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Ben Bearup
5 years
#Breaking : The team plane used to transported the Utah Jazz to Oklahoma City was later used to transport both the Orlando Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies in recent days.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
Video of Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas crashing into the dock in Falmouth, Jamaica this morning.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
@Cobylefko Watkinsville, GA
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Ben Bearup
8 months
The airplane holding short of runway 34R at Tokyo Haneda at the time of the incident was a Delta A330-200 to Detroit.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
@RexChapman A must have during normal tourist visits to the capitol. ⬇️
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Ben Bearup
4 years
@RexChapman Too perfect.
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Ben Bearup
10 months
Today is the final full day of CRJ-200 operations at Delta (last flight early tomorrow am). What will you miss the most about the Delta CRJ-200?
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Ben Bearup
5 years
@RexChapman Judge Caprio is the 🐐 and a great friend!
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Ben Bearup
5 years
Delta unveiled a special livery this morning featuring the names of ALL 90,000 Delta employees worldwide. The airline distributed a cool $1.6 BILLION in profit sharing to its employees.
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Ben Bearup
4 years
@RexChapman Several pieces landed on a soccer field!
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Ben Bearup
4 years
One of my favorite pics of my dad. Pure joy as the confetti fell in the Pepsi Center when the Nuggets reached the ‘09 Western Conference Finals. The Nuggets did it again tonight. No doubt he is looking down and is “Well pleased.”
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Ben Bearup
3 years
My mom's hometown of Mayfield, Kentucky tonight after a devastating tornado hit the town. 💔 #PrayForMayfield
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Welcome to Athens, GA @ReverendWarnock ! (He gave me a Go Dawgs!)
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Ben Bearup
3 years
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked image of the combined Spirit + Frontier flight attendant uniform.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
@RexChapman This is all I heard.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
Six years ago Delta moved a 747 across a street to the Delta Flight Museum. Here are some photos I took that day.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
I had to see this so now you have to too.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
Hard to believe it has been three years since I lost my best friend. I love you, dad. ❤️
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Dozens upon dozens of Delta aircraft in storage at the Atlanta Airport. Delta is grounding 600+ planes due to the #Coronavirus .
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Ben Bearup
9 months
The final Delta CRJ-200 flight is in the air. What will you miss the most about the Delta CRJ-200?
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Ben Bearup
3 years
Hear me out…
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Ben Bearup
3 years
This is what b̶a̶s̶e̶b̶a̶l̶l̶ life is all about.
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Rex Chapman🏇🏼
3 years
Freddie Freeman hit a home run for the Brave’s and a father and son in Phillies gear retrieved it. Then the son turned right around around and gave the ball to a young Brave’s fan. Sports. Humanity...
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Ben Bearup
2 years
@sweatystartup He is now in the upper quartile of airport understanding and navigation.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
@3YearLetterman I assume you frequent this fine Athens, GA institution?
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Ben Bearup
2 years
We are up to three aircraft in the new Condor livery. Which color do you prefer?
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Ben Bearup
2 years
This is a real tweet from @Delta . 😂
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Extremely proud of my brother, @MyNamesAB , who is on the front line in the battle against #COVID19 . Working long hours testing patients. ❤️👏💪🩺
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Hard to believe it has been two years since I lost my best friend. I love and miss you so much, Dad. ❤️
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Delta begins returning stored aircraft to active fleet as demand picks up.
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Ben Bearup
6 months
3rd go around for Delta 1367 DTW-ATL. Wow
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Ben Bearup
2 years
We are three days away from a new airline named "Norse Atlantic Airways" launching low-cost 787 Dreamliner service between Europe and the United States.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
Harmony is the world’s third largest cruise ship at 226,963 gross tons.
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Ben Bearup
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@brianstelter I agree. This has been the easiest Olympics to watch. In the age of social media the key events need to be shown live to avoid spoilers.
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Ben Bearup
5 years
But who caught the ball after the dunk and was subsequently left hanging? 👀👀
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Rex Chapman🏇🏼
5 years
Block or charge?🏀🤷‍♂️😱😳💥 (Best dunk you’ve never seen. Dirk Minniefield - 1983 @KentuckyMBB )
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Ben Bearup
4 years
It is moving day at Delta as the airline brings 13! aircraft out of storage today alone. 2x A320 3x 757-300 4x A321 4x 737-900
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Ben Bearup
3 years
NEWS: On the day it announces its merger with Spirit, Frontier Airlines is having a operations meltdown. There are currently ZERO Frontier aircraft in the air at the moment.
