The Professional Pilots Rumour Network, or PPRuNe, is an
Internet forum catering to
airline pilot
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s and others in the
aviation industry
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...
.
The site was originally presented by Danny Fyne (later assisted by Robin Lloyd) as an email list in 1993. It progressed to a
bulletin board
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and then to web-based
Internet forum, and acts as a "rumour exchange" for airline pilots.
PPRuNe is known in European and Anglophone pilot circles and is cited by media in reports relating to aviation.
Since the site has more than 250,000 registered members, many of them pilots, the site is sometimes at the center of debates about aviation issues in the news.
Commercial pilots often share insights and perspectives about aviation mishaps, sometimes eyewitness accounts.
The site was acquired in August 2008 by
Internet Brands
MH Sub I, LLC d/b/a Internet Brands is a digital media, marketing services, and software company based in El Segundo, California, United States, that operates online media, community, e-commerce, and SaaS businesses in vertical markets. Its ...
.
See also
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List of Internet forums
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References
External links
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Internet forums
Aviation websites
Internet properties established in 1996
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