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PhilthyAvnurd

@philthyavnurd.bsky.social
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Air traffic controller, pilot, aircraft owner, aviation historian & photographer, family-man - all strictly amateur.

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Brett Holman @airminded.org · 11h
At Airminded: Exodus –– I
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Exodus –– I
In Paris, or the Future of War (1925), Basil Liddell Hart asked: Who that saw it will ever forget the nightly sight of the population of a great industrial and shipping town, such as Hull, streaming o...
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Airbus A330-941 N411DX, Amsterdam/Schiphol, 23 June 2024
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wonderful shot of BAC-Sud Concorde G-BSST airborne off Melbourne Runway 16, 1972. The aircraft came to Australia for route-proving/tropical trials. (Photo: CAHS collection)
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Gorgeous looking aircraft, sadly unlike many of its contemporaries 🧐
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cessna 180A VH-TVA, Kyabram VIC, 23 October 2010
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That first par is a well-deserved and oh-so-eloquently written spear to the throat. Steve, you are a National Living Treasure
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Coorong, South Australia, 9 January 2013.
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Glider Airstrip @gliderairstrip.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Side view from inside a glider canopy showing a long white wing and winglet above green fields, villages, and scattered clouds. A mechanical wiper is extended along the wing leading edge. #gliding #pilotlife #aviation
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hate to say this but this is a DH.100 not a DH.115
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pleased to contribute to this ABC News story about Rose Bay Flying Boat Base www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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'Flying boat' history behind Sydney's first international airport
Before the new Western Sydney International Airport and the terminal at Mascot, there was Rose Bay in Sydney's east, which had a golden age of aviation via flying boats.
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Northrop Primay Glider (Zogling derivative), no reg, Temora NSW, 2 September 2023
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy 70th Birthday Essendon Tower!
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/10/2026
Ukraine declined an offer of retired Australian Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters, Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko said. Although Australia was prepared to provide them free of charge, Ukraine determined that maintenance, combat readiness and pilot training would be too costly. #Ukraine
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Curtiss P-40N-5-CU Warhawk VH-PFO two-seat conversion, Tocumwal NSW, 14 September 2019
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain VH-ZUM, Melton VIC, 10 March 2010
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Supermarine 352 Spitfire Mk.Vc (trop) EE853, South Australian Aviation Museum, Adelaide, 11 October 2025
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘The G’ PA-22-108 Colt VH-UYS, Melbourne, 1 February 2021. Thanks Mike!
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Besties: my gorgeous granddaughter and her cousin
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fanta Can CAC CA-30 / Aermacchi MB-326H A7-081, RAAF East Sale VIC, 22 March 2026
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lake Illawarra NSW on a gin-clear day with Shellharbour Airport just visible under the flap-jack fairing, 8 May 2017.
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If a dog bites someone the dog can’t be charged but the owner can be charged for failing to keep proper control of the dog.
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bonus episode: Airbus BD-500-1A11 A220-300 VH-X4N, Melbourne, 25 September 2026
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The White Rat flies again Boeing 737-838, VH-XZC, final Runway 34R Sydney, 25 September 2026
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dragon wings. D.H.84 VH-UXG, Bundaberg QLD, 25 October 2005
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“hardly more then a flapper”
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Boeing 717, Melbourne-Hobart, 27 June 2018
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Outback town marks 60th anniversary of plane crash that claimed 24 lives
In 1966, a Brisbane-bound flight from Mount Isa ended in a disaster that left and indelible mark on a Queensland community and sparked one of Australia's biggest aviation crash investigations.
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Chasing the storm. SAAB 340, Runway 34 Melbourne, 20 March 2011
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Airbus A320 9V-SLM, Langkawi Malaysia, 28 March 2018
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Stansaid Airport @stansaidairport.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Apologies about the delays. Once my phone is charged, I'll plug the air traffic control centre back in.
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sunrise. (Boeing 767, 7 September 2005)
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Swearingen SA227-DC Metro 23 VH-UUB, Essendon VIC, 19 September 2026
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UK Aviation News @ukaviation.aero · 18/09/2026
NATS report reveals one-millisecond software defect behind September air traffic chaos A previously unknown software defect with an exposure window of just around one millisecond was responsible for the major National Airspace System failure that caused widespread disruption across UK aviation on…
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NATS report reveals one-millisecond software defect behind September air traffic chaos
A previously unknown software defect with an exposure window of just around one millisecond was responsible for the major National Airspace System failure that caused widespread disruption across UK aviation on 8 September, according to a preliminary investigation by NATS. The report, published on 16th of September, reveals how a highly specific sequence of events corrupted flight data within the NATS National Airspace System (NAS), eventually forcing London Area Control (LAC) to operate using fallback procedures and triggering severe restrictions on flights across the UK.
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rutan 61 LongEZ VH-LTS, Wangaratta VIC, 18 April 2021
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
True, though the stock 2FTS scheme is nothing to write home about either
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
National Living Treasure
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Far better colour scheme than the ghastly RAAF one
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
CAC CA-13 Boomerang VH-MHR, Tocumwal NSW, 15 September 2019
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sydney sunset, 19 August 2019.
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Fairey Firefly AS.6 WD826, RAN FAA Museum HMAS Albatross, Nowra NSW, 21 October 2023
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The Aviation Historian @aviationhistorian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Incoming! In advance of official publication of our second TAH Annual on October 15, our website is now open for advance orders of our print edition. Here are the front cover and contents pages, for a glimpse of what’s inside our new deeply collectable 260-page volume. www.theaviationhistorian.com
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I see what you did there
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Coastline. Cessna 172N VH-MEN, Fraser Island QLD, 7 November 2005.
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
AgustaWestland AW139 VH-YXF, Echuca VIC, 17 March 2018
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dawn departure. Melbourne Airport, 2 March 2018
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You get all the fun 🙁
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Chasing shadows. Boeing 737, Melbourne VIC, 7 January 2010
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Zivko Edge 540 VH-PBU, Tocumwal NSW, 10 April 2022
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Cockies
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PhilthyAvnurd @philthyavnurd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Cloudscape. (Boeing 737 near Melbourne, 8 May 2017)
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