Sam
@wiredforflight.bsky.social
Sr. Director of Business Process Automation, former CTO and current Flight Instructor (CFI) 🛩️.
Lover of aviation, space, photography, good beers, hockey, travel, cruises 🚢 and Disney 🏰. Posts are my own.
https://linktr.ee/wiredforflight
Lover of aviation, space, photography, good beers, hockey, travel, cruises 🚢 and Disney 🏰. Posts are my own.
https://linktr.ee/wiredforflight
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Boeing gets FAA nod to begin next major phase of 777X certification trials theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
Boeing gets FAA nod to begin next major phase of 777X certification trials
Closely-watched TIA Phase 3 flight test milestone signals fresh progress for delayed super-twin, still a year to go
theaircurrent.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Boeing gets FAA nod to begin next major phase of 777X certification trials theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev... (via @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
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USAF’s New Low-Cost Anti-Air Missile Program Aims For $500K Target Price www.twz.com/air/usafs-ne...
USAF's New Low-Cost Anti-Air Missile Program Aims For $500K Target Price
The missile will be both ground and air-launched and will leverage lessons from previous 'cheap' cruise missile efforts.
www.twz.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
USAF’s New Low-Cost Anti-Air Missile Program Aims For $500K Target Price www.twz.com/air/usafs-ne...
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Su-57 Felon Brandishes Its Loaded Weapons Bays For The First Time www.twz.com/air/su-57-fe...
Su-57 Felon Brandishes Its Loaded Weapons Bays For The First Time
New imagery of Russia's Su-57 fighter shows it with bays open, packing anti-radiation missiles and short-range air-to-air missiles. New footage of the Russian next-generation fighter reveals internal ...
www.twz.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Su-57 Felon Brandishes Its Loaded Weapons Bays For The First Time www.twz.com/air/su-57-fe...
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Super STOL: A Look at Operation Credible Sport and the XFC-130H
Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a confined urban space for a daring hostage rescue in Iran.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/11/09/o...
Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a confined urban space for a daring hostage rescue in Iran.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/11/09/o...
Super STOL: A Look at Operation Credible Sport and the XFC-130H
Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a confined urban space for a daring
theaviationist.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Super STOL: A Look at Operation Credible Sport and the XFC-130H
Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a confined urban space for a daring hostage rescue in Iran.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/11/09/o...
Inside the audacious plan to convert a C-130 Hercules into a rocket-assisted Super STOL aircraft capable of landing in a confined urban space for a daring hostage rescue in Iran.
Story: theaviationist.com/2025/11/09/o...
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Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Have you heard about this?
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
"As the govt shutdown drags on, buildings at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (HQ for the Webb telescope among other missions) are being emptied without notice. Highly specialized equipment is at risk of being thrown away like trash."
h/t @climatebrad.hillheat.com
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“We just want to help the US get to the Moon. If NASA wants to go quicker, we would move heaven and Earth, pun intended, to try to get to the Moon sooner."
Blue Origin will “move heaven and Earth” to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says
“We have some ideas that we think could accelerate the path to the Moon.”…
arstechnica.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“We just want to help the US get to the Moon. If NASA wants to go quicker, we would move heaven and Earth, pun intended, to try to get to the Moon sooner."
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FAA says ‘NO SOUP FOR YOU’ part 91 operators!
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
FAA says ‘NO SOUP FOR YOU’ part 91 operators!
@baldwin.senate.gov Hope the rumors of a yes compromise vote are wrong. I will be really disappointed in you if it is a yes vote.
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
@baldwin.senate.gov Hope the rumors of a yes compromise vote are wrong. I will be really disappointed in you if it is a yes vote.
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Disney Relinquishes Rights to Who Framed Roger Rabbit Back to Owner
Disney Relinquishes Rights to Who Framed Roger Rabbit Back to Owner
<p>Gary K. Wolf now has full ownership rights to his beloved characters, including Roger Rabbit. Roger Rabbit Ownership In an exclusive interview with ImNotBad.com, Wolf revealed that ownership of Roger Rabbit and other beloved characters has successfully transferred back to his own hands. According to the article, the 35-Year Copyright Reversion Clause made this possible. The … <a title="Disney Relinquishes Rights to Who Framed Roger Rabbit Back to Owner" class="read-more" href="https://wdwnt.com/2025/11/disney-relinquishes-rights-to-who-framed-roger-rabbit-back-to-owner/" aria-label="Read more about Disney Relinquishes Rights to Who Framed Roger Rabbit Back to Owner">Read more</a></p>
wdwnt.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Disney Relinquishes Rights to Who Framed Roger Rabbit Back to Owner
Excited to see this launch. Hope weather holds and they can launch 🚀 today.