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Delta 717 N998AT at Pittsburgh International Airport this morning. This looks expensive. 📷: @andrewrush
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Ben Bearup
3 years
@RexChapman Going to respond on behalf of @BretBearup real quick.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
The future of farming is in Kentucky. Very cool story from @benstracy .
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3 years
FUTURE OF FARMING: @AppHarvest 's first greenhouse is the size of 58 footballs fields — one of the largest greenhouses in the world. @benstracy meets the pioneering young farmer giving his Appalachian community an economic boost.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
New image of the now destroyed An-225 Mriya at Hostomel Airport near Kyiv. Russian forces have reportedly abandoned the airfield in recent days. Pic: @aletweetsnews
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Ben Bearup
3 years
A look at the Frontier fleet vs. the Spirit fleet. Highly complimentary.
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Whoever flew a drone this close to the Blue Angels this week should face time in prison.
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Ben Bearup
8 months
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Arya Shoa
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@VGrenadines @TheAviationBeat The point is that the pilots of the Delta aircraft likely saw everything that occurred, and will likely be important witnesses to piecing it all together.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
Will never forget Coach Hall, who at his advanced age struggled to stand and walk, standing for 8+ minutes straight at my father’s memorial service while sharing countless memories. He had the room rolling in laughter as displayed by @tbearup & @RexChapman .
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Ben Bearup
3 years
One of the most important aspects of any merger is creating a single unified brand image. Both Frontier and Spirit are subject-matter experts at this. (sarcasm)
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Ben Bearup
9 months
Man cooks (and eats) garlic shrimp in a Delta airplane bathroom. Would you try?
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Ben Bearup
1 year
No doubt a celebration in heaven tonight as my dad @BretBearup 's Denver Nuggets are NBA Champions!!!
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Ben Bearup
5 years
// NEWS // Delta has completed the midlife refurbishment of its entire Boeing 777 fleet. All ten 777-200LRs and eight 777-200ERs now feature DeltaOne Suites.
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Ben Bearup
7 months
Delta hearing used A220s might be on the market.
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Danny Lee
7 months
SCOOP: KOREAN AIR MULLS JETTISONING AIRBUS A220 FLEET AMID ASIANA MERGER PLAN via @markets @business by @AirEVthingTRNSP & @sidyoutwit
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Photos of Delta A350-900 N502DN now named “The Delta Spirit” by CEO Ed Bastian this morning.
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Ben Bearup
10 months
As of this month Delta has more A330s (67) than 767s (65) in their fleet.
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Ben Bearup
4 years
@RexChapman Whoever created that gif deserves a raise!
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Ben Bearup
3 years
Quick maths. @Icelandair
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Ben Bearup
6 months
Thoughts on Delta's new uniforms??
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Ben Bearup
2 years
We are up to four colors in the new Condor livery. Which color do you prefer?
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Ben Bearup
4 years
97 days...it has been 97 days since I sent this tweet about Delta completing their 777 fleet mods. Today Delta announced they will retire the entire fleet type as a cost cutting measure. #HolySunkCosts
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Ben Bearup
5 years
// NEWS // Delta has completed the midlife refurbishment of its entire Boeing 777 fleet. All ten 777-200LRs and eight 777-200ERs now feature DeltaOne Suites.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
Guy sitting next to me in class seeing that I follow @RexChapman on Twitter: "You follow Rex Chapman. I love that guy." Me too random guy. Me too.
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Ben Bearup
8 months
@CoachKarl22 Yes, because when Denver gave the 41st pick in the draft the #15 they clearly knew he was destined for multiple MVPs.
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Ben Bearup
5 years
The use of common team planes is just another example of how interconnected the NBA is as a league and why they made the decision to suspend games this evening.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
Rest In Peace to my father’s former coach at UK Joe B. Hall 1928-2022. No doubt he is getting a warm welcome from my dad in heaven. 🙏🔵⚪️
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Ben Bearup
4 months
Six years ago today we lost my dad @BretBearup . I miss him every day. ❤️
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Ben Bearup
10 months
Introducing the third new JetBlue livery coming to the A321HDs. JetFuscia? 📷: @ camfish94 (Instagram)
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Ben Bearup
3 years
@RexChapman Fact check: Not True.
