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The Aviation Show (formerly The Damcasters) celebrates flight from monks jumping off towers to today and beyond | Brought to you in association with the Pima Air and Space Museum | Hosted by @boneyabroad.com
People really need to stop sharing this story. @wired.com did a poor job with it. When you are VFR, GPS is not going to fly you into the ground. Be sure to follow @chasingray.bsky.social.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 23h agoThe US military while conducting a GPS jamming exercise could have caused a civilian aircraft to crash into the side of a mountain, killing everyone on board.
Neil Alden Armstrong, born #OTD - Aug 5, 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio. Delighted to share more details of my upcoming exhibition in Armstrong's hometown in Spetember. Featuring this remastered portrait + 11 more Gemini VIII / Apollo 11 large scale framed photographs: armstrongmuseum.org/armstrong-re...
strange we built an entire military establishment on half year rotations and significant dwell time and now that we aren't doing that things are falling apart
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 6h agoKeeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...
People really need to stop sharing this story. @wired.com did a poor job with it. When you are VFR, GPS is not going to fly you into the ground. Be sure to follow @chasingray.bsky.social.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 23h agoThe US military while conducting a GPS jamming exercise could have caused a civilian aircraft to crash into the side of a mountain, killing everyone on board.
And now it's up to 5,000+ likes. SIGH. That second paragraph is ridiculous. The GPS being unavailable was in a NOTAM which they would have gotten on the ground. They were unable to hold an altitude which has nothing to do with GPS. All pilots must fly & land without GPS. If you can't, do not fly.
Justin Ling@justinling.ca · yesterdayHoly shit. www.wired.com/story/a-civi...
Does size matter? Some say yes, but in the case of the Strategic Air Command, they went from the 'Big Stick' B-36 to the smaller, more capable B-52. In the film @coldwarhost.bsky.social and I look at this week, they go medium, in the shape of the B-47. 📺 youtu.be/ZGlRCnaF4pI 🎧 pod.fo/e/4db5c7
Wildfires west of Athens, Greece, seen from space 🔥 Captured on 2 August 2026, these images show the event at different scales: on the left, Copernicus Sentinel-2 shows the burned area and smoke plume, while on the right, Sentinel-3 shows the wider extent of the smoke across parts of Greece.
This is not #scifi - it's a photograph taken by one of us, on this day in 1971, during Apollo 15. It also happens to be one of the fine art prints an Apollo Moonwalker (I can't say which one) ordered from my website and had framed for his wall at home - an absolute beauty!
Been told off "for celebrating somebody's death". I'm not celebrating his death, you wazzock. I'm mourning his existence.
This is a measured and damning thread from Sunder - you just have to continue reading past the first post which is obviously too much for some people.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2d ago66 seems a young age for Rod Liddle to die. Talented comic writer, insightful about football.obvs took much pleasure in transgressing political correctness But just lied when caught being much more indefensibly racist+ sexist online in his Millwallmonkey persona www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a...
The @stowersinstitute.bsky.social Air Show is a fantastic day out. The flying is a lot of fun, and the museum is an utter gem. If you can get along, you won't regret it. You can check out my visit with my wife a couple of years ago here if you're on the fence: youtu.be/InGm650krKc
Aviation History Comes Alive at Stow Maries Airshow
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@stowmariesgwa.bsky.social · 2d agoIt's nearly Air Show time and tickets are selling fast. We have a great line-up, but remember all aircraft action is subject to change for weather or operational reasons. Just one of the aircraft on the schedule is this Nieuport 17C-1 replica that starred in Flyboys www.stowmaries.org.uk/events
Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a look at the Profumo Affair, a British sex scandal that involved serious allegations of Soviet spying but also shook at the very foundations of the British class structure. youtu.be/PfQ-FY3zPdM
Like all great writers, it's a time to pay tribute to the words they left us with
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2d agoBREAKING: Sunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle has died aged 66 after a short illness
There is far too much appreciation going on for the B-36 in these parts, so here are a few shots from Strategic Air Command of the, frankly, brilliantly shot reveal of the stunning Boeing B-47 Stratojet. The B-36 is stupid. Join us for the debate! 📺 youtu.be/ZGlRCnaF4pI 🎧 pod.fo/e/4db5c7
The B-36 is (arguably) the star of Jimmy Stewart's 1955 propaganda film, "Strategic Air Command". I chat with @theaviation.show about the movie, SAC, and Curtis LeMay. youtu.be/ZGlRCnaF4pI And in case you were wondering what the inside of the B-36 looks like, here is the flight engineer console:
The Aviation Show@theaviation.show · 7d agoStrategic Air Command is a curiosity of a propaganda film. With the biggest star and biggest bomber all shot in VistaVision, the 1955 film shines a light on a very specific point in US history. @coldwarhost.bsky.social joins us to discuss the film and more. 📺 youtu.be/ZGlRCnaF4pI 🎧 pod.fo/e/4db5c7
Our fab Patreon supporters now have access to our conversation with the Pima Air and Space Museum's CEO, Scott Marchard, 'live' from the cockpit of the Museum's B-36 Peacemaker as the aircraft begins its restoration after nearly 20 years in the sun. www.patreon.com/theaviations...
