AeroSavvy

Everything you ever wanted to know!

Take a look 👀 inside UPS Worldport in Louisville. Bonus: Learn how to park a widebody jet without any help! ✈️

How would you react in an aircraft evacuation? Here is my pre-departure Game Plan for Survival. If you have family and friends that travel by air, please share. This is really important.

Air navigation maps and computers contain thousands of routes and waypoints (or fixes) to help pilots and air traffic controllers keep track of where the airplanes are. To make navigation and communication a little easier, most of the fixes are given names. Read on for some fun fix naming nonsense!

Each day, over 2000 aircraft travel across the Atlantic ocean bound for North America or Europe on the North Atlantic Organized Track System. Have you ever wondered how pilots navigate and communicate during the journey? Communication over the Atlantic is an interesting combination of modern digital messaging, satellite communication, and early 1900’s low-tech!

There's a turbine engine hiding in the tail of most every airliner. Read the latest AeroSavvy for fascinating APU trivia and info!

The plum blossoms were blooming this morning at the China Airlines hub at Taiwan Taoyuan International!

So, you think you know airliners? It’s time to separate the Ultimate AvGeeks from the Plane Spotter Padawans. Put your plane spotter knowledge to the test with the AeroSavvy Airliner Quiz! Be sure to share your score and challenge your friends!

Dayton Airshow 2015: Matt Younkin and his smokin’ hot Beech 18 bore holes in the sky!

Dayton Airshow 2015: The amazing Breitling Jet Team and their seven Czech Aero L-39 Albatros jets.

Dayton Airshow 2015: Matt Younkin and his smokin’ hot Beech 18 takes on the Shockwave Jet Truck (the truck won).

Dayton Airshow 2015: that is one GORGEOUS Boeing 757. The crowd loved it.

Everything you ever wanted to know about aircraft pressurization (and some really gross stuff, too!).

We had the ice removed before departing on our next leg. www.AeroSavvy.com

Ever wonder why they paint spirals on engine spinners? Find out in the latest AeroSavvy: http://bit.ly/1AY6D9T

A little de-icing action in Rockford. 4 trucks swarm a 757 and finish within minutes. I think the senior guy gets the enclosed bucket! www.AeroSavvy.com