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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I'll say this: I've moved from firmly in the "F-35 is an expensive boondoggle we should cancel" camp to "the F-35 is a program of record whose distinguishing features mostly make it useful in a war against nuclear-armed states, and whose limits should inform future acquisitions" camp. Seasons change
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
At the Carnegie nonproliferation conference and IAEA chief Rafael M. Grossi spent a bit of time making the case for nuclear-propulsion in commercial shipping. Really interesting.
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Brian Danger Hicks @ckape.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I've been thinking that the Algerian streamlined Garratt design could be adapted pretty readily to CP style streamlining
A streamlined Garratt locomotive.  The fuel bunker and water tanks have been rounded to match the boiler
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Jimgress @jimgress.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I think the single biggest reason I think about rail as a nerd is the American public's delusion around car infrastructure being superior because it's what "was always here." Meanwhile every desirable neighborhood in the US with sky-high rent and properties were almost all streetcar suburbs. #trains
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The Edge of Midnight @eomproject.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
"Thing is, once you strip away the Utopian Bullshit, this Federation thing is largely an exercise in galactic free trade. This is not a bad thing." - Lorna McClaren.
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
i feel like the democrats should go ultra hard on pro-canada rhetoric, considering that invading canada actually polls at around 6% -- underneath the 'lizard people' threshold.
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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
A lot of people view anything that isn't brutal, miserable apathy as a weakness. A lot of young people view that too. I refuse to be a bitter, broken man when I am young and energetic.
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Jimgress @jimgress.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I get asked a lot of questions about the various agendas I have with #modelrailroad #modeltrains so I annoyingly summarized them into a loose-fitting list of insufferable hot takes because my 'tism said so. So if you're into anything listed below stay tuned: I will never shut up about these things.
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Scandinavian101 @scandinavian101.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
From Schoenenfeld to Freiheitstation in only 3 days and 4 connections!
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Scandinavian101 @scandinavian101.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
ah, hell, lets do a thread on the aircraft of DOUBLE VICTORY's Composite Testing Force
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cascadianwings.bsky.social @cascadianwings.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Whatever this is it goes hard
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cascadianwings.bsky.social @cascadianwings.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
ITS OUT!!! @scandinavian101.bsky.social did a great job on this one, lore coming soon!
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
It's honestly horrific that we've turned on our closest ally
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Isaac Alexander @jetcitystar.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Wow, can’t believe it’s been nearly 8 years since @collinkrum.bsky.social and I visited Boom Aerospace. They’re still located at Centennial Airport but this was at the old location there in June 2017.
Boom Aerospace HQBoom Aerospace HQBoom Aerospace HQBoom Aerospace HQ
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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 26/01/2025
Incredible day here in Nagoya. Paying a visit to ZA001, the very first 787 Dreamliner built by Boeing. The lead test aircraft made its last flight here in 2015. Wonderful seeing this airplane again.
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner prototype on display at the Flight of Dreams display at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner prototype on display at the Flight of Dreams display at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner prototype on display at the Flight of Dreams display at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan. Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner prototype on display at the Flight of Dreams display at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan.
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Interurban Era @interurbanera.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
So what ALTA lore/history do you MOST want to know? Think about what real RR questions you love to discover answers to! I'll answer all the questions in a Patreon post later this week. (Beyond: does it survive today/ what happened to it because that's already been answered)
A selection of ALTA motive power in Esquina
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cascadianwings.bsky.social @cascadianwings.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Between The Risen Empire and Leviathan series, Scott Westerfeld has written some great sci-fi that I wish got more attention!
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🎶 one 🎶 of 🎶 these 🎶 is 🎶 not 🎶 like 🎶 the 🎶 others 🎶
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Isaac Alexander @jetcitystar.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Status Update: The Philippine Mars has landed safely in Patricia Bay, just west of Victoria International Airport. No information from Coulson Aviation yet as to why the journey south was changed. Will update as information becomes available.
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cascadianwings.bsky.social @cascadianwings.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
More Sojourn is OUT and this is very, very exciting
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Isaac Alexander @jetcitystar.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Confirmed Update: Philippine Mars has returned safely to Sproat Lake with #2 engine issues. It will NOT be flying to San Francisco today. NO WORD as to when the flight will be rescheduled.