Anyone in want/need of a pair of Nick Cave at Preston Park tickets for tonight? I have spares needed a new very last minute home. DM me. #tickets
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Any debate about 1955's Strategic Air Command usually comes down to which aircraft you think looks better in VistaVision: Convair's B-36 Peacemaker or Boeing's B-47 Stratojet. Which do you prefer? Check out our full chat with @coldwarhost.bsky.social here: 📺 youtu.be/ZGlRCnaF4pI 🎧 pod.fo/e/4db5c7
Strategic Air Command is a curiosity of a propaganda film. With the biggest star and biggest bomber all shot in VistaVision, the 1955 film shines a light on a very specific point in US history. @coldwarhost.bsky.social joins us to discuss the film and more. 📺 youtu.be/ZGlRCnaF4pI 🎧 pod.fo/e/4db5c7
Jimmy Stewart, Curtis LeMay, and the Selling of the Strategic Air Command
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If the burning of the Library of Alexandria upsets you in any way at all, you should know and sit with the fact that you are complicit in the burning of ours if you use genAI. Sit with it.
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
That's right, I'm back on my hobby horse, the B-36 and my favourite bad movie 1955's Strategic Air Command. @theaviation.show invited me on to chat about 1950s bombing and Curt LeMay, history's favourite monster!
The Aviation Show@theaviation.show · 7d agoStrategic Air Command is a curiosity of a propaganda film. With the biggest star and biggest bomber all shot in VistaVision, the 1955 film shines a light on a very specific point in US history. @coldwarhost.bsky.social joins us to discuss the film and more. 📺 youtu.be/ZGlRCnaF4pI 🎧 pod.fo/e/4db5c7
Strategic Air Command is a curiosity of a propaganda film. With the biggest star and biggest bomber all shot in VistaVision, the 1955 film shines a light on a very specific point in US history. @coldwarhost.bsky.social joins us to discuss the film and more. 📺 youtu.be/ZGlRCnaF4pI 🎧 pod.fo/e/4db5c7
Jimmy Stewart, Curtis LeMay, and the Selling of the Strategic Air Command
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Ah yes, let's blame Canada, everybody sing! www.france24.com/en/live-news...
France needs more Canadair water bombers but building them is painfully slow
As French firefighters struggle to contain the worst wildfires in living memory with just 12 aerial water bombers, production of the iconic aircraft creaks along half a world away in a Canadian factor...
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This is one of my favourite gags in Jimmy Stewart's Strategic Air Command. Perfectly sums up Frank Lovejoy's Gen Hawks/Curtis LeMay analogue. Lots more on this film with @coldwarhost.bsky.social soon, the better version of which you can check out on Patreon now! www.patreon.com/theaviationshow
Final Bill for Inactivating, Scrapping Carrier Enterprise Now at $1.3B — USNI News news.usni.org/2026/07/28/f...
Final Bill for Inactivating, Scrapping Carrier Enterprise Now at $1.3B - USNI News
Scrapping “Big E” is costing big bucks. Recycling the Navy’s first nuclear aircraft carrier has cost the branch about $1.3 billion since the former USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was removed from active serv...
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