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Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · Mar 11

An introduction to the #aircargo, #airfreight and #airmail business: #aircargoknowledge

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Frank Van Haste @vanhaste.com · Jan 18

First flight of the C-17 was more than 33 years ago.

Andrew @handle.invalid · Jan 18

youtu.be/yuA0Qyc2iXM?... #c17 #usaf

Filmed in my backyard. So jealous.

The Most Insane Flight On The C-17 Globemaster

YouTube video by Sam Eckholm

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ToughSF @toughsf.bsky.social · 17d

An Italian Air Force C-27 Spartan military transporter performing a flight routine you'd normally expect from a fighter jet:
youtu.be/2zV_ulstY0U
This was at RIAT 2025.

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Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 15h

#aircargohistory 1940's

Олександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · Jun 9

German soldiers with cargo on a trolley delivered by Ju52 transports

Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 15h

#aircargohistory 1942

Thanos Massias @massiasthanos.bsky.social · 20d

C-87 Liberator Express 41-11674
Fort Worth Airfield
October 1942

"… A new consolidated transport, just off the assembly line of a Western aircraft plant, is loaded with cargo. The site of the plant and flying field was a cow pasture not so long before Pearl Harbor. …"
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Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 16h

#aircargohistory 1950

Thanos Massias @massiasthanos.bsky.social · 27d

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar operations. 1950

"FAR EAST AIR FORCE, OKINAWA, RYUKYUS ISLANDS ; ABOARD C-119, 314TH COMBAT CARGO WING FROM ASHIYA AB, JAPAN TO KIMPO AB, KOREA ; AT ITAZUKE, JAPAN"
🎞️📑 catalog.archives.gov/id/22007

Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 16h

#aircargohistory 1930's (thread)

Thanos Massias @massiasthanos.bsky.social · 17d

🧵 The Boeing 247 nose cargo compartment.

Boeing 247 was a very advanced monoplane airliner of all-metal semi-monocoque construction, with retractable landing gear. This is an early version with the windshield raked forward.

🎞️ catalog.archives.gov/id/149272994

Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 16h

#aircargohistory

Олександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 15d

Empire Airlines Boeing 247 Airplane & Stratofreighter XC-97

Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 16h

#aircargohistory 1943

Олександр Бузько @oleksa79buzko.bsky.social · 1d

Sd.Kfz. 8 towing a Gotha Go 242 glider March 1943.

Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 17h

#aircargoinnovation

José Manuel «Gizmo» @gizmo4ps.bsky.social · Aug 24

Giant Cargo Drones Poised to Revolutionize Logistics: Spotlight on Windracers ULTRA Mk.2 and Pipistrel Nuuva V300 – Aviation News:

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Giant Cargo Drones Poised to Revolutionize Logistics: Spotlight on Windracers ULTRA Mk.2 and Pipistrel Nuuva V300

Aviation News – As global supply chains continue to demand faster, cleaner, and more flexible delivery solutions, a new generation of large cargo drones is emerging to fill critical gaps in …

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Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 17h

Yes thanks indeed Jose, I saw it pass by 🙏🙂

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Joris van Boven @jorisvanboven.bsky.social · 1d

20211012 #OTD Eindhoven AB (NL)
#avgeek
#aviation
#aviationreporter
#militaryaviation
#aviationphotography

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Wings & Space Photography @wingsandspace.bsky.social · 1d

#RCH118 🇺🇸 C-17A Globemaster III
#AE20C9 07-7188 437th AW | 315th AW Charleston

Arriving at Belfast today from Palanga, Lithuania

(Photo 3 - nothing like paying at the pump for your gas 😆)

#avgeek #aviation #usaf

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Airplane Pictures @airplane-pictures.net · 1d

#Boeing #747-8F, #Nippon Cargo Airlines (JA11KZ) by Alessandro Sponda (#Milan - Malpensa) #Cargo #aviation #photography #avgeeks

