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Alaska Airlines serves many places not in Alaska. But all their Southern California & Baja destinations are moving toward Alaska at 1.3in/3.3cm per year thanks to plate tectonics and the San Andreas Fault. It's much faster to fly. #aviation #avgeek #travel #geology

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Another new route! @AlaskaAir is now flying #nonstop to San Diego!

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Is map-reading a lost art? In an era of GPS, here's what map fans say we're losing | CBC News

"Is map-reading a lost art? In an era of #GPS, here's what map fans say we're losing" by

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- We use maps more than ever in digital society. But reading paper maps is a declining skill. It remains useful + backup for power failure. cbc.ca/news/canada/ma #MapGeek h/t

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For older generations, maps are more than just pieces of paper — they're symbols of where we've been and where we might go. But as GPS and cell phones take over, is map-reading becoming a lost skill?

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Airbus hikes payload specification for A350 freighter aircargonews.net/airlines/freig #AirCargo #AirFreight #SupplyChain

@Airbus

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Airbus hikes payload specification for A350 freighter - Air Cargo News

Airbus has hiked the payload capability of the A350 freighter, bringing it up to 111 tonnes from the initial level of 109 tonnes. Senior vice-president

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10_Tanker Air Carrier

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Aerial #firefighting support near Benton City, #Washington. Thank you to John Derderian and Benton County Fire Protection District #2 for the footage!

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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

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🏞️Look what was spotted flying out in the wild recently! A rare sight indeed! Have you seen this new

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livery? #NaturePhotographyDay #AvGeek #planespotting 📸sub.zero.aviation on IG

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Riding the tops at 40,000 feet… #aviation #airlinepilot #pilot #B747 #QueenOfTheSkies

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I'm always concerned about liveries with mostly blue because they could be harder for other pilots to see against a blue sky. Collectively they're nicknamed "midair blue" due to increasing the chance of a midair collision. #aviation #pilot #avgeek

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Flightradar24

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Unveiled this morning and already almost finished with its first revenue service. What do you think of JetBlue’s new livery? flightradar24.com/JBU615/30b7b747

A Flight of Passage: The ultimate father and son adventure generalaviationnews.com/2023/06/15/a-f

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"Aliens Or Not, Secret Crash Retrieval Programs Are A Very Real Thing" by

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- Collection of crashed foreign aircraft & missiles is part of the ongoing "know your enemy" #military activity thedrive.com/the-war-zone/a #aviation #avgeek

Aliens Or Not, Secret Crash Retrieval Programs Are A Very Real Thing

Clandestine programs race to pluck foreign aircraft, missiles, and more in order to exploit them by reverse engineering and other means.

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Timelapse shows first 3 days of eruption in Halema‘uma‘u (#Kilauea) June 7–9. Lava circulates & paves crater floor, fed by numerous fountains. As eruption stabilizes & vigor declines, area of active lava is greatly reduced. #HVO provides daily updates at usgs.gov/volcanoes/kila.

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Secondary Cockpit Barrier Now Required on New Commercial Aircraft - FLYING Magazine

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"Secondary Cockpit Barrier Now Required on New Commercial Aircraft" by

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- New airliners starting late 2023 will require a secondary security barrier for when the flight deck door is opened. flyingmag.com/secondary-cock #aviation #travel #avgeek

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The FAA is now requiring all new commercial aircraft to have a secondary barrier on the flight deck, it announced Wednesday.

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How many people have died in space?

10_Tanker Air Carrier

@Ten_Tanker

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#Glistening. Photo taken by: Trevor Dixon, Supply Chain Specialist & CDL Driver #10_tanker #ReadyToServe #aerialfirefighting #aviationlovers #avgeek #dc10tanker #aviationdaily #wildfireready #wildfireseason #planelovers #aviationphotography

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Bonjour! 📍 Look who just arrived at

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: ✈️ Our 777-9, the newest member of Boeing’s market-leading twin-aisle airplane family ✈️ The 737-10, the largest member of the 737 MAX family See you at the #ParisAirShow!

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The Airbus A350 made its first flight ten years ago today from Toulouse. Today more than 400 are in active service across two variants, -900 and -1000. Article & Videos: bbc.co.uk/news/business-

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"How many people have died in space?" by

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- Article counts 5 fatal spaceflight accidents by NASA 1967/1986/2003 & Soviet Union 1967/1971, omits NASA/USAF X-15 1967 & Virgin Galactic VSS Enterprise 2014 crashes. livescience.com/space/how-many #space #history

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Five missions have been fatal to space travelers.

