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@formerlywtc.bsky.social
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Account exists mostly to monitor those I like (and some I don’t) whom have abandoned that other platform across the street Occasional observations, sports & travel stuff Also a dual citizen. Been to all 50 🇺🇸 states, almost 100 🌎 countries

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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Since many in the #AvGeek groups across the street are sharing their photos of the soon to be retired terminal at Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR), I’ll do the same. Taken at sunset 🌅 in February 2018.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Current status of #Costco at 4:45pm today… If you’ve ever wanted to shop at Costco on a day with minimal crowds today’s your chance.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Also a video of the United B777-300ER on its low pass…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
From earlier today at Fleet Week I call this one “Formation Over Alcatraz”…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When you’re on the way to the Fleet Week Air Show (with much better weather) but you run into the Italian 🇮🇹 American Parade on your way there…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today we’re not at Fleet Week watching the air show because we’re trying to conduct some business this afternoon, and we’re doing that near the campus of a small Catholic University. Anyone recognize the campus of the said Catholic university? 🤔
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Currently it’s looking like a June Gloom type of day in early October over San Francisco… Unfortunately the chances for the Fleet Week Air Show don’t look good for today.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Strangely enough until now I haven’t noticed this building in our neck of the woods in Silicon Valley… Professional in the front, ramshackle in the back.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A #TBT to exactly a year ago when I stopped on the Interstate, got out of the rental 🚗 just to take a photo of this city…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In case if you’re wondering if Covid era street closures are still a thing…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Worth mentioning that on Saturday instead of attending my trade show for a few hours I took a road trip to somewhere I hadn’t been previously. That’s where I learned the “dells” of Wisconsin Dells aren’t visible without taking a boat tour, which I didn’t have the time to do…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For the first time in over 6 months runways 1R/19L & 1L/19R at SFO are back in use. To prove it here’s my video of a B777-200 takeoff on 1R from last night…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tonight we’re on a big and almost very empty ✈️ So empty I refused the upgrade and voluntarily downgraded myself.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tonight’s adventures in Silicon Valley… This day spa is “closed until further notice” after it was raided earlier this month for operating as a brothel. The apparent giveaway was single middle aged male techies aren’t exactly day spa target customers but dozens showed up every night.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good thing I don’t need diesel ⛽️…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How are the MTV #VMA ‘s still a thing when the network itself is no longer a thing anymore?
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It appears there are some regions not at high elevations that are starting to see autumn 🍁 colors. This is one of those places… Also there’s the maple leaf adorned 🛶 for added Canadianness.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A much more serene scene compared to the one from earlier today…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Apparently shootouts happen north of the border too… Note the bullet location markers all over the sidewalk.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The #ViewFromTheAirport parking lot…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Doesn’t happen all that often these days but I just landed at an airport I have not flown to previously until now…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yes, this is an ✈️ lounge, and yes it resembles a dungeon…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I love booking international ✈️ trips on 1 1/2 days notice. Feel like going somewhere? You book it, there’s hardly a waiting period.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you’re ever wondering what the Nevada side of the shores of Lake Tahoe look like on a mid September weekend day, you’re in luck…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m at our annual event at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, NV. The state museum occupies the former U.S. Mint Carson City Mint building. Museum comes with a still functioning coin press, replica ghost town & mine shafts.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s certainly is a thing how just about every time I stay here I get basically the same #ViewFromTheRoom. No complaints at all as this is one of the best views available anywhere in town…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Visible smoke on the eastern side of the #FloristonFire seen from the Amtrak California Zephyr. Westbound I-80 remains closed near the California-Nevada border.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
View of Donner Pass & Donner Lake from Amtrak’s California Zephyr 🚂
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚂 There’s apparently a fast moving wildfire between here and there that’s burning close to the tracks but it seems we’re a go… My chance of actually arriving at the destination and not getting stranded somewhere a route? 🤷‍♂️ Also the train has about a 30% load but the conductor is a numbnut.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Have you ever passed by a busker on the sidewalk whose singing was so damn awful you were tempted to say to them: “if we were in the Philippines someone would’ve shot you in the chest by now…”? I just did. 😖
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Where are we this afternoon? Recognize this monument? 🤔
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not only can you see the Apple “Spaceship” campus from this vantage point, you can also see the home I grew up in and my current place, all in one view.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In observance of 25 years since 9/11/2001, a few photos of the Flight 93 Memorial near Shanksville, PA from my visit exactly 2 weeks ago…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You know how airline passengers seem to get cured of their physical ailments the moment they step on board a ✈️ (ie. Jetway Jesus effect) ? Apparently it works the other way too. The moment most people set foot on airport property they become completely illiterate.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It took a few hours of driving but I finally made it to that 🇩🇰 town in the middle of “Sideways” country…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Haven’t gone anywhere too far away yet this holiday weekend but we are on the coast buying 🎣 🐠…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Had pre holiday business with the state government to deal with at an office directly across the street from the Capitol building, drove 2+hrs this morning to get there, got everything done in under 20 mins, have all day to head home. Also had a moment for a view straight up the capitol rotunda…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Also worth a mention that earlier today I stopped by a university campus that I hadn’t been to previously and for the 1st time in recent memory I did not see any instances of the most popular sight on any college campus: a young woman crying on the phone while sitting on a bench in the campus quad.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you look hard enough you just might see the Grand Canyon down there, partially hiding behind late afternoon shadows…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Guess where we are this afternoon? 🤔 ✊ on wood but so far since I’ve been here no one with a name tag has approached me…yet.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Check out the odometer on today’s rental car. That takes talent really.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We just landed at ORD. 11 minute taxi from turning off the runway to the gate… 11 minutes… Without exaggeration that has to be a record for 2026.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A week’s worth of views of Downtown Pittsburgh, mostly from walks between the hotel and convention center in the mornings and early evenings.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
On the platform across the street this #WhereIveBeen map has been all over my timeline. This shouldn’t be too hard to fill out…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is kinda dangerous…even more so during rush hour.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
First look at the newly rebuilt Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)… @airportarchitecture.byerussell.com
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
No upgrade on this ✈️ this morning but we do have European style “Business Class” (IYKYK). Also surrounded by about 8 others we’re all headed to the same event.
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The views when you’re spending Friday doing business directly adjacent to a historic Jesuit university campus full of pretty 💐 …
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you’ve ever wondered what the Star Alliance Lounge at LAX looks like when it’s completely empty, then today’s your lucky day…
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WTC @formerlywtc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Afternoon resort views… Too bad I’m not staying here, nor anywhere in the island for that matter.
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