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Paul Thompson 🇺🇦

@flyingphotog.bsky.social

I’m a guy who’s been working in the airline and commercial aviation industry for 24 years. I’m also a freelance writer for the industry. Contact me! Based in Denver, CO.

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Good morning, MDW! Halfway home to DEN.

16.11.2025 15:09 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Unbeknownst to me, Lufthansa switched from the A350-900 last week to the A340-300 on its FRA-DEN route. Some nice autumn light caught today’s arrival of LH446. D-AIGS is 26 years old. I’d prefer the A350.

04.11.2025 05:11 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 0

8 likes. This is why I rarely post on BlueSky.

26.10.2025 21:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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An American 777-200 looking nice at sunrise today, after having brought the Dallas Cowboys to Denver last night for their beating by the Broncos.

26.10.2025 21:04 — 👍 21    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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BEEP BEEP!! Sheridan Blvd, Denver.

24.10.2025 20:21 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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New Aaron Sorkin pitch just dropped.

24.10.2025 14:46 — 👍 181    🔁 38    💬 6    📌 3

Oh Apple… you’ve got to get better at your aviation scenes! In the opening of “The Last Frontier” we see a Boeing 737-200 taking off. But the plane wreckage is clearly an Airbus A320. “Carry-On” was just as bad.

24.10.2025 16:15 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Watch this United A319 completely disappear into dense #fog while landing at DEN this morning! 👀 #aviation #weather

15.10.2025 16:05 — 👍 37    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 1

I hope so too!

01.10.2025 18:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Photos from yesterday’s arrival of Lufthansa’s flight 480 from Munich to Denver. #aviation #travel

01.10.2025 16:12 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Nice shot of a United 787 Dreamliner arriving at DEN last night after a storm.

30.09.2025 18:50 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I always have my (iPhone) camera with me. I rarely bring my Nikon to work.

30.09.2025 18:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Must he put his name on every damn thing? 🙄

30.09.2025 17:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Full double rainbow over DEN last night, around 18:30.

30.09.2025 17:32 — 👍 167    🔁 10    💬 6    📌 0

I expected a rainbow. They happen often here after such storms.

28.09.2025 05:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m glad my 94YO grandmother is moving from #Florida in 5 days.

03.09.2025 20:07 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A post-storm pic from Thursday night at DEN airport. My photo. 😊

01.09.2025 18:57 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 for second time in under a year - Runway Girl Five months after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Spirit Airlines is again turning to the restructuring vehicle to address costs.

Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 for second time in under a year runwaygirlnetwork.com/2025/09/spir...

01.09.2025 15:57 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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a man with gray hair is smoking a pipe in a room and says `` he 's only mostly dead '' . ALT: a man with gray hair is smoking a pipe in a room and says `` he 's only mostly dead '' .

His physician at Walter Reed makes a statement for the press:

01.09.2025 18:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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8:45PM tonight, following our final storm of the evening at DEN Airport. #weather #travel #COwx #avgeek

27.05.2025 03:28 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

^Roxborough

11.05.2025 02:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I’ve been neglecting BlueSky lately but here’s some photos from my hike at Colorado’s Rouborough State Park yesterday. #hiking #hiker #colorado

11.05.2025 02:44 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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I’ve need off since Tuesday, so here are my first shots of Lufthansa’s A380 at DEN, departing for Munich MUC this afternoon.

03.05.2025 23:32 — 👍 28    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Who else wants to see an episode of ‘Jeopardy!’ with AOC vs Boebert and MTG?

26.04.2025 02:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My coworker from Tonga 🇹🇴 is taking his US #citizenship test tomorrow, and I’m so excited for him! He’s a really great guy!

09.04.2025 23:57 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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If you’re a @mlb.com fan with @tmobilesupport.bsky.social service, today’s the day to get your free 2025 MLBTV subscription!

25.03.2025 16:38 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Spotted the @tigers.bsky.social and @detroitredwingsnhl.bsky.social private 737-800 at DEN this morning! #avgeek #planespotting

25.03.2025 13:22 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Just had a visit to our cargo facility from DEN TSA K9 Rocco! He’s a very good boy and we got to pet him and throw his ball for some exercise.

24.03.2025 13:19 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Four smiling women aviators from the Women Airforce Service Pilots in front of an aircraft

Four smiling women aviators from the Women Airforce Service Pilots in front of an aircraft

No amount of “404 Not Found” will wipe their bravery and achievement off the record. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots and they will not be forgotten.

22.03.2025 10:50 — 👍 1145    🔁 291    💬 21    📌 9
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Hiked 3 miles on the South Rim trail at Roxborough State Park today! #hiking #outdoors #Colorado

23.03.2025 00:24 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0