PPRuNe
Type of site
Online community
Founded1996
Headquarters
El Segundo, California
OwnerMH Sub I, LLC d/b/a Internet Brands
URLwww.pprune.org

The Professional Pilots Rumour Network, or PPRuNe, is an Internet forum catering to airline pilots and others in the aviation industry.[1] 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 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.[2][3][4][5] 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.[6][7] Commercial pilots often share insights and perspectives about aviation mishaps, sometimes eyewitness accounts.[8]

The site was acquired in August 2008 by Internet Brands.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Site description (favorite) from columnist John Dvorak of Forbes". 1999-09-06.
  2. ↑ "Coverage of New York Plane Crash". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2009-01-16.
  3. ↑ "Coverage of Woman with Screwdriver on Plane". The Times. 2006-08-18.
  4. ↑ "3 Seconds to Respond with Oxygen Masks". The Guardian. London. 2005-08-16.
  5. ↑ "Air Traffic Controller Speaks out". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 2003-03-02.
  6. ↑ "Pilots Reject Dangerous Runway". The Guardian. London. 2007-01-07.
  7. ↑ "PPRuNe Usage After 9/11". The New York Times. 2001-09-27.
  8. ↑ "The transport dynasty of Avalon". The Age. Melbourne. 2006-03-11. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  9. ↑ CBS News (2008-08-06). "Internet Brands acquisition".


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