Changing course to where the skies are blue. @dstamos-jetdriver.bsky.social Spacer, Jet Pilot, Diver, Explorer, Photographer. US Veteran/Anti trumpist
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For tourism flights that aren't going to dock with a station, the forward hatch should be replaced by a "mini cupola" window module for Earth observation, protected under the nosecap for launch and landing.
This fool plans on being the next defense secretary.
Congratulations to the new Chief of Staff, @StephenM.
Double down on the agenda. Too many people are demanding a change to tough policies because they were unpopular in the midterms. That’s foolish and cowardly.
The short term unpopularity of a policy does not make the policy wrong. The President’s priority should be long term benefits (like an Iran without a nuke), not short term popularity.
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Note to all Democrats. This historic repudiation of the GOP occurred because the American people demand accountability, punishment of corruption, and the rule of law. Now is not the time to be conciliatory to MAGA going forward. Its time to throw them an anvil, not a life ring.
Elon Musk hates losers and weakness he aslo is very sensitive to the way the wind blows. Watch him try a political judo flip over the next few weeks/months.
Well said, 100% true. I fully agree as someone who flies these type of jets professionally on a daily basis.
Writing this in my personal capacity, but I have been flying these types of aircraft for more than 20 years, with over 8,000 hours, and have reasonable familiarity with how the charter world operates. I feel compelled to post after seeing commentary about the Lear 60 crash, from missile strikes to DEI to critiquing this poor woman’s final radio calls.
That last part is what I find most troubling. She was the second-in-command (SIC), and while she was empowered to point out mistakes as part of good crew resource management, she was doing her job, communicating with ATC right to the end in a terrifying situation. She likely knew before many of those calls that she was going to die. I have heard final calls from friends, from military pilots with thousands of hours in fighter aircraft, and they are just as heartbreaking because they know the end is approaching.
I understand the public interest given the footage and audio. But you do not know the aircraft’s maintenance history, whether there was a structural failure, if any failure was induced by turbulence, overspeed, or overcontrol, or everything happening in that cockpit. I am sure weather will be part of the investigation, but beyond that, it is speculation. The charter industry routinely hires commercial pilots very early in their careers to gain experience alongside an ATP-qualified captain before they move up to the airlines. She would still have the appropriate training, qualifications, and checkouts by an FAA examiner or designee.
Let people investigate, learn, and share the facts. Be respectful to those who perished and the families who carry their memories. God bless them and their loved ones.
Could just be a video glitch from this frame grab, but it looks like that jet is missing its horizontal tail, which would explain the complete lack of ability to pull up and diving into the ground like a dart. Unsurvivable and tragic.
The best to ever do it from the first moment we met him. Patrick Stewart, you will be missed sir.
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This article sums up nicely some of the same concerns I've been posting about here for the last couple years. SpaceX has transitioned to its navel gazing phase, it isn't a player in exploration any longer. It is not the company the enthusiast community still thinks it is.
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about, and talking to people about a post-Falcon world. Why sunset the world’s best rocket? Can Starship replace it? What about Artemis? Why are SpaceXers flocking to Memphis? Grab a coffee, this is a long one.
arstechnica.com/space/2026/1…
This seems like a needlessly expensive and complicated solution for something that could just be big umbrella.
Persistent Camouflage - Air Cover
🇺🇸 Austin based Vigil Autonomy (@VigilAutonomy) founded by Matt Goodman (@goodmattg) has developed autonomous camouflage system that provides persistent cover over the asset for thermal infrared and synthetic aperture radar signature management.
According to Vigil, the system maximum operating altitude is 10m and flight duration is 120min.
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