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Emirates Airlines to suspend ALL passenger flights tonight at midnight Gulf Standard Time. The last time Emirates grounded their global fleet? New Year’s Eve 1999 for Y2K. #COVID19
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Ben Bearup
9 months
‼️Delta is going extra premium with their new A350s coming summer 2024. 40 Delta One business class seats (previously 32) Routes: ATL - Johannesburg (starting June 1st) ATL - Cape Town (starting August 1st)
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Ben Bearup
4 years
The scene in Atlanta where Delta has begun parking narrowbody aircraft on the now-closed runway 10. Delta plans on parking 600+ of its 900+ aircraft fleet in the coming weeks.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
📍 Airbus in Mobile
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Delta 737-900ER N807DN is scheduled to exit storage in Victorville, California tomorrow. This is (I believe) the first Delta aircraft to leave VCV so far.
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Ben Bearup
3 months
Today is day 1 of regularly scheduled A220 operations out of Atlanta.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
My dad, @BretBearup , would be over the moon about the Rams winning the Super Bowl! A vision turned into reality. 🔵🟡
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Ben Bearup
5 years
The @Boeing #777X has a wingspan of 233 feet and is approximately 74 aviation bloggers/journalists in length.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
Yes, there is a flight simulator on the @united app as of yesterday. h/t: @ethanklapper
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Ben Bearup
3 years
College Gameday setup on Myers Quad and SEC Nation setup at the Special Collections Library on campus at @universityofga .
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Ben Bearup
2 months
Delta just went 30+ minutes without a new cancellation and only 8 in the last 90 minutes. I think the operations meltdown is almost over.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
Public service announcement.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
The scene in Athens, Georgia tonight.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
@tbhorka @PFF Total touchdowns: Bowers 9 Mayer 9 Total Yards: Bowers 819 Mayer 809
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Ben Bearup
4 months
8 years ago today @Delta moved a 747-400 across a street to the Delta Flight Museum.
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Not every day you randomly run into @jonostrower ...oops I mean @ossoff at your local park. #GaPol
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Ben Bearup
5 years
How HUGE is @SoFiStadium in Inglewood, California? Check out the Korean Airlines A380 (bottom right) for scale.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
The first former LATAM Airbus A350 for Delta Air Lines is getting very close to returning to the United States from its refit in Singapore. A test flight is scheduled for May 31st from SIN.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
Crazy video showing the immediate aftermath of plane + vehicle crash on the Haulover Inlet Bridge in Miami. 🎥: @BoatzoneUS
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Ben Bearup
3 years
Happy birthday to the 🐐 of Twitter, @RexChapman .
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Ben Bearup
2 years
@RexChapman The simulation has gone full Grand Theft Auto mode.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
Tired: Watching Rex Chapman co-host March Madness coverage. Wired: Watching @RexChapman co-host #MarchMadness coverage at Stadium Swim in Las Vegas.
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Ben Bearup
2 years
Today marks four years since the passing of my father, @BretBearup . Not a day goes by that I don’t miss him. #LoveNeverDies
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Ben Bearup
3 years
@RexChapman This might be the funniest video ever.
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Ben Bearup
1 year
Hard to believe today marks 5 years since the passing of my father, Bret Bearup. I miss him everyday. #LoveNeverDies
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Ben Bearup
5 years
Delta will be parking four MD-88s tomorrow. N992DL, N962DL, N961DL, and N907DL.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
A little Dunkin Donuts in honor of what would be my father @BretBearup ’s 60th birthday. #LoveNeverDies
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Ben Bearup
10 months
JetBlue new paint progress: A320: 3 aircraft + 1 in paint A321: 4 aircraft + 1 in paint What are your thoughts on their new livery?
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Ben Bearup
3 years
An April Fools joke but still funny.
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Boeing looking for 777X customers.
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Ben Bearup
3 years
#Breaking : Delta has entered into agreements to add 29 used Boeing 737-900ERs and lease seven used Airbus A350-900s
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Not your typical delivery flights for these Delta A350s. With a 15% tariff on Euro assembled Airbus aircraft, Delta will “base” these aircraft outside of the United States until a later date to avoid tariffs.
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Ben Bearup
1 year
@chrissyteigen @Delta You should tour a facility where they make all the meals. They are fascinating.
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Ben Bearup
8 months
Did they FedEx Ground the door plug to DC?
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8 months
Door plug from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 Boeing 737-9 MAX arrived tonight at NTSB Materials Laboratory in Washington, DC.
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Ben Bearup
4 years
This Bloomberg article criticizes Amazon Air for purchasing old fuel inefficient Boeing 767s while praising FedEx for replacing older aircraft with new efficient (and I can't make this up)...Boeing 767s.
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Ben Bearup
4 years
Join the challenge of posting an #aviation photo. Just a photo, no description. The goal is to post positives instead of spreading negativity. Just copy the text and post it with a nice picture. #avgeekgol
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