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"How to Fix the Pollution of Orbital Debris" by

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@ULAlaunch

- It's time to take #SpaceJunk seriously and treat it like pollution/spills with economic incentives for prevention and cleanup medium.com/@ToryBrunoULA/ #space #environment #business

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How to Fix the Pollution of Orbital Debris

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Navy E-6B out of NAS Patuxent River was in the pattern this evening after returning from offshore runs. #AvGeek #Planespotting

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No it’s not dawn or the evening’s dusk or breakfast or dinner time. It’s just after 2am in #Anchorage in the thick of the season’s perpetual twilight’s freighter push to far away lands. An Air China is on finals followed by a

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6 miles behind. I’m first in line for… Show more

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#Mayon #volcano (Luzon Island, Philippines): lava flow has increased - The effusive eruption at the volcano continues. The viscous lava flow, spilling ou...:

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Mayon volcano (Luzon Island, Philippines): lava flow has increased

news about the erupting mayon volcano

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Flying QF-16 ‘Zombie Vipers’ That Were Born To Die

Flying QF-16 ‘Zombie Vipers’ That Were Born To Die

The QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Targets fly both manned and unmanned missions, including acting as missile magnets during some live-fire events.

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Picture of the Day: A different vantage point generalaviationnews.com/2023/06/13/pic

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Halló from the 737-10 flight crew! We saw a spectacular sunset and an equally spectacular airplane in Iceland on our way to the #ParisAirShow!

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#Internet & #HamRadio #history: Paul Schleck K3FU reminded me the rec . radio . amateur UseNet newsgroup reorganization vote passed 30 years ago. We were among a group of Hams who wrote & posted the Request for Discussion (RFD) and Call for Votes (CFV). groups.google.com/g/rec.radio.am

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"Next Generation Experimental Aircraft Becomes NASA’s Newest X-Plane" by

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- #NASA & #Boeing Sustainable Flight Demonstrator is now X-66A. It will test theorized efficiency of Transonic Truss-Braced Wing design. nasa.gov/press-release/ #X66A #aviation #avgeek

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Next Generation Experimental Aircraft Becomes NASA’s Newest X-Plane

NASA and Boeing said Monday the aircraft produced through the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project has been designated by the U.S. Air Force as the X-66A.

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Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Blowing Up Another Dam

Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Blowing Up Another Dam

A dam along the Mokri Yaly River in eastern Ukraine is the latest such barrier to have been breached by Russian forces, Kyiv claims.

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Next Generation Experimental Aircraft Becomes NASA’s Newest X-Plane

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"Next Generation Experimental Aircraft Becomes NASA’s Newest X-Plane" by

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@NASAAero

- #NASA & #Boeing Sustainable Flight Demonstrator is now X-66A. It will test theorized efficiency of Transonic Truss-Braced Wing design. nasa.gov/press-release/ #X66A #aviation #avgeek

nasa.gov

NASA and Boeing said Monday the aircraft produced through the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project has been designated by the U.S. Air Force as the X-66A.

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You'd drink too if you saw what he saw. #asteroid #LowFlyingRocks

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Greetings Starfighter! (That's a movie reference. If you didn't get it, homework assigned.🤔) Italian Air Force adds one to the short list of remaining airworthy F-104 Starfighters for their centennial celebration. #military #aviation #avgeek

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Vintage Aviation News

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A F-104 flies again in Italy twenty years since the last flight, thanks to Starfighters Aerospace and the @ItalianAirForce - Black Beauty is ready for the 100th Anniversary air show this upcoming weekend! #avgeek #aviationhistory #f104starfighter #italianairforce

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Greetings Starfighter! (That's a movie reference. If you didn't get it, homework assigned.🤔) Italian Air Force adds one to the short list of remaining airworthy F-104 Starfighters for their centennial celebration. #military #aviation #avgeek

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Vintage Aviation News

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A F-104 flies again in Italy twenty years since the last flight, thanks to Starfighters Aerospace and the @ItalianAirForce - Black Beauty is ready for the 100th Anniversary air show this upcoming weekend! #avgeek #aviationhistory #f104starfighter #italianairforce

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National Air and Space Museum

@airandspace

20 years ago today, Air France donated its oldest Concorde, the Air France Concorde F-BVFA, to us after its final supersonic flight. You can see the Concorde at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. #AirSpacePhoto

Concorde, a large pointed white aircraft, on display amongst other aircraft.

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Air Force Historical Foundation

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1980: The first AGM-86B ALCM (Air Launched Cruise Missile) launched and flown over the Utah Test & Training Range. The nuclear armed AGM-86B uses a terrain contour-matching guidance system (TERCOM) to fly to its assigned target. Twenty of these weapons could be loaded in a B-52.

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It’s always a BB-Gr8 day when we spot the Millennium Falcon at DEN. 😉🌌

@AlaskaAir

's newest Star Wars-themed livery - Galaxy's Edge - took an R2-Detour through Denver recently on their way to a galaxy far, far away. 📷: Cindy W.

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Sunday Survey: which state livery do you prefer? Alaska (left) or Hawaii?

Alaska Airlines’ special native Alaskan-themed livery

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B-2 Spirit Skimming The Miami Skyline Looks Menacing As Hell

B-2 Spirit Skimming The Miami Skyline Looks Menacing As Hell

The B-2 is back in the air after a months-long grounding and a video of it maneuvering for a flyby over Miami reminds us how unique it is.

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