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@pilotdave17

Dad, husband, pilot, international affairs nerd. Never stop exploring, never stop learning!

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Well said, Rick!

03.02.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Will the joint strike force be looking into organized crime in the White House?

03.02.2025 21:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Words are all well and good, but at this point we need action!

03.02.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œA man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” -John Stuart Mill

01.02.2025 22:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’d be among the first to blame this administration if I thought their actions contributed to this crash. But for better or worse, it’s hard for me to draw a line from anything they’ve done so far to this disaster. The longer the hiring freeze lasts, the easier that line will be to draw though.

30.01.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Or we could just not appoint him and then he wouldn’t have to learn…

30.01.2025 12:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Unpopular opinion here: let’s let the investigation play out before we we start assigning any blame. You very well may be right, but situations like this are almost always the result of failures of multiple systems and/or procedures that are designed to keep things like this from happening.

30.01.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, former military pilot here. This is normal. Pilots have requirements to accomplish certain tasks (take-offs, landings, night flights, etc) in order to maintain their qualifications to operate aircraft. Training flights are used to let them do these without the constraints of their usual missions

30.01.2025 12:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No way he wrote that.

30.01.2025 07:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had the same thought. There are other ways that headline could have been written to not sound so callous.

30.01.2025 06:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is that an Airwolf model on your desk?! I just realized I’m missing something in my life…

24.01.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Most Insane Flight On The C-17 Globemaster
The Most Insane Flight On The C-17 Globemaster YouTube video by Sam Eckholm

Ah, my first love… ✈️

24.01.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Guess I’ll have to start turning these off over Oklahoma then πŸ™„

23.01.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re concerned, FR24 still works with location services turned off. You just don’t get your position dot, of course.

15.01.2025 19:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@normeisen.bsky.social You get to pick the headline for your opinion piece, right? Why ask a question when you could make it a statement instead?

15.01.2025 14:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve unregretted every minute I haven’t spent over there

04.01.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just watch out for that blasting area between you and BOOTI…

03.01.2025 09:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Tis the season!

02.01.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’ll be chaos. Probably a bunch of half-baked, Stephen Miller-authored executive orders on day one. The courts might stop/slow some of them down, but we’ll once again be finding our only comfort in the fact that the absolute worst-case scenario isn’t happening. Buckle up…will be wild! 😳

01.01.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, this is definitely the biggest concern we should all have about the incoming administration.

01.01.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great list! I got to go to Duxford for the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019 and it was amazing. Gotta check out the Eagle bar in Cambridge while there as well!

31.12.2024 23:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Helicopter delivering construction supplies at Mont-Saint-Michel

Helicopter delivering construction supplies at Mont-Saint-Michel

β€œThat’s All Brother” dropping candy at Wiesbaden for the 75th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift

β€œThat’s All Brother” dropping candy at Wiesbaden for the 75th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift

Patrouille de France over Salon-de-Provence

Patrouille de France over Salon-de-Provence

Balloon inside the Aerium hangar near Berlin (now Tropical Islands Resort water park), the 4th largest building in the world by volume. The top 3 (so you don’t have to look it up) are Boeing’s Everett Factory, Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin and Airbus’ A380 Assembly hall in Toulouse.

Balloon inside the Aerium hangar near Berlin (now Tropical Islands Resort water park), the 4th largest building in the world by volume. The top 3 (so you don’t have to look it up) are Boeing’s Everett Factory, Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin and Airbus’ A380 Assembly hall in Toulouse.

Here’s my #2024Top4AviationScores!

31.12.2024 10:12 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

You guys are still watching MSNBC?!

30.12.2024 17:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I get the logic, but the only reason SS is on the chopping block is because republicans want to eliminate it in order to offset tax breaks for billionaires. Also, if Russia isn’t fully rebuked for starting a war of territorial expansion, it could get a lot more expensive down the road.

30.12.2024 17:25 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the right attitude! And thankfully no, but I have had a couple passengers say vaguely similar things 😏

27.12.2024 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I can’t speak for everyone, but as long as we’re not pressed for time I don’t mind aviation enthusiasts of any age coming up to visit. Just don’t be the guy who hands out these cards πŸ˜‚

27.12.2024 20:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
How Radical Nationalists Infiltrated Russia’s Police and Politics Putin’s escalating campaign against immigrants has tapped a well of ethnic hatred.

This alert on my phone came up as β€œRadical nationalists have infiltrated Russia’s police and politics” and I couldn’t help but think β€œSamesies!”

27.12.2024 14:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Such a classic!

27.12.2024 08:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So it’s been 10 months…has that bubble popped yet?! This is not a crisis, airlines just check the extra bags. And at the same time they’re saving money by incentivizing travelers to minimize what they pack ✈️ πŸ’Ό

24.12.2024 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I certainly love for MAGA to learn this lesson (preferably not the hard way), but at this point I’m skeptical

24.12.2024 19:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0