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Evan
@evan-schoo.bsky.social
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🇦🇺 Private pilot, neophyte aircraft mechanic, flight simmer, poodle enthusiast, bass trombone owner/operator.

He/him. #pilotsofbluesky
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dan401w.bsky.social Dan ☃️ ❄️🌨️ 🎁 @dan401w.bsky.social · 7d
Storm over Panama at 37k feet.

Santiago Borja
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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December 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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aljazeera.com Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26d
Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Had a good Saturday. Not pictured: coffee, muffin, borek, poodles, sourdough and chocolate milk. 😋👌🛩️
The cockpit of a propeller aircraft banking slightly to the left, flying over a coastline. A silver propeller aircraft in the process of being rinsed down by a hose in the foreground.
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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My pax kindly shared with me a video of us landing back at YMMB after the ≥$100 hamburger.
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Avgeek bucket list item ✅ tonight. 🤓👌

A visit to the tower at Melbourne International Airport (YMML). No pics allowed from the cab unfortunately. 🥲 The view was incredible. 🤩
A selfie, taken with the air traffic control tower building of an international airport in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Decided to celebrate my 100th hour in Cirrus SR20s with a $100* hamburger. 😆👌🛩️🍔

*(actually >$100)
A white Cirrus aircraft is parked on a grass airfield. In the foreground is a tree, with a dog lying on the ground in the shade. A hamburger in a brown paper bag in the foreground, and a milkshake in a striped cup in the background. A white wing of a light aircraft flies over urban streets, the city skyline can be seen in the distance. A screenshot of a pilot's logbook, showing 101.5 hours in a Cirrus SR20.
October 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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A lovely day yesterday for an IFR day trip. ☁️🌥️🛩️☁️☁️
The view out the window of a flying aircraft. Overcast sky sits above, with some scattered cumulus below. Green and brown fields are either side of a river mouth. A silver light aircraft wing in the left foreground. A view over the nose of a silver light aircraft flying near the coast of a body of water. The spinning propeller can be seen. Beyond is some distant scattered cumulus clouds, the sky above is overcast.
October 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Our neighbours here at work had a new heli delivered this week. The first Airbus H160 I've seen in person; looking forward to seeing it fly! 🚁
A brand new rotor-less helicopter fuselage with various protective coverings attached is being lowered by a crane back onto its wheels after being lifted from a large truck trailer.
October 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Tantalisingly close to hitting ≥100 hours on both Cirrus platforms... Should I go out and do one very quick circuit in an SR20? 😄👌🛩️
Image of a pilots logbook and tallied hours on various aircraft. One is circled, highlighting 99.9 hours.
October 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Tantalisingly close to hitting ≥100 hours on both Cirrus platforms... Should I go out and do one very quick circuit in an SR20? 😄👌🛩️
Image of a pilots logbook and tallied hours on various aircraft. One is circled, highlighting 99.9 hours.
October 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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✅ IFR renewed for another two years!
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Flying past Melbourne CBD is always lovely. Flying out to rescue a broken plane.
The white wingtip of a light plane floats above the blue water of Port Phillip Bay. Beyond the end of the wingtip Melbourne City can be seen. A blue sky with scattered white cumulus clouds is above.
September 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Managed to catch this gem the other night.... Not sure I'll best that rarity score! 🤯 #skycards
September 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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On 27 Aug. 2003, Hubble captured this image when Mars was at its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years.

That was their closest encounter in recorded human history, when the two planets were just 56 million km of each other.

➡️ science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble...

🔭 🧪 #planetsci #histsci
This Hubble image of Mars, in natural color, shows sharp details. Above the center, the oval-shaped Olympus Mons, a volcano as large as Arizona, dominates the Tharsis Bulge. Below, three smaller Tharsis Montes volcanoes, with clouds over Arsia Mons. To the right, the dark, elongated scar of Valles Marineris, a vast canyon system. Below it, Solis Lacus, the "Eye of Mars". To the left, the cratered southern highlands of Terra Sirenum. At the bottom, the southern polar cap, with orange dust streaks and carbon dioxide ice. At the top, clouds veil the northern polar cap, in winter.
August 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Wow!
mikeroburst.bsky.social Mike Kruze @mikeroburst.bsky.social · Aug 26
Planes rush to land and take off before Monday's epic dust storm hit Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. #azwx
August 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Good day flying, today. ☁️🌤️🛩️☁️☁️
Looking from the cockpit of a light plane towards the white cowling and the spinning propeller. Stratus clouds are above, scattered cumulus below. Green farmland can be seen to the left and below the aircraft. A white wing of a light plane is centre of frame, clouds can be seen in the distance and above. Green farmland can be seen below.
August 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Today is my 10 year @pocketcasts.com anniversary! 🤯

It appears I have listened to a LOT of podcasts - almost all at 1.5x. 😁👌
Screenshot from Pocketcasts' Stats page, showing 10 years of usage.
July 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I was today years old when I found out about this aeroplane! 🤯
aviationmarlene.bsky.social Marlène Aviation @aviationmarlene.bsky.social · Jul 7
Installation of the Leduc 021-01 on the back of its carrier aircraft to leave for the test centre around 1953.
The 021 was an experimental aircraft between the primitive 010 and the more advanced 022 for the development of ramjet.

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July 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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A NASA Astronaut on ISS caught this sprite over Mexico and the U.S. this morning.
July 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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A lovely afternoon flight today, just because! 😆
A pilot of a light plane takes an in-flight selfie. A silver wing of a light plane in flight can be seen out the aircraft's window. The low setting sun can be seen reflecting off of calm water. An overcast sky is seen above a peninsula with many houses, taken from an airborne silver light plane.
June 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Cold, yet sunny mornings are lovely... sometimes. 👨‍🔧🥶🛩️
A shaft of golden sunrise light illuminates part of a white Cirrus aircraft parked in an otherwise dark hangar.
June 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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#ThingsYouSeeAtTheAirport

Genius! 🫣
June 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Was a great day for an engine run-in flight! 🛩️
Pilot of a small aircraft with glasses and a short beard takes a selfie. Out the aircraft's window is the white wing and clouds. A rocky cliff coastline viewed from a thousand feet high. Viewed from a couple of thousand feet, a slightly arched bridge joins an island to the mainland at high tide. A white aircraft wing appears in the lower left of the frame.
June 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Such a nice day today. 🌞 Perfect day to give my friend's plane a wash! 🛩️🧽😎👍
A garden hose in the foreground sprays a jet of water over the empennage of a silver general aviation aircraft. In the background is an open hangar and beautiful blue skies with whispy white clouds.
June 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM