Jon Ostrower
@jonostrower
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Editor-in-chief of @theaircurrent, co-founder @yawmanflight. Chaser of things that fly, dad, unapologetic geek. CNN, WSJ & Flightglobal alum.
Seattle
Joined May 2008
It’s been brought to my attention that when I verified my account on Bl**sky it broke the earlier links to my account. Come find me here:
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Oh hey, 90s kids, The Even More Incredible Machine is free to play on the Internet Archive.
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Web designers like @reijowrites bring powerful interactions to the web with one platform: Framer
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Lol. Lmao even. According to the Sec 803 of the FY26 NDAA, military contractors' interest payments are now allowable costs -- meaning the government will reimburse them. The government has refused to do so for 85+ years. In the DOD's own words, a la a 2022 Contract Finance Study
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Chronicling the decline and demise of Spirit AeroSystems https://t.co/NlsG5ibgMK (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent
theaircurrent.com
Our essential reading list to understand the trajectory of this complex and tumultuous relationship
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If you've got 38 minutes to spare, you can *listen* to our foundational report from May 2023 that asked: Is buying back Spirit AeroSystems in the cards for Boeing? https://t.co/RAa98f38zW (No subscription required, but subscribers make reporting like this possible)
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Carving off its Kansas and Oklahoma operations was a strategic mistake, Boeing execs past and present conclude. Is buying back spirit AeroSystems in the cards?
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Chronicling the story of Spirit AeroSystems has been a core pillar of my time as an aerospace journalist. Here is @theaircurrent's essential reading list on its complex and tumultuous existence.
Chronicling the decline and demise of Spirit AeroSystems https://t.co/NlsG5ibgMK (via @jonostrower) #staycurrent
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United Airlines flight UA3920, a Boeing 757-200 from LAX to SFO, was flying light and cleared for an unrestricted climb, reaching nearly 5,000 fpm! Captured live on the Airline Videos Live broadcast in Los Angeles on December 7th, 2025.
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Proud moment for the team: TransCrypts’ founder @zainzaidi99 featured in @Forbes 30 Under 30 for Social Impact. What started with one lost transcript has grown into millions of verified records and a mission shaping the future of digital trust.
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Just want to pour one out for the homepages of the Wichita Eagle and Tulsa World that have no mention of the change of ownership of their massive Spirit AeroSystems factories to Boeing.
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"A Ford pickup truck rolled up to the headquarters of Spirit AeroSystems on South Oliver Street in Wichita, Kansas Friday morning, towing on a flatbed a sign for what will become the repurposed administration building under its new (and original) owner, The Boeing Company."
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New effect: Parallax! Add three dimensional depth to your images. This effect requires a depth map, so also happy to announce two new tools: Depth map generation Background remover You can find these in the Image layer context menu. Tutorial below 👇
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My biggest beef here is that it’s the wrong font.
It looks like the Oval Office sign has been made permanent. There’s also another outside the entrance to the West Wing.
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A global first, PostNord in Denmark is abandoning physical mail service b/c few send letters anymore. Packages are another matter. Fascinating development in the postal/parcel space. Read my story for more details. . . https://t.co/vDlMPnVY42
#Ecommerce #postal
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PostNord in Denmark is dropping letter mail service to focus on parcel shipping.
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🚨🚨 IndiGo cut around 300 flights yesterday & yet only 27% of those departed on time as it struggles to have enough pilots and on-ground crew The meltdown at one of the world's most tightly run airline is rare and will test the mettle of CEO Pieter Elbers & COO Isidro Porqueras
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IndiGo faces widespread flight delays and cancellations, impacting hundreds of services due to new pilot rest and duty-hour norms. The airline's unpreparedness, stemming from poor planning and...
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Official release of Zhuque-3's maiden launch
Despite the recovery anomaly, LANDSPACE is undeniably leading China's commercial space race. And Zhuque-3 is undeniably the most beautiful rocket ever built in China.
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Dan Elwell on @FAANews: “There was a certain amount of MAX PTSD after the crashes… the hangover from the MAX is all but over” he says at forum
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