BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 03/10/2026Well done, and congratulations. 🫡 It’s an amazing accomplishment. 🙌🏻 110
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 28/09/2026For extra credit, in seemingly a nod to a past marketing collaboration, see if you can spot what appears to be the highly specialised Rimowa luggage making an appearance in the new Junkers video. (📸 Alan Wilson via Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.) | 🛩️ | 🔗 rimowa.com | 🧵 081
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 28/09/2026In addition to the bronze-coloured Junkers A50 Heritage 'Venezia' edition, the other star of the video is the Aeroporto Nicelli on the Venice Lido, with its Art Deco architecture and sumptuous grass runway. Yet another spot to visit someday. (📸 Nicelli S.R.L.) | 🛩️ 📍 🇮🇹 | 🔗 aeroportonicelli.com | 🧵 280
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 28/09/2026In a clever marketing collaboration, @vanityfair.com Italia and Junkers Aircraft recently hosted 'The Fly Experience' during the @venicefilmfestival.bsky.social. The accompanying video is well worth watching for both the sound and scenery. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 📹 🥇 | 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=txKj... | 🧵 1172
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 24/09/2026Candidly, we're old enough for this to be the Panasonic that comes to mind when their name is mentioned. They've come a long way since then. Also, the Lumix camera you may be using to capture great aviation images? That's the modern Panasonic, too. (📸 Panasonic Corporation) | 🔗 panasonic.com | 🧵 160
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 24/09/2026Official Account Alert We haven't done this in a *long* time. However, it's great to see @panasonic.aero here, and using @bsky.app's domain verification. They've been posting for about nine months, but we just stumbled on them. (📸 Panasonic Avionics Corporation) | 🛩️ | 🔗 panasonic.aero | 🧵 1111
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 22/09/2026« Electra today announced it successfully completed first-of-its-kind flights from a heliport on a commercial airport ramp at the Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport. » A fixed-wing aircraft operating from a heliport. 😳 Press release linked. (📸 Electra) | 🛩️ ⚡️ 📰 🥇 | 🔗 electra.aero/news/electra... 091
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 22/09/2026If we could turn back the clock thirty years and do it all over again, this would be our dream job: « Factory Test Pilot: Engineering & Training Systems » with Pilatus at their facility in Stans, Switzerland … (📸 PIlatus Aircraft Ltd.) | 🛩️ 🧰 📍 🇨🇭 | 🔗 www.pilatus-aircraft.com/en/jobs/1018... | 🧵 180
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 21/09/2026Fun, but only peripherally related fact: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada has taken over the Sherpa program. Kudos to them for painting their show pony in this wild livery. (📸 De Havilland Aircraft of Canada) | 🛩️ | 🔗 dehavilland.com/sherpa/ 0121
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 21/09/2026With this issue's focus on aerial firefighting, it's a good time to mention the US Forest Service has a 282-page “A History of the USDA Forest Service Aviation Program” in PDF, including its use of the C-23A Sherpa, pictured here at a 2019 event. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🔗 www.fs.usda.gov/sites/defaul... 2268
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 19/09/2026The developer also retained the period Crittall windows. The folks at Savills will show you around, keeping in mind the guide price for your 1,179 square metres of aviation history is just £5.4 million. London is calling, indeed. (📸 Wotton Works) | 🛩️ 📍 🇬🇧 | 🔗 search.savills.com/ca/en/proper... | 🧵 270
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 19/09/2026Now known as the 'Wotton Works', the bones of the factory not only have been retained, but are now a highlighted architectural feature such that it’s nigh impossible to forget where you and your mid-life crisis Porsche are living. (📸 Wotton Works) | 🛩️ 📍 🇬🇧 | 🔗 wottonworks.com?utm_source=b... | 🧵 160
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 19/09/2026In the 'whatever happened to …' file, we were tipped off—by a new article by Abby Montanez for @robbreport.com—about the reincarnation of the remains of the once-mighty Handley Page Cricklewood factory as a super high-end condo. (📸 AIX-ARG Archive) | 🛩️ 📍 🇬🇧 🥇 | 🔗 robbreport.com/shelter/home... | 🧵 1111
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 17/09/2026This is exciting: the first two RCAF CT-157 Siskin IIs have arrived in Canada. For those lucky enough to be able to attend Aero Gatineau-Ottawa this weekend, you will be able to see them in person. Full story and many more photos with link. (📸 SkyAlyne) | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📰 🥇 | 🔗 skyalyne.ca/latest-updat... 2255
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 16/09/2026… the Oriole was originally built over 100 years ago. (📸 Cradle of Aviation Museum) | 🛩️ | 🧵 040
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 16/09/2026… describes the arrival of this Curtiss Oriole at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York. As author Estes notes, in a remarkable turn of events, this is the city on Long Island where … (📸 Cradle of Aviation Museum) | 🛩️ 📍 🇺🇸 | 🔗 www.cradleofaviation.org?utm_source=b... | 🧵 2101
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 16/09/2026We always appreciate an elegant, vintage aircraft falling into the loving embrace of an organisation that will treat it with the care and attention it deserves; Adam Estes' great article for Vintage Aviation News … (📸 Cradle of Aviation Museum) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🔗 vintageaviationnews.com/vintage-avia... | 🧵 2154
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 15/09/2026We are aware of many talented filmmakers within 'eyeshot' of this feed, and for these gifted folks, here's an opportunity to get that dream project off the ground with help from no less than @vimeo.com: details of their 'Short Film Grant' program are linked. | 🛩️ 🎬 🥇 | 🔗 vimeo.com/shortfilmgra... 062
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 15/09/2026It's been a while since we shared an ADVANCE story, but the combination of their elegant paragliders juxtaposed with the arrestingly beautiful scenery of England's Lake District in summer was simply too intoxicating to pass up. (📸 Fly with Andy) | 🛩️ 🪽 📍 🇬🇧 🥇 | 🔗 www.advance.swiss/en/stories/l... 160
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 09/09/2026« I Flew to Four Pacific Northwest Airports and Didn’t Go Through a Security Check Once » is the catchy title of a recent @hbaskas.bsky.social's mailing list missive about her first-hand experience of SeaPort Airlines and their PC-12s. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🔗 stuckattheairport.com/2026/09/08/i... | 🧵 280
BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 05/09/2026« Stability and control benefits of coupled wing and tail morphing in kestrel wind-hovering flight explored using a robot replica » by M. M. Groves-Raines, S. Watkins, A. Mohamed and S. Windsor published by @royalsociety.org, June 17, 2026. | 🛩️ 📡 🦅 🏫 🥇 | 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article... 1121
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BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 04/09/2026Just out: an excellent article by Richard Snell about the restoration of the National Air & Space Museum's Sikorsky JRS-1, recently moved to the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar for a multi-year project, which the author leads. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 🦆 ⚔️ 📍 🇺🇸 🥇 | 🔗 airandspace.si.edu/stories/edit... 2379
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BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 03/09/2026We've followed Electra for a number of years, yet this recent article in MIT News jumped out at us: it's the origin story of the company as an MIT class project involving Chris Courtin, SM ’19, PhD ’24, who is now Electra's Director of Technology Development. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 🥇 | 🔗 news.mit.edu/2026/electra... 1110
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