Will be exciting to see if they can pull off the landing.
Will be exciting to see if they can pull off the landing.
Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 Momentarily from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida , as Blue Origin launches its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket for its second mission.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0dQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0dQ...
Blue Origin Launches New Glenn Flight 2 - NASA ESCAPADE Mission to Mars
YouTube video by NASASpaceflight
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Excited to see this launch. Hope weather holds and they can launch 🚀 today.
Will be exciting to see if they can pull off the landing.
Will be exciting to see if they can pull off the landing.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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A federal judge, appointed by Reagan, resigns so that he can proclaim Trump is "using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/202...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A federal judge, appointed by Reagan, resigns so that he can proclaim Trump is "using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries while sparing his friends and donors from investigation, prosecution, and possible punishment." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/202...
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Today’s the day we go to Mars. Who’s ready? The countdown is on for ESCAPADE’s launch, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral NET: 🚀 2:45 PM EST / 🚀 19:45 UTC
Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519
📷: Blue Origin
Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519
📷: Blue Origin
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today’s the day we go to Mars. Who’s ready? The countdown is on for ESCAPADE’s launch, set to lift off from Cape Canaveral NET: 🚀 2:45 PM EST / 🚀 19:45 UTC
Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519
📷: Blue Origin
Find out more about our mission with NASA and @ucbssl.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qWB519
📷: Blue Origin
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In what amounts to Mark Wolf’s resignation letter from the federal bench in Massachusetts forget more than 40 years—he was already a senior judge, so it creates no vacancy—he says he “intend[s] to advocate for the judges who cannot speak publicly for themselves.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In what amounts to Mark Wolf’s resignation letter from the federal bench in Massachusetts forget more than 40 years—he was already a senior judge, so it creates no vacancy—he says he “intend[s] to advocate for the judges who cannot speak publicly for themselves.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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"Even those passengers who successfully reach their destination are encountering long departure delays, extended tarmac times and highly unpredictable arrival times; many flight crews are timing out...or missing connections." - Airlines for America www.airlines.org/news-update/...
Latest Data Shows Huge Impact of the Government Shutdown on Airlines and Our Customers – Airlines For America
www.airlines.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Even those passengers who successfully reach their destination are encountering long departure delays, extended tarmac times and highly unpredictable arrival times; many flight crews are timing out...or missing connections." - Airlines for America www.airlines.org/news-update/...
Still down this morning. Hopefully Monday.
Well finished my CFI FIRC program and now trying to get IACRA done... *sigh*
Hope the FAA fixes this soon.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
Hope the FAA fixes this soon.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Still down this morning. Hopefully Monday.
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One of the most risky parts of any airline merger is the reservations cutover when any hiccup could disrupt the travel of tens-of-thousands of fliers.
Alaska is working to ensure this is "a non-event" in its merger with Hawaiian.
My latest for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91437759/ala...
Alaska is working to ensure this is "a non-event" in its merger with Hawaiian.
My latest for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91437759/ala...
November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
One of the most risky parts of any airline merger is the reservations cutover when any hiccup could disrupt the travel of tens-of-thousands of fliers.
Alaska is working to ensure this is "a non-event" in its merger with Hawaiian.
My latest for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91437759/ala...
Alaska is working to ensure this is "a non-event" in its merger with Hawaiian.
My latest for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91437759/ala...
Madison WI’s first snow ❄️ of the year.
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Madison WI’s first snow ❄️ of the year.
Well finished my CFI FIRC program and now trying to get IACRA done... *sigh*
Hope the FAA fixes this soon.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
Hope the FAA fixes this soon.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
November 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Well finished my CFI FIRC program and now trying to get IACRA done... *sigh*
Hope the FAA fixes this soon.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
Hope the FAA fixes this soon.
#CFILife #FlightInstructor
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This is what every single person with any experience in China has been warning about from the start.
Very good WaPo story by Katrina Northrop and Rudy Lu. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... And good, clear headline!
Very good WaPo story by Katrina Northrop and Rudy Lu. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... And good, clear headline!
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is what every single person with any experience in China has been warning about from the start.
Very good WaPo story by Katrina Northrop and Rudy Lu. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... And good, clear headline!
Very good WaPo story by Katrina Northrop and Rudy Lu. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1... And good, clear headline!
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM