Got a kid interested in aviation? Not sure how to help foster it?. In the US, the Experimental Aviation Association (EAA) will give kids from 8-17 their first flight in a small plane!. I’ve flown a few; a great opportunity for kids & pilots, too!.

RT @EODHappyCaptain: The month of September is recognized as “Suicide Prevention Month.”. If you are in the military or a veteran, you’ve m….

Join millions who have switched to Grok.

In an ongoing attempt to help improve media literacy, may I present Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. From Wikipedia:. “Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." It is based on the assumption

RT @refueled:

The F-16 flyover in DC was not a conspiracy. It was a tribute to Major “Slab” Krakowian, a well-known Polish Air Force pilot killed last week in a training accident. It was a major event in Poland, but in the aviation world, too. The “Missing Man” formation is commonly used to.

RT @BuzzPatterson: Zero. Training hours.

RT @bonchieredstate: Less scary headline: A ramp worker pushed one plane into another parked plane at the gate.

RT @AGHamilton29: “Significant development”. We saw this during Covid and it did enormous damage. The media finds alleged “experts” to push….

I’d have thought the Russians would have removed the guns from the tailgunner position by now. Do they still have them?.

Pete’s commentary is funny & he knows what he’s talking about. Personally, I find the 737 to be the most difficult airplane to operate in crosswinds that I’ve ever flown. I’m not sure why & can’t explain it, sorry…it’s just sketchy.

RT @scottiebateman: A fitting tribute from the USAF for Major Maciej Krakowian the fallen F-16 pilot who tragically lost his life in a rece….

RT @TheBigCigar1906: The Polish president is in DC today and the flyover was to honor Major “SLAB” Krakowian of the Polish Air Force, kille….

Yeah, I had an earlier post expressing some reservations about striking narco boats. I still have those reservations, which is not to say I’m opposed…I just have concerns. Doesn’t mean my group chat w/ military buddies – most of whom are still in the reserve – can’t be funny.

RT @HazelAppleyard_: Help desk for men 🤣

I don’t love doing this. Don’t necessarily hate it, either, but cartels will escalate. Interdiction sounds nice, but harder than it sounds; Coast Guard has been doing it for decades & hasn’t stopped the flow. Something new is needed. I just don’t know what it is. Maybe this.

The stupidest part of SIGNS is that aliens traverse interstellar space, arrive at a planet that is 70% water – where it literally falls out of the sky – and apparently they were unaware of their deadly reaction to it & unable to develop the technology of ponchos.

RT @Turbinetraveler: When an Israeli Air Force F-15 landed safely with only one wing. In 1983, during an Israeli Air Force training exercis….

A valuable lesson here: you can appease zealots for only so long. They are not capable of understanding. At some point, you must destroy their delusions before they destroy the system.

It’s tough to lead. Scared the crap out of me to be Mission Commander, sitting in the first KC-10 pictured. If it ended in fiasco, it was on me. Never calmed my nerves completely, but found a way to say “f%*k it”. Took a deep breath. “Let’s go”. Formation comms & emitters out

Fun story:. At Vance AFB, there was an Aux Field to go practice landings (Kegelman, called “Dogface”), taking traffic off the main field. It needed a “Controller” kind of like a Tower controller. I was qualified. I’d drive up once a week or so w/ an Observer & we’d control the.