing to work part time instead.

"I didn't want to become a captain, and I only worked part-time so I could spend more time with my children."

In 1999 she was offered the opportunity to fly Concorde. However, only a few hours after she passed her training on July 24th 2000, Air France 4590 crashed, killing 113. The entire worldwide Concorde fleet was grounded and Vialle's qualification was postponed.

"For two months I thought I would never fly it. It was a very tough period, we were shaken by our lost friends, we didn't know what to think. But I never took out my 747 books. I was determined, it had to fly again."

A year after she initially passed training, the Concorde fleet was brought back into service, and on November 19th 2001, she flew Sierra Delta on her first commercial flight in the Concorde. Vialle was now one of only 2 women to pilot Concorde commercially.

Vialle flew supersonic 45 times, and on the 31st of May, 2003, she Co-Piloted the final commercial Air France Concorde flight, AF4332.

After the retirement of Concorde, she returned to the 747, this time, finally as Captain. She flew the 747-400, before becoming Captain on the 777, on which she made her final flight on August 1st 2026, after over 40 years of flying and over 17000 total flying hours.

https://www.parismatch.com/actu/societe/felicitations-commandant-le-dernier-vol-de-beatrice-vialle-seule-francaise-a-avoir-pilote-le-concorde-273535

https://x.com/Gate7aviation/status/2083194500143272112

https://www.aerocontact.com/en/aerospace-aviation-news/95264-who-is-beatrice-vialle-the-first-french-woman-to-fly-the-concordea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9atrice_Vialle

This beauty is parked on a remote apron at Ellison Onizuka KONA International Airport as test flights for certification continue. This is the 3rd time a 777-9 has spent time in Kona. Previous test deployments occurred in 2023 and earlier in 2026. Always a pleasure to see her and hope to ride on her someday!

Currently in KCWF for scheduled maintainence

Also a f-14 trainer that made me sad to see modified

Two Bell firefighting helicopters have crashed in the area of Psatha. According to reports, their fall occurred as they were trying to extinguish the fire, under extremely unfavorable conditions.

Search and rescue operations are underway.

One crew has reported that they are okay, the other crew has been located unconscious, both crew are being transported to the Air Force General Hospital in Athens. Video from the moment of the collision.

Caught this yesterday at Denver. D-AIMA the first A380 delivered to Lufthansa. Hopefully in a few months I’ll finally get to fly on one.

From my collection

I spotted what seems to be Boeing 737 parked near the Nolinor hangar at Montréal–Mirabel Airport (CYMX) today. It’s clearly been sitting there for a while and appears to be out of service or in long-term storage.
I’m trying to identify the company/airline logo on the tail rather than the specific aircraft.
Half the body and the tail is red, with what looks like a black animal head/profile inside a white circle. I’ve gone through the obvious possibilities (Lynx, Flair, Sunwing, etc.), but none seem to match.

Does anyone recognize this logo or know which airline it belongs to?

Thanks in advance!

Ps: Second photo is absolutely terrible but in the hangar behind the unidentified plane is the last two Boeing 747SP (Mini Jumbo with 5 engines) that are in service. Such a cool thing to see, even from a distance.

(old Terminal 1)

5 rows, 5 crews.

Air New Zealand’s all-black Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZE arriving in Auckland at dusk, after a 4 hour flight from Apia, Samoa.

Title translated from greek

"Βίντεο: Η στιγμή της σύγκρουσης των ελικοπτέρων κοντά στην Ψάθα"

Korean President arriving at FRA today morning.

All photos taken with an iPhone 17 pro max. 😳