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Dave Hartland
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Dave Hartland has spent his life immersed in all things aviation. A self-proclaimed avgeek who grew up under the flight path of his local airport, he began flight lessons at the age of 14. He is a copywriter for the aviation industry and is the owner of The Aviation Copywriter. He lives in snowy Erie, Pennsylvania with his wife Danielle and their 6-year-old son Daxton. Besides aviation, Dave loves traveling, RVing, Disney cruises, camping, hiking, meteorology, and spending time with family and friends.
Ural Airlines Abandons Plan to Fly Airbus A320 Out of Field
Russian media reports indicate that Ural Airlines has abandoned plans to fly the Airbus A320 that flew flight 1383 from a Siberian wheat field. The crew of the ill-fated jetliner…
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Airline Fires Crew, Bans YouTuber Over Critical Flight Review
Qatar Airways is under fire after allegedly firing crew members involved in a video shot by popular YouTube aviation vlogger and airline critic Josh Cahill. Cahill, a Czech-Australian based in…
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Planes of Paradise: 11 Extinct Airlines of Hawaii
In light of last week’s surprise announcement by Alaska Airlines that it has acquired Hawaiian Airlines, we decided to take a look back at some of the Hawaiian airlines of…
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Stargazer: The Lone Flying L-1011 TriStar
Out of 250 Lockheed L-1011 TriStars ever built, only one remains airworthy today. That is the L-1011 Stargazer. The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a groundbreaking aircraft for its time. In…
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Delta Prepares to Bid Adieu to the Plane We All Love to Hate
Breaking up is hard to do, but the end is finally near. Delta Air Lines will end operations on its once-massive fleet of CRJ-200s on 30 November. That means beginning…
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Boeing Scores Big at Dubai Airshow
It was a very good week for Boeing as two major Middle Eastern carriers, Emirates and flydubai, placed orders worth a staggering $63 billion on the opening day of the…
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