#FlyGirl

Someone should have backed up the entire Flight International pdf archive when we still could. Its now been gone for three years and the Wayback Machine has only partial holdings. Is there any hope of ever getting it back?

Specs on SpaceX Starlink airborne antenna: "...a flat panel antenna with a contour fairing...: length approximately 39”, width approx. 31” and is approx. 3” tall near the edges before tapering back into the fuselage..." Anyone know anyone working on bizjet STCs for Starlink?

Dueling patents. McDonnell Douglas' patent for dual nacelle strakes (as on the DC-10) and Boeing's reply of "we only need them on the inside side"

UPDATE: Today at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, the first Mitsubishi Aircraft Regional Jet / SpaceJet JA21MJ is being scrapped. Wade Sackett photographed the aircraft this morning being torn apart. facebook.com/groups/FATPNW/…

I call the CH-53E an irrational helicopter, as the main rotor blade spacing is 360/7 = 51.428571428571428571428571428571 deg. Now, MT has an irrational propeller...

Really?

Interesting photo - clearing ash off of a JAL 747 in Moses Lake, after the eruption of Mount St. Helens May 18, 1980

For those not steeped in California history, read this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pa…

What is going on in Maui right now is absolutely devastating. This is the FIRMS (infrared fire sensing satellite) map of Lahaina, the hub of tourism on the island. Then the island overall. Never realized this was really a big risk there. Great memories made in Lahaina.

Stolen aircraft found abandoned in a field

The "right to return" argument is what has kept Palestinians as permanent refugees. Rather than focusing on creating a future for themselves, they are told they will have all of Israel if they simply wait for a little longer. The time to stop this fantasy is now.

I set up an old iPhone to capture video of the Falcon 9 launch and landing during the EarthCare mission yesterday at Vandenberg SFB. Here is a short (cropped) clip of the main events extracted from the nearly 6-hour video. Headphones for full launch/sonic boom effect! And if the