Notices by Airplanista 🇺🇦 (av8rdan@squawk.mytransponder.com)

Yes, the #EU is pissed off at us, because of one man.

"France should take back the Statue of Liberty because the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue, a French member of the European Parliament said Sunday, March 16."

This is real, from several legit French news sites. Pretty sure this is just blowing smoke, or is the French Navy actually coming to rip it outta the ground?

I do however see their point.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2025/03/16/french-mep-says-us-should-give-back-statue-of-liberty_6739217_5.html

#NotTheOnion

You remember that cute little thing called NAFTA? What a quaint concept, Canada, Mexico and ‘Murica all working together on trade. That ship has sailed. Now, when Goober’s tow truck breaks down and needs parts or his baby momma wants another new Escalade, hope he doesn’t come crying to me because he has to pay a shitload more for it all effective today.

Yes, voting has consequences, and he will be getting exactly what he voted for.

Just a quickie update on my experience using the @brave Browser.

I installed it 38 days ago, and it has blocked 22,628 trackers, ads and other intrusive garbage.

Yes, that is an average of 595 a DAY!

All without one site screaming at me to turn off my ad blocker or risk certain death. Not at all sure how they do it, but it is working very well for me right now.

Sure, the #Internet is fine, just fine.

#enshittification

(And no, I am not affiliated).

I am going to try and get off Facebook. I do enjoy their reels, most showing me racing, pizzas and drunk people doing handstands on a skateboard off the third-story roof into an above-ground swimming pool.

Took a serious look at FB the past few days, and maybe 1 in 10 posts are something I want in my life.

So don't ever try to DM me on FB, I am not going to be checking. DM me here, it is my only Internet exposure (except email, since I am a dinosaur).

Man when you look at the pics and video of the CRJ that flipped on its back in Toronto today, it seems like a miracle there were only eight injuries and no fatalities.

Looks like right wing and entire tail is gone, with evidence of some fire. They are lucky it didn't all go boom. And can you even imagine evacuating a jet when its upside down? Holy crap that would be scary.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-pearson-overturned-airplane-1.7461227

#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #airlines #travel #aircraft

If you didn't see this coming given who is really running the guvmint right now, you have not been paying attention.

Arstechnica.com reporting:

"Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may cancel Space Launch System (SLS) contracts"

A hastily-called #Boeing all-hands meeting today warned of "possible" mass layoffs in the SLS program in early spring.

Damn, I wonder where we're gunna get rockets now.

Oh wait...

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/02/boeing-has-informed-its-employees-that-nasa-may-cancel-sls-contracts/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#space #avgeeks

Go deeper:

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/company-news/2025/02/07/boeing-to-lay-off-about-400-workers-on-moon-rocket-program/

@sundogplanets Gee, I cannot imagine who might be behind the gutting and muzzling of NASA**. It is almost like some rich dude with a space company who is full-on up the POTUS ass is asking - after throwing millions to the "funds" - that NASA be killed off so his rocket company can make even more money.

Because private islands are not cheap anymore, and they just don't give Gulfstream G700s away these days.

(**I have not fully researched this so I could be wrong. Seems plausible.)

From the CNN:

Russia fines Google 2 gazillion billion megamillions bazillion for blocking Youtube in RU, or, better put…

"Google reportedly owes the Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles, a 2 followed by 36 zeroes — after refusing to pay fines that are now accruing for blocking pro-Russian channels on YouTube. The virtually unpronounceable penalty amounts to $20 decillion — or around $20 billion trillion trillion. That dwarfs the size of the global economy."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/tech/google-fines-russia/index.html

Probably will not be the last eVTOL maker to bite the dust when that dust settles.

From flyingmag.com:

"Electric Air Taxi Manufacturer Lilium Runs Out of Money – Company had planned to launch in South Florida, California, and Puerto Rico as soon as 2026.”

Yeah boy, we told ya this “flying car” stuff is hard. Just ask Terrafugia.

https://www.flyingmag.com/news/electric-air-taxi-manufacturer-lilium-runs-out-of-money/?MailingID=%CAMPAIGNID%&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=text&utm_campaign=FLY-NL-Business-Air&oly_enc_id=0351F4908023B6T

#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #pilotlife #flying #aircraft

So now Trump says he has agreed to debate #KamalaHarris on ABC. She will bring her prosecutorial “A” game and eat him for lunch.

I hope she just drills him on all the lies he will spew for every minute she has a hot mic.

She knows his hot buttons, and not only knows how to push them, she can push them by doing a roundhouse kick and using the high heels of her shoes to push them.

#BringItOn
#NotEnufPopcorn
#PagingOrvilleRedenbacher
#HarrisWalz2024

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-agreed-offer-abc-news-debate-harris/story?id=112685962

In times of distress (such as TODAY) you can always count on The Onion to say it like it is:

"Supreme Court Overturns 'Right v. Wrong’”

"Despite the compelling case for goodness, truth, and justice made by our predecessors in the case of Right v. Wrong, we firmly believe that malice, dishonesty, and injustice were the framers' original intent."

https://www.theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211

#SCOTUS #CanPoundSand

Hey can someone quickly hit me back with a fave or reply I am testing a new client for Mastodon, thx in advance.

@jimcarroll Back atcha. So I have a bookmark for aircraft searches and it appears C-GXII is a TBM 700? Now THAT is a nice ride.

Was playing around doing acro in my Waco biplane in X-Plane tonight, and got a little too aggressive and ended up in an inverted flat spin that was not recoverable. Click the vid and watch until the end.