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AirlineFlyer. From Twitter. Airlines, airplanes, trains, transit, travel. #AvGeek co-host of Flightradar24's AvTalk podcast. https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast/ email: [email protected]

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · Nov 12

Just realized I never properly re-introduced myself. Hi, I’m Jason, aka @airlineflyer. I post about airplanes, airports, trains, public transit and travel. I co-host @flightradar24.com’s AvTalk podcast with @petchmo.bsky.social.

Looking forward to reconnecting with familiar names meeting new ones.

Airplane wing with blue water and blue sky

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 21m

It sure does! Love it. bsky.app/profile/airl...

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · Apr 11

Went to Goose Island for a beer. Stayed for the split-flap board.

🔊🔊🔊

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 39m

1h40m of @flightradar24.com NYC-bound traffic sped up by 20,000% down to 30 seconds.

It’s not too often we see all three major airports using the same runway 4 approaches. It’s beautiful.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 4h

And getting any of them to explain their hatred of Mamdani leads to a bunch of stuttering and nonsense. It’s baffling.

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 5h

I have so many questions

Big Jet TV @bigjet.tv · 5h

Dramatic DHL A300 Tailstrike at London Heathrow Airport #avgeek #aviation

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 7h

lol yea.

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 8h

I can’t ever recall seeing an intersection departure like this at LGA before. That’s wild. Really putting that strong Nor’easter wind to work for them.

Who needs runway, anyway.

METAR KLGA 121451Z 04021G32KT

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 22h

“Little upgrade”

photoJDL @photojdl.bsky.social · 22h

Got a little upgrade on this 35m flight to Kenai.

Excellent

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 22h

Wait, which one?

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 22h

It didn’t last long but we did just hit 80

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 22h

Is there ever not construction in CT?

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 22h

Arrived into Connecticut like loyalty at the South Norwalk MNR station, with its fantastic waiting room and art.

Departed Connecticut from the East Norwalk MNR station, which has a temporary platform over and blocking not one but TWO Northeast Corridor tracks lol

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 23h

Heh

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

This an epic clap back. Mamdani is fucking sharp.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

At least last I looked, yea

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

🫩

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Yeaaaaaaa the pricing, at least last time I looked, was outright bad though

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Does it work?

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Yep!

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

It’s right up against the active Northeast Corridor (Amtrak) and New Haven and Danbury lines (MNR), obviously, so you can get some fantastic Quality Train Content™ from the tower.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Happened to go to South Norwalk today and there was no way I was going to pass up a visit to the SoNo Switch Tower Museum.

It’s an amazingly preserved railroad switch tower from 1896, still equipped with its 68 “Armstrong” hand operated mechanical interlocking equipment. It finally closed in 1984.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Excellent

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Or just use one of the 95 other tracks

Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

MNR is bizzaro LIRR.

In South Norwalk there’s a transfer to the Danbury branch, which runs every 3 HOURS. A few confused passengers didn’t know how to get to it and a customer service agent radioed to the train crew who *stopped it after departure* to go find and help them.

LIRR crews would have🖕

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Yea but for a train station I want grab and go. GCT stinks for that.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 1d

Here’s a hot take: Grand Central Terminal is a beautiful headhouse but as a rail terminal actually kinda sucks.

Outside peak hours there’s really only one way on/off tracks, and we had to fight upstream against a thousand disembarking passengers to get to our departing train. Food/bev also stinks.

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