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In coordination with NASA, a trio of F-5’s will flyover pregame, make sure you arrive early!
Prime example of leadership! Well said Rook
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.
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This would make for an epic Flyover for the @ucf Space Game tonight…. Just saying! @UCF_Football
NASA’s X-59 is headed to Kennedy Space Center after 40 test flights and reaching Mach 1.53. The experimental aircraft aims to turn sonic booms into quieter thumps—research that could help shape the future of supersonic flight over land.
Read more: flyingmag.com/nasa-supersoni…
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We need @NASA & @rookisaacman T38 & F5 flyover for the Space game!! Requesting for a 50 yd line flyover direct to the launchpad! *UCF has more engineering alumni at NASA than anyone else.
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B-Rad retweeted
China emits as much CO2 in 16 days as Canada emits in an entire year. Australia's annual total takes China just 12 days to emit. Britain's takes barely 9 days.
Combined, Canada, Australia and the UK emit about 1.23 billion tonnes a year. China emits that much in roughly 37 days.
So, even if all three countries eliminated every tonne of CO2--closing every factory, power station and banning every gas vehicle--China would replace the entire annual reduction in little more than five weeks.
Yet, Western governments are deliberately making energy scarcer and more expensive, by dismantling dependable sources, restricting oil and gas exploration and loading industry with carbon taxes and net zero mandates.
Steel, chemicals, fertilizers, refining and manufacturing are driven overseas -- often to countries burning more coal. So the emissions do not disappear. Only the jobs, tax revenues and energy security do.
The West impoverishes itself.
China profits.
B-Rad retweeted
Your drone shot isn’t worth someone’s home, or someone’s life.
Deputies responded to two grass fires along I‑25 near Castle Pines Parkway on Sunday. As the Douglas County firefighting helicopter approached to attack the flames, a drone was detected flying in the same airspace at the same altitude near the fire. That drone forced the helicopter to halt operations until it was grounded.
With help from @SouthMetroPIO 's technology, crews quickly tracked down the drone and its operator. Deputies cited him for obstructing firefighting operations.
We get it, capturing the scene might seem exciting. But during emergencies, every second counts. Please keep drones out of active fire zones so our teams can protect lives and property without delay.
***Be sure you’re following all FAA rules and have the proper licensing and certifications required for your specific drone before you fly.
A MUST watch this weekend!
Mat Best - Folded Flag (Official Music Video)
This song was written for the men and women who stepped into the fire for this country and never made it home, and for the families, friends, and brothers left carrying their memory forward.
Memorial Day isn’t just a long weekend. Behind every folded flag is a name, a story, and a sacrifice that built the freedom we live in every day.
This song proudly supports the Major Brent Taylor Foundation and the Gold Star families it supports.
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B-Rad retweeted
Higher reported voter registrations than the estimated number of voting-age citizens.
@uscensusbureau
@EACgov
Colorado introduced a bill to restrict Rodenticide. SB26-062
7 flights had emergencies caused by rodents in recent years
@GovofCO ask this group their thoughts @DENAirport @united @FrontierCare @SouthwestAir @SpiritAirlines @aairwaves @Delta @JetBlue @AlaskaAir @AirlinesDotOrg
B-Rad retweeted
For the fourth year in a row, Colorado consumers were more in debt than the residents of ANY other state. The average Coloradan aged 18+ owed $92,690 in outstanding consumer loan balances on 12/31/25, almost half as much again as the average American, and $4,840 more than the average Californian.
B-Rad retweeted
> The US collects $2.4T in income taxes
> The fraud & waste is $1.5T
> If we got rid of fraud, we'd only have to collect ~$0.9T
Anyone earning <$500k/yr could pay nothing. Literally $0 in taxes
We don't need to "raise taxes on billionaires", we need to cut fraud.
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B-Rad retweeted
BREAKING: Colorado Democrats in the State House vote AGAINST the Children Are Not for Sale Act i.e. harsher penalties for child sex trafficking!
Democrats who voted against locking up child sex traffickers:
Rep. Javier Mabrey
Rep. Michael Carter
Rep. Jennifer Bacon
Rep. Chad Clifford
Rep. Cecelia Espenoza
Rep. Lorena Garcia
Rep. Yara Zokaie
All 4 Republicans voted for HB26-1082:
@Keltie4Congress
@AvaFlanell_
Rep. Soper
@scottslaugh
B-Rad retweeted
Natural gas and coal are keeping Coloradans' power on and homes warm. Wind and solar barely show up.
Serious question for @jaredpolis, #coleg, @COEnergyOffice, and #copuc: what do you think will keep Coloradans warm in 2040? #copolitics
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NTSB issues urgent safety recommendations to Textron, FAA and NBAA to establish pilot training and experience qualification criteria and stall test plans for post-maintenance stall test flights in some Hawker airplane models. The need for urgent action was identified during investigations of two recent fatal accidents that occurred during post-maintenance stall test flights in Hawker 800XP and 900XP airplanes:
ntsb.gov/investigations/Page…
ALT Flight track showing corkscrew descent of the February 7, 2024, Hawker 900XP accident flight near Westwater, Utah.
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How is inflation impacting your city? Check out WalletHub’s latest report to learn more:
wallethub.com/edu/cities-inf… #inflation
This is why business aviation exists. Creates more time for “more time with customers”!
Here’s your sign to buy a plane to help your business grow!
Elon Musk @elonmusk on how to manage companies better:
“Spend less time on finance, spend less time in conference rooms, less time on PowerPoint, and more time just trying to make your product as amazing as possible. I think there might be too many MBAs running companies. There's the MBA-saition of America, which I think is maybe not that great. There should be more focus on the product, the service itself, less time on board meetings, less time on financials.”
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