Boeing 747-8F photo by Alessandro Sponda

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Airplane Pictures @airplane-pictures.net · 1d

Most viewed photo of the last 24 hours: #Boeing #747-400BCF, SF, BDSF, #Saudi Arabian Cargo (9H-AKF) photographed by Stuart Lawson (East Midlands) #Cargo #aviation #daily #planespotting

Boeing 747-400BCF, SF, BDSF photo by Stuart Lawson

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Airplane Pictures @airplane-pictures.net · 1d

From our #eyecatcher archive: #Bell-Boeing #CV-22B Osprey, #USA - Air Force (11-0058) photographed by Łukasz Brzóska (#The Mach Loop) #Military #aviation #photography #avgeeks #planespotting

Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey photo by Łukasz Brzóska

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tmcbphoto @tmcbphoto.com · 22h

Before Thanksgiving.. after Thanksgiving!

Did you know the CC-130J is longer than the older CC-130H Hercules by over 4 meters? You can really tell the difference in these two side by side images.

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

RCAF CC-130H Hercules with a length of 30 meters.

RCAF CC-130J Hercules with a length of 34 meters.

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Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 17h

#aircargoinnovation

The Aviationist @theaviationist.com · 19h

Sikorsky Unveils the S-70UAS U-Hawk, First Fully Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter

The U-Hawk is a modified UH-60L that removes the cockpit entirely to create an uncrewed, mission-flexible platform.

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/10/13/u...

Sikorsky Unveils the S-70UAS U-Hawk, First Fully Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter

The S-70UAS U-Hawk is a modified UH-60L that removes the cockpit entirely to create an uncrewed, mission-flexible platform designed for logistics,

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Joseph Friesen @josephfriesen.bsky.social · 1d

Prime Air (operated by Air Transport International)
8C3329 PHX-ILN
Boeing 767-300 BDSF
Reg. N389AZ
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, KPHX
October 2, 2025

#primeair #ATI #N389AZ #aviationphotography #planespotting #boeing #boeing767 #B767 #KPHX #phoenix #fujifilm

A side view of an Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 freighter, registration N389AZ, climbing steeply. In the background, arid mountains rise above a city under a clear blue sky.

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tamaskls.bsky.social @tamaskls.bsky.social · 1d

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Big Jet TV @bigjet.tv · 1d

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

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Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 1d

#aircargoknowledge #aerospace

STAT Times @stattimes.bsky.social · 2d

With the global commercial fleet projected to reach nearly 50,000 aircraft by 2044, #aerospace logistics is set for unprecedented growth. Moving aircraft engines isn’t just cargo work, it’s a precision-driven mission that keeps global aviation in motion.

#KuehneNagel #RhenusGroup #ChallengeGroup

From hangar to air: the changing landscape of engine logistics

As Boeing projects 50,000 aircraft by 2044, the race to move engines efficiently is reaching critical altitude.The global aerospace logistics sector is witnessing unprecedented growth, fuelled by...

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Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 2d

Reverse parking an Airbus A400M

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A400M Tactical Landing & Reverse Turn | #tdbw23

YouTube video by olliwaa.aviation

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Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 2d

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Airbus A400M pulls off incredible loop

YouTube video by The Sun

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Air Cargo - How It Works @aircargohowitworks.bsky.social · 2d

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Airbus A400M Combat Takeoff at RIAT 2017

YouTube video by bobsurgranny

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Joris van Boven @jorisvanboven.bsky.social · 3d

20160405 Beauvechain AB (BE)
#Glow on the propellor of this Belgian C-130

Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday October 11, 2025
The theme is #Glow
#avgeek
#aviation
#aviationreporter
#militaryaviation
#aviationphotography

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Airways Magazine @airwaysmag.bsky.social · 3d

Rain or shine, the Queen delivers

📸: Lorenzo Giacobbo / Airways

#sfairlines #boeing #avgeek

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