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Isaac Alexander @jetcitystar.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The Philippine Mars is about to lift off from Sproat Lake for the final time. There’s a privately owned Vans Aircraft flying over the lake waiting for some company up in the sky.
Flight Radar 24 map
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Nik Proxima - Space Policy Wonk @nik-proxima.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Artemis II will proceed in a crewed configuration - with a modified entry trajectory
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 04/12/2024
"'We are used to the Boeing 737 MAX. This is luxury,' a crew member confided to RGN onboard the A321LR."
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Isaac Alexander @jetcitystar.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The COMOX Air Force Base in BC Canada dressed up in holiday lights!
Aircraft decorated with holiday lights. Aircraft decorated with holiday lights. Aircraft decorated with holiday lights.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I am in Dalston for the OFFICIAL LAUNCH of the London Overground line names
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
üpdate: the hog has grown to be much larger than the sun. bröther, may it have this final öat?
A 19th-century painting of a hog, edited so the hog is now flying in the middle of space, over a backdrop of darkness illuminated by a starlight sea. The Sun floats in the hog's shadow, though the hog has expanded to be many times larger than both it and all the planets in our solar system combined.
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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Austria always gifts the Christmas tree to the European parliament, and just like the last few years, the tree arrived by NightJet in Brussels
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cascadianwings.bsky.social @cascadianwings.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
This is AWESOME and 100% want to check it out next time I'm in TPE
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Scandinavian101 @scandinavian101.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
A deep modernized polish MiG-29 Fulcrum II Conformal fuel tanks, canards, new engines, vectored thrusters, new reduced radar visibility fuselage, new avionics...
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Airplanes.gov.uk @planeyboys.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Can I get a Tacit Blue with onion bhajis and a pepsie please yeah take out please mate i'll pay by card thank you nice one #art #artwork #avgeek #airplanes #tacitblue en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northro...
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 23/11/2024
Yessss I scored an #AvGeek view at the TPE Novotel. And look at this amazing lobby airplane art!
Three Starlux aircraftSo many aircraft models from all over the world Close of aircraft models
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Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 19/11/2024
A CargoJet 767 operating for Amazon overran the runway at Vancouver while landing in the early morning hours. The aircraft sustained a collapsed nose gear, but the crew of three did not sustain any injuries. www.flightradar24.com/blog/cargoje...
An annotated flight path showing the ground speed of the Cargojet 767 at various points down the runway. The speed of the aircraft at the end of the paved surface was 109 knots.
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cascadianwings.bsky.social @cascadianwings.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Love it or hate it, the yellow is distinctive - I'm always shocked by how plain their old livery feels now after so many years of the yellow one
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cascadianwings.bsky.social @cascadianwings.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Yet another US ally is ordering the F-35: the Romanian Senate has approved a bill authorizing an order for 32 aircraft, which now heads to the President for promulgation www.euractiv.com/section/poli...
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The Edge of Midnight @eomproject.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
"A man stands in the street in the First City and yells 'Chancellor Kesh is a dribbling idiot!' He is immediately arrested and sent to prision for 12 years: 2 for insulting the Chancellor, and 10 for revealing state secrets." - Klingon Joke
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Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 18/11/2024
INBOX: WestJet introduces nonstop seasonal service between Sydney and Calgary this summer as part of robust summer 2025 network schedule Thought this was Sydney 🇦🇺 but alas it’s Sydney 🇨🇦
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The Edge of Midnight @eomproject.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The Organisational Structure of Star Fleet after the Shukar Reforms, 2260-2281
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cascadianwings.bsky.social @cascadianwings.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
New concept: RCAF Red Knight but it's one of these. It wouldn't even look too different, just be *even more* red! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Kni...
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Red Knight (aerobatic team) - Wikipedia
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cascadianwings.bsky.social @cascadianwings.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It's finally happened: I've fled the hellsite, and made it over here to Bluesky. If you recognize me from over there, I would appreciate a follow!
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