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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I was looking to see if there were any celebrities who hit the trifecta of endorsing sports betting, crypto, and investing in a Pickleball franchise.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So, I was wrong. It's 20 777-9's and 8 777-8F's for Korean Air. The Unidentified Airlines fleet is shrinking.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My maternal grandparents emigrated from South Africa in 1975 and shortly before they left, they had a going away party which my paternal grandparents attended. My paternal grandfather died that night in his sleep, after suffering a massive stroke.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

More US Open photos featuring Iva Jovic, Rafa Jodar, Jakub Mensic and Carlos Alcaraz

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

US Open media dump: Karen Khachanov unloading on a forehand at 120fps

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Prediction: Blackstone, KKR and Apollo will eventually try to merge Atlantic with Signature Aviation to create and FBO behemoth, and magically antitrust law will arise from the dead. The owners and users of private planes will sceam about prices and they have the juice to make the government notice.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

NAS Miramar Air Show 1991. Me(9) in my peak Gwynn-era Padres hat, in front of an F-117A that was on static display after its highly publicized use during the Desert Storm.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Contrary to what @airlineflyer.net said to @petchmo.bsky.social, the A318 is not simply a shrink of the A319. The A318 has a different, larger vertical stabilizer that makes it 2.5ft taller than all the other members of the A320 family.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I've taken 3 flights on 767-400ER's this year, and every single time, United has given me the exact same airframe. On one hand, flying United's 767 fleet is my own personal Pokemon game, so the lack of variety is a little disappointing. On the other hand, at some point isn't that *MY* plane?

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Taken while waiting to takeoff from Newark. I had been delayed 3 hours after a certain someone decided he had to leave the World Cup final on his shiny 4 engined flying emolument. Not bad for an iPhone camera.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Question for #lawsky: if you received a text message that purported to serve you with process for a lawsuit, would you actually believe that you’d being served?

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Turn up your volume and listen to the sonorous chorus of 4 Pratt & Whitney engines on this @redbull.com DC-6

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

All the NJ stations in the Freedom Fuel Network are owned by a subsidiary of the beleagured Blue Owl Capital.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If I ever express any optimism that the US will be anything other than laughingly awful at soccer, please punch me in the face, and remind me that our greatest generation were beaten 4-1 on home soil by a second string geriatric Belgium. And then punch me in the face again.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We cheated and we lost 4-1? This is what we deserve.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

FIFA could have easily rescinded the red card as “improvidently granted”, but instead they gave Flo a “suspended sentence” and now you have the FIFA equivalent of a last-second Mandamus for an CVRA violation. (Previously confused FVRA & CVRA) bsky.app/profile/trav...

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

In this Ohio diner, many were uncomfortable with Folarin Balogun representing the US, but now that Donald Trump called Gianni Infantino, they’re all in on birthright citizenship. ( @nytpitchbot.bsky.social )

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Watching a bunch lawyers attempt to understand the FIFA Disciplinary Committee’s actions through the lens of appellate litigation is a pretty amusing away to spend a Sunday afternoon. TL;DR the rules were made this way so as to provide ultimate “flexibility” but still be rules. #lawsky

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I’ve been to Cabo Verde (well at least tech stopped there). I’ve got the Flighty passport to prove it.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Our local zoo has some new residents. They're deceptively large.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

For Trump, bias is the original sin. The *only* reason that people disagree with his is because they are biased against *him*, it *never* (as he sees it) has anything to do with the actual substance of the disagreement.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

You know who’s probably really angry about this whole stunt? Ed Bastian at Delta. There’s now a sizable population of people who have seen video of a plane with a Delta registration in Qatar Airways livery. There will be comeuppance. Vengeful Ed will have his retribution.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

A 🧵: Something that’s been kicking around in my head since this and the Southwest announcement has been WN1380, and what lessons did Southwest learn that drove its decision here. For those that don’t remember, WN1380 was a 2018 incident involving an uncontained engine failure on a Southwest

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Dctrojan @dctrojan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Memes sometimes come to life

A picture of a hand made banner that reads “shut up Alexi”

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

FIFA takes all the revenues, cities bear the cost burden, and have to trust FIFA’s word that the economic benefits will trickle down. (CC: @princetonyimby.bsky.social)

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Would any of my Seattle based avgeek friends be able to tell me if there are discount codes for the museum of flight store? A certain 10 year old in my house wants to buy some models with the money they’ve saved up.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I'm not sure who the Bankruptcy experts are on #lawsky, but this Simad Chapter 11 filing could not come at a worse date on the calendar. There are over 20,000 kids who attend these camps, and communication to parents has not been very good, if thre was any at all. therealdeal.com/new-york/202...

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David and Michael Shabsels’ summer camp empire files for bankruptcy

Owners of Camp Blue Star, Mohawk Day Camp put over two dozen camps into bankruptcy after Israeli bond default

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thanks to @daryllmarie.bsky.social for reminding me. This is a European Serin calling at sunrise from last week.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It’s the Bivensing of Gerrymandering

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Make me king, and the first thing I will do is destroy TicketMaster.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I'm going to Twitter's last reported financial statements from 2Q 2022. Revenue is down almost 30% in just under 4 years. That's suboptimal. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

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twtr-20220630

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I think the destruction of USAID was both unnecessarily cruel and completely idiotic on a massive scale. That being said, the current Ebola outbreak has absolutely nothing to do with that. Ebola outbreaks happen in remote parts of Africa every few years, mostly due to bushmeat consumption (🦇).

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Everyone's favorite airline, Unidentified Airlines, has placed an order for 28 Boeing 777X airplanes. Who do we think is behind it? I'm guessing that 18 of the 28 are option exercises for British Airways and the other 10 are new order from a cargo airline. aviationweek.com/awin-knowled...

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Data: Boeing Discloses Large Mystery Orders In April O&Ds | Aviation Week

Boeing has released its commercial orders and deliveries for April, which saw its backlog bolstered by three substantial firm commitments from unidentified customers.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

There was an elderly blind lady who lived in my cousins’ neighborhood who had a guide dog named Amber. Amber was very sweet, but the world’s worst guide dog. We’d regularly hear calls of “Amber! Amber!” coming from the park, after Amber had run off, leaving her owner helpless.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Boeing nixed IAI doing 767 tanker conversions back in 2018, so the IAF ordered factory KC-46's, and we've heard very little about converted tankers since then, until India quietly inked a deal with IAI for 767 tankers earlier this year. (via @airinsight.com) airinsight.com/a-tanker-tan...

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A Tanker Tango: India, Israel, and Boeing | AirInsight

India opts for Boeing 767 tanker conversions via Israel Aerospace Industries over Boeing KC-46 Pegasus in cost-driven fleet decision.

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Gavin Werbeloff @travelbuddha.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A Spirit Airlines🧵: While it was high oil prices that finally did Spirit in, when you zoom out, this outcome can be seen as the result of mean reversion in a few important areas. Historically, established airlines have had an advantage over their younger rivals when it comes to cost of capital.

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