Fly With Bruno

09/17/2025

What’s your favorite place to do turns-around-a-point?🗽

09/13/2025

I stumbled upon this post and found it fascinating. I had no idea these 767s flew with a Flight Engineer.

The Boeing 767 Flight Engineer.

The first 30 Boeing 767 aircraft were initially equipped with a Flight Engineer station.

Ansett Airlines operated the aircraft with a three-crew cockpit. Ansett was the only airline in the world to have operated with a Flight Engineer station on the flight deck.

Conventional wisdom is that the Boeing 767 was designed for two crew operations and that the Australian airline’s unions demanded the Flight Engineer. The story is a little more complex than that.

When the Boeing 767 was being designed in the 1970s, short-haul aircraft such as the Boeing 737, Douglas DC-9 and BAC One-Eleven featured two crew members. Wide-body aircraft, such as the Boeing 747, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, and Douglas DC-10, all continued to have three pilots up front.

At the time, the Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 were being designed together. Being a narrowbody, the Boeing 757 had a two-crew cockpit, and the widebody 767 ended up with three for various reasons, despite Boeing wanting it to be two.

The FAA finally granted permission in late July 1981 for the Boeing 767 to have two pilots, which was around 11 months before the scheduled first delivery.

At that time, 30 aircraft were in various stages of production with the original cockpits. Some were close to being rolled out, others were completed and not tested, and others were bare.

According to “Boeing 767: From Concept to Production” by David A. Garvin, Lee C. Field, and Janet Simpson in the Harvard Business Review, Dean Thornton, the Boeing 767 Vice-President and General Manager, decided that the first 30 would be completed with the original cockpits and then modified to the new two crew design prior to delivery.

All the airlines (United, Delta, American, TWA, Air Canada, and China Airlines) accepted this except Ansett.

Credit - The Purple Stripe 📘🟪

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09/12/2025

C-17 pilot: “Hey, is that Bruno’s plane? Tell him to bring it over here!”

I can’t think of moments in my 6-year pilot career that were more humbling than this. Exactly a month ago, I arrived at Akron, OH for the Props & Pistons Festival, shortly before this C-17 arrived to be displayed at the event. The pilot, callsign “Luigi”, recognized the Tiger on the ramp and asked if I was there.

Turns out he’s been a long-time follower and, in his own words, someone that helped inspire him to pursue his dreams. Luigi, along with his crew, invited me to tow the Tiger up close to the C-17 for a photo. And then, he invited me up to the cockpit for a tour.

I don’t have Luigi’s Instagram… but hey Luigi, if you’re reading this, know that you provided me with one of the most memorable experiences of my flying career 🙏🫡

And a special thanks to for capturing these awesome photos (that I’ll definitely frame! 🖼️)

Flying has changed my life in so many ways, and one of the most rewarding things about it is to realize that somehow I helped some of you follow your dreams, too.

If you want to attend an event like this near you, check out Fly-In schedule for 2025. There might be one coming up your area sometime soon.

Keep flying high, folks 💙

09/11/2025

I’ve flown over this place countless times, and there hasn’t been a single one in which its significance and what it represents didn’t cross my mind.

This is where we showed we can come back from anything. That together, we’re capable of extraordinary things. And that we can stand up, no matter what.

Never forget 🇺🇸 9.11 🙏

08/29/2025

This airport is the last of its kind… and landing here is full of challenges 😬 A piece of Aviation History hiding in plain sight in the Midwest, and it’s all in the new video on the channel 📺🍿

Comment “Airport” below and I’ll send you a link to watch!👇🏻

08/28/2025

Imagine the Tiger as a LEGO set… 😃 If I get 5,000 likes I’ll message and pitch this to them!

Now I know what I want for Xmas 🎄🎁
can you help me? 😁

08/28/2025

This historic Aviation piece is still open for public use and it’s definitely a must see! New video is out now 👇🏻

I found a piece of Aviation history in the Midwest: an airport that is the last of its kind, and unique in so many ways. Come along as I explore this incredi...

08/27/2025

Behold the new AOPA Sweepstakes plane: Aviat Husky A-1C!

200hp engine, full Garmin IFR glass cockpit with digital autopilot, Hartzell Trailblazer carbon fiber prop… It’s hard not to crave an incredible bush plane like this! 🤤

If you’re already a member of you’re automatically entered for a chance to win this plane. If you’re NOT a member yet, this is your chance to join and get 3 months FREE—and be automatically entered for a chance to win 🎁

Check out the link in my stories or go to AOPA.org/trial 🙌🏻

08/27/2025

Which Tiger looks better? 🐅🎨

Time for a trip down memory lane…
Back in 2021, these were the TOP 3 finalist paint schemes for the Sweepstakes Grumman Tiger. AOPA invited their members (and all of the internet, really) to vote and pick what the final scheme should be.

All three were designed by and any of them could be the winner. Fast-forward 4 years and we all know which scheme won 😉

It’s pretty cool to go back and see these alternative designs and imagine what the Tiger could’ve looked like…

Oh, and by the way, the original tail number N28860 was replaced by N716ER because someone at AOPA had a genius idea of using a tail number that spelled “TIGER”. Rumor has it that it was 👀

I feel incredibly privileged to get to fly this plane today. Hope you’re enjoying the adventures so far! A lot more to come 🙌🏻

08/20/2025

Can you name this plane? 🤔 HINT: It was part of the exhibit during last week’s Props & Pistons Festival in Akron, OH 👀

Let’s see who REALLY knows their aircraft 😎👇🏻

08/17/2025

A different look at the planes at Props & Pistons Festival 😎 These are now my favorite frames: the Peregrine!

Go get yours with 10% OFF with code FLYWITHBRUNO 🙌🏻

08/16/2025

Some of the cool planes at Props & Pistons Festival. How many can tou name by make and model? 👇🏻