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FinnAir hasn't done this in a while, but used to have a Flight 666 to HEL. Their hub airport is Helsinki so every flight is either to or from there. Usually they'd do that around #FridayThe13th or Halloween. The flight was popular among people who wanted to say/brag they flew on it. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/FIN666 #aviation #avgeek

"Boeing will open 737 MAX line in Everett by ‘midsummer’" by @TheSeattleTimes@flipboard.com / Lauren Rosenblatt - Boeing's Everett Factory, the world's largest building by volume, still produces 777/777X and 767F. But after ending 747 production and moving 787 assembly to Charleston, there was empty space. Now we know a timeline for expansion of 737 MAX production outside Renton, with a MAX10-only assembly line in Everett starting this Summer. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-will-open-737-max-line-in-everett-by-midsummer/ #aviation #business #travel #avgeek #PNW

#AvGeek tip: to quickly look up airport info on Wikipedia, usually typing the airport's 3-letter IATA code, a space and "air" will present the airport's article in the first few search suggestions. It works for most mainline airline-served airports. Though some airport codes that match words in the English dictionary (like SEA, PER) may not make the top suggestions at times depending on any page you're already viewing or recent site-internal search stats. #aviation #travel #tech

"WB-57 pilot made heroic landing in Houston after its landing gear failed" by @arstechnica@mastodon.social / @sciguyspace@journa.host - A #NASA WB-57F landed gear-up at Houston Ellington Field (NASA JSC) due to gear failure. The crew of two were uninjured. Gear-up landings are often repairable - but this is an old plane. The Martin B-57 Canberra was a 1950s USAF bomber retired in the 1980s. NASA has the last 3 airworthy WB-57Fs for high-altitude #science research. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/one-of-nasas-three-wb-57-aircraft-just-did-a-belly-landing-in-houston/ #aviation #avgeek

"Canadian Airline May Have Found The Legroom Limit" by AvBrief / Russ Niles - WestJet🇨🇦 was caught in the midst of an unannounced reduction in seat pitch to squeeze 6 more seats into 737s when a #SocialMedia complaint video went viral. They were shamed into undoing those changes. https://avbrief.com/canadian-airline-may-have-found-the-legroom-limit/ #aviation #travel #avgeek

I got a @JetTip@avgeek.social alert that multiple aircraft are diverting from Seattle #KSEA to Portland #KPDX. So I wondered what's going on in Seattle? Winds 24 knots gusting to 41, about 50 degrees off from the runways. Yeah, that would do it. Winds in Portland are 5 knots right down the runway. Welcome to Oregon!🦫 (Except one of them came from Redmond RDM so it's welcome back.) #aviation #pilot #avgeek #weather #WAwx #ORwx