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The Aviation Show (formerly The Damcasters) celebrates flight from monks jumping off towers to today and beyond | Brought to you in association with the Pima Air and Space Museum | Hosted by @boneyabroad.com
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · Aug 25
Our tour of the newly returned to public view Rolls-Royce Heritage Collection at the fab Aerospace Bristol is now live on YouTube and the podcast feed.

It's a fantastic look at the history of engine development at Bristol and Derby.

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Thumbnail for our tour of the Rolls-Royce Heritage Engine collection at Aerospace Bristol, featuring several RR jet engines in the picture.
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Carla-Jean Stokes @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social · 16h
Yesterday was official publication day!

Grab yourself a copy or request The Taking of Vimy Ridge at your local library. (Extra points if they have comfortable chairs).
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Carla-Jean Stokes @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social · 16d
Copies of my book 'The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle' are making their way out into the world, just ahead of the official release date of Oct 7!

Be sure to head to your fav indy bookshop and order a copy, or you can request it at your local library.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 15h
Here's your timeline cleanse for the day. A storming brass instrumental version of Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club.

You're welcome 🤗

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Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club (Brass Version)
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UK Space Agency @ukspaceagency.bsky.social · 16h
It's #WSW2025 and the theme this year is “Living in Space". 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀

In 1991, Helen Sharman became Britain’s first astronaut when she launched to the Mir space station as a research cosmonaut. 🚀🇬🇧

Her mission lasted 8 days, during which time she conducted medical and agricultural experiments. 🌍

#WSW2025
Helen Sharman. Credit Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center. Helen Sharman and Sergei Krikalyov with cosmonauts Viktor Afanasiyev and Musa Manarov onboard Mir. Mir space station. Credit: NASA
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 1d
the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed
Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not." To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 21h
Laurie also wrote this last week for @theatlantic.com about all this silliness. @lauriestories.bsky.social

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 6d
My very first piece for @theatlantic.com

My first piece for @theatlantic.com

“…Earhart’s 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic...”

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The Truth About Amelia Earhart
Conspiracy theories about her disappearance do a disservice to the pilot’s remarkable, flawed legacy.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 21h
As this distraction tactic continues to gain momentum, if you want to know the real story about Amelia Earhart, WHO RAN OUT OF FUEL AND DIED IN THE PACIFIC, join @lauriestories.bsky.social and me as we discuss her research for The Aviator and the Showman.

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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 1d
That is magnanimous of you but it still isn't a good look on him.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 1d
That it was such a struggle to get that taken down is a black mark on the person involved.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 1d
I was yesterday days old when I learned that David Crosby of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash fame, is the son of Floyd Crosby, who shot High Noon and Roger Corman's wonderful The Pit and the Pendulum.
Gary Cooper as Marshall Will Kane, wearing a black hat and black vest with a tin star pinned to the front, makes one of his walks down the main street of Hadleyville (Cooper makes 9 nine walks in the film) in 1952's High Noon. Cooper looks both scared and badass at the same time because Gary Cooper was a great actor.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 1d
Griffon-powered Spits sound better than Merlin ones.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 1d
Most of the two-seaters are painted in the colours of the original Mk.IX they are created from, so there is a link there.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 1d
The Norden Bomb Sight? Really? Mate, you were doing so well...
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 2d
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 2d
Wow. Linktree are more than doubling its prices, from £4 to £9 a month.

Time to cancel that, I think.
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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 2d
Reminder: WWII Nazis who were just following orders are still known as Nazis. #ClioRemembers
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Becky @beckygracelea.bsky.social · 3d
She hath risen.
“Mary Shelley has released a new title!”
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 2d
Great to see Stephen Chapis' Poor Little Lambs in wild!

It was great to chat with him about his years of work that has gone into the book and you can watch out conversation below.

I gather less than 100 copies remain of the initial print run at Key.

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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 2d
Killjoy.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 2d
Brilliant! Great to see it in the wild.
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 4d
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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 4d
Look, I know the 82nd Airborne are bloody good and their epic contributions in the ETO in WW2 are overshadowed because of one company from the other lot, but "parachuted into combat zones in BOTH WORLD WARS..." is a bit of a stretch...
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taber @kvetch.gay · 5d
this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 5d
Worth always keeping in mind that the Guardian has a commercial partnership with OpenAI, so nothing it writes about AI can be trusted
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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 6d
Oh, man. After reading the article, what it actually says is that an historian did a lot of archival work and spatial research to determine the site of a killing and then the family of the likely perpetrator stepped forward with photographs to confirm identity.

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Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image
Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery
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Andy Saunders - Apollo Remastered @andysaunders-1.bsky.social · 5d
#OTD 1962. Mercury-Atlas 8.
The 3rd US orbital space mission.

L: Wally Schirra chats to Deke Slayton during suit-up.
R: Schirra on board Sigma 7 during flight, created from 100 frames of 16mm film.

Only man to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.

Photos from #GeminiAndMercuryRemastered
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 5d
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
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