Quick Quiz: ID all accurately to name the purlieus Odd One Out. Judge's decision final 😎
The Madness Of Griffons
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Av geek rebel and aviation heretic. Normally found at the bottom of an image search rabbit hole digging up wonders from the early days of aviation . Occasional modeller. Pro EU. Slava Ukraini. React to my posts for a follow back.
Erickson Aircraft Collection P-47D Thunderbolt Reg. N47DA Red Deer Regional Airshow 2026 📍CYQF July 25, 2026 ⚔️🛩️📸
Kinder commentators would say we here at the BluFly home office have a soft spot for the PC-12. 🙂 Less kind ones might say we're full-on obsessed. 🤪 Well, guilty as charged. 🧑🏻⚖️ To feed that, here's a … (📸 Robert So via @pexelsofficial.bsky.social) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🧵 1/2 | 🔗 airfactsjournal.com/2026/07/flyi...
CF Snowbirds four plane crossover at the Red Deer Regional Airshow 2026, on July 25, 2026 ⚔️🛩️📸
I try and put up a new pinned post about every month so here’s a new one…my last four builds…
@adamwatkinson1.bsky.social For some strange reason, when I saw this it made me think of you. ebay.io/m/LBDwm9
Copper State Models CSM35011 1:35 German 5.3 Gruson Fahrpanzer | eBay UK
German 5,3 Gruson Fahrpanzer. After the start of WW1, when the German Army, like all other Armies, found itself lacking artillery, again, like most others armies, took to removing guns from inactive Fortresses and using them in the front lines.
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Yesterday marked the anniversary of the first crossing of the English Channel by an aeroplane with Louis Blériot on 25 July 1909 in his Blériot XI. The original aircraft that achieved this feat still exists and is on display in the church of the "Musée des Arts et Métiers" in Paris.
French transport in the 1930s was incredibly elegant... Autorail Bugatti Dewoitine D.338 SS "Normandie" Bugatti "Aerolithe"
‘Keep Them Flying’ is a good old-fashioned cards and letters campaign being organised to keep the Snowbirds flying through the extended pause between old (CT-114) and new (CT-157) team aircraft. If you have seen … (📸 Russ via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0.) | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🥇 | 🧵 1/2 | 🔗 keepthemflying.ca
« Guinness World Record for [Università di Pisa] Students with the Largest Paper Airplane in the World » (via Google Translate) You really have to see it outfly the available room, as per the video linked within, which can also be auto-translated by YouTube with reasonable accuracy. | 🛩️ 📡 🪽 🥇
Guinness World Record per gli studenti di Unipi con l'aeroplano di carta più grande del mondo ~ UNIPI
Il velivolo, realizzato solo con carta e colla e con una apertura alare di 20,04 metri, ha percorso 59 metri. L'iniziativa è stata sostenuta e prodotta dal creator e divulgatore scientifico Jakidale
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For some reason, I was thinking about this excellent @scribener.bsky.social article today, and wanted to share it here again for any and all to read and think about. It captures a moment where I was so damn proud to be a Canadian. 🥺 Here's what I also know for sure: this, too, will pass. | 🛩️ 🦆 🍁
Quebec, B.C. aircraft battle devastating California fires - Skies Mag
Canadian-made CL-415 water bombers from Quebec and CH-47 Chinook helicopters from Coulson Aviation in B.C. are playing a vital role.
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We've always been a little puzzled as to why @ltaresearch.com doesn't publish more long-form articles, but here's one that somehow escaped our attention. If you're listening, folks over there, how 'bout more on the gory details of the design and construction in which our audience revels? | 🛩️ 🎈 🥇
Understanding the Difference Between Rigid Airships, Semi-Rigid Airships, and Blimps
For the first time since 1938, all three categories of airships are sharing the skies.
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After the phenomenal success of my night fighter identity quiz, I thought I might try my hand at setting an Odd one Out quiz.
A few pictures taken at the Army Flying Museum.
I don't usually do public transport but I decided to take the train today. Pleasant day out and a nice change from the usual. Included a pub with a nice view.
From @flightglobal.bsky.social Catalina Aircraft pushes ahead with updated Catalina II after securing a 46 aircraft commitment from Hong Kong based Pan American Airways Systems www.flightglobal.com/airframers/2...
Catalina Aircraft pushes ahead with updated Catalina II after securing 46-aircraft commitment
A Hong Kong company intends to operate the turboprop-powered Catalina IIs with Pan American World Airways’ “Winged Globe” logo. Catalina Aircraft Trust, the Florida holder of the ori...
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I have an earworm so I need to share it with you all. An unusually happy hippy feel to one has me feeling like my head is stuck in an early 70s cola advent. Nice enough, but not for being stuck on all day. youtu.be/t2q8g8U5als?...
Tinariwen - Sagherat Assani (Feat. Sulafa Elyas)
YouTube video by Tinariwen
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Ascending numbers quiz. I.D. all four. Arrange into ascending number order. Post an image of an aeroplane with the next number up and MAKE IT INTERESTING. REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH IS BANNED. All other research allowed. Pretty easy so the AGSC is BARRED till 12:00 BST, midday, tomorrow (Saturday)
For you football fan weirdos. Type 'Erling Haaland' into Google and wait a couple of seconds. Just passing something on that I read elsewhere, I'd never heard of him before. @bobgriffiths20.bsky.social @sarf-london.bsky.social
Quote of the year: Trump: Would you go to Moscow? Zelensky: It's difficult. There are a lot of Ukrainian drones there. It's dangerous
The new issue has dropped. 💥 Triggered by recent events, we're celebrating the Snowbirds in June. @terencecgannon.com kicks off with a personal retrospective on the team, and then segues into some thoughts about their future. Surprisingly, he thinks it's brighter than many might think. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🥇
June, 2026
A humans-in-the-loop feed for the aviation community — if made by people and flying up to the Kármán Line you'll find it on BluFly 🛩️.
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Which is the most visually appealing configuration for the Grumman F-14 Tomcat? 1. Wings swept. 2.Wings extended. 3 Wings swept and gloves vanes extended. 4. No wings.
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Shocking British Army Wildcat Helicopters to Retire From Next Year The Defence Investment Plan includes an unexpected announcement that the British Army’s fleet of Wildcat AH1 helicopters will begin to be withdrawn from 2027 Why? @theaviationist.com theaviationist.com/2026/06/30/b...
British Army Wildcat Helicopters to Retire From Next Year
The now-published Defence Investment Plan includes an unexpected and shocking announcement that the British Army's fleet of Wildcat AH1 helicopters, which
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