A smartphone that doesn't work in or near any cities sounds amazing and super practical. SpaceX should call its network Sprint.

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 43m ago

How many routes will your approach take you back over your departure airport 15 minutes later?

Spirit Airlines is gone, but its memorabilia will be kicked around on eBay for decades to come. From aircraft placards to cocktail napkins, there's a lot up for grabs for...someone. www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_...

Things can change “in a New York minute,” but JFK T6 phase 1 is apparently still on track to open later this year. This terminal hasn’t gotten nearly as much attention as New Terminal One, but this will allow for the closure and demolition of T7.

Absolutely not

Anyone got a forklift and box truck I can borrow?

Metropolitan Transportation Authority@mta.info · 8h ago

We’re auctioning a limited number of MetroCard Vending Machines and MetroCard Express Machines! The auction is now open and offers must be received by Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 8 pm EST. Learn more and bid on our website: mta.info/auction

Some great news out today for the flying public -- and anyone who worries about bumpy plan rides:

National Weather Service@nws.noaa.gov · yesterday

✈️ National Weather Service’s Aviation Weather Center debuted a new turbulence tool to help make flights smoother. The Graphical Turbulence Guidance Nowcast gives pilots more frequent, higher-resolution turbulence information to support safer, more informed decisions. weather.gov/news/260803-gtgn

Happy 10th anniversary to one of the few positive things Cuomo forced @mta.info to do, the B-Division bluetooth beacon-based countdown clocks! It launched 10 years ago this week on the Broadway BMT line. Before this system launched you just had to show up and wait for a train with no idea how long.

Bluesky uses Klipy for its gif library and I was pretty disappointed by its airplane and #AvGeek content. It turns out that anyone can upload their own gifs for everyone else to use so here ya go, #AvGeek community. Enjoy.

What’s another few days after so many years of delay? “FAA Statement on Certification of the Boeing 737 MAX-7 Following almost a decade of extensive review, the FAA has issued an amended type certificate and updated Production Limitation Record for the Boeing 737 MAX-7.”

Blaine Nickeson@bnickeson.bsky.social · 4d ago

Soooo, about that whole "FAA will certify the 737 MAX 7 in July" thing?

Breeze has named Drew Brees as its first brand ambassador. This is so stupid, I love it.

Remember that days-long situation in LA a few months ago where a big chemical tank was at risk of exploding? Here’s an unexpected consequence of that factory shutdown.

Reuters@reuters.com · 2d ago

Planemakers and repair shops take steps to conserve aircraft windows in tight market reut.rs/4wHH9Nw

RIP to @oceansofnyc.com T795728C VIN VCF1EBU25PG011266. May its salvageable parts find new life to support another Ocean.

Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · 3d ago

A baby carriage, a child's kick scooter and a mangled wrought iron fence remained at the scene of a two-driver collision that injured a family standing on a Brooklyn sidewalk. buff.ly/PPVaf4E

Me: I’m hungry, where can I go for dinner? Google Maps: Witchcraft Removal Specialist ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The #CursedRoute spares nobody, not even on a Sunday afternoon (now evening)

@transsee.bsky.social Hi! Been trying to generate some route operating charts but they don't seem to load at all on my desktop or phone the past few days. is this a known issue?

The most satisfying—and deserved—ratio in human history.

This week I whined at the @mta.info board about dismal bus operations and dispatching, which I was certain fell of deaf ears. Oh, they heard me. And then issued a challenge to itself to make this weekend’s bus service particularly shitty as an FU I guess. Buses only operate this poorly with effort.

True New Yorkers trade notes on bars they visit by frustrating bus rides.

ohhleary@ohhleary.bsky.social · 5d ago

Absolutely! Though I need to brave the B54 and get to Doppelganger on Myrtle.

Me in 2023: Why the hell did they buy me a laptop with this much RAM? Me in 2026: How the hell am I running out of RAM?

Brand new airline starting from scratch with unlimited money is good, eh?

Ben Schlappig@onemileatatime.com · 5d ago

My Riyadh Air 787 Business Class Flight: Did It Live Up To The Hype? onemileatatime.com/insights/riy...

On this week’s AvTalk podcast, our conversation with Xavier Pepin, Airbus test pilot and captain of the 24+ hour A350-1000ULR flight from Melbourne to Toulouse. We talk about flight planning such a long flight, crew rest, and more. www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-...

Anyway, here’s this from 2017

“Around 50% of the Group’s long-haul fleet is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. Vueling’s first Boeing 737 delivery later this year will also have Starlink installed, the first Low Cost Carrier in Europe to do so.”

London Air Travel@londonairtravel.bsky.social · 6d ago

IAG CEO Luis Gallego says the use of Starlink WiFi on enabled aircraft is very high, with one flight having 353 devices connected, more than one per passenger.

“The airport redesign also includes plans for a 32,000-space parking garage, which Mr. Trump repeatedly bragged would make it the largest in the world.” Forget the other shit revealed today. This is the most ridiculous. There are huge empty garages one WMATA stop away in both directions. Use them!

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7d ago

President Trump unveiled plans for a $22.5 billion redesign of Dulles International Airport on Wednesday, characterizing the reconstruction as part of his broader efforts to remake the Washington region.

I had to do some leg exercises on the floor today and Lucy decided to play the part of personal trainer

Remember when Cuomo kept calling LGA the first "new airport" since Denver? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump: "The last major airport built in the US was Denver in 1995. It hasn't gotten very great reviews. So we're doing something with Dulles that's gonna make it I think maybe the top anywhere in the world. By the way, Palm Beach is gonna be one of the top too."

AirlineFlyer Investments announces it has acquired 16% of outstanding shares in PetchmoAir, and will be calling for a special shareholder meeting to discuss a change in senior leadership in order to boost profitability.

Ian Petchenik@petchmo.bsky.social · last wk.

PetchmoAir officially announces its interest in early-build 777-9s and that the airline has submitted its bid for a minority stake in TAP. The 777-9s will be used exclusively on the airline’s new Fargo-Funchal route (pending regulatory approval).

Halo on PlayStation 5 feels so wrong but it’s so good. College me wouldn’t have been able to comprhend this.