@WiredForFlight

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Sr. Director of Business Process Automation, former CTO and current Flight Instructor (CFI) 🛩️.
I’m into aviation, photography, hockey, travel, and fancy beers. Posts are my own, will be tech, aviation, prob some politics if I get too frustrated.
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Russia’s answer to Starlink just lost its first satellite

The first satellite from Russia’s nascent attempt to build a domestic broadband constellation fell back into Earth’s atmosphere and burned up on approximately June 6, 2026, less than three months after it launched, according to reporting by Anatoly Zak, a journalist who specializes in the history of Russian and Soviet space programs and…
#miltodon #defence
https://defence-blog.com/russias-answer-to-starlink-just-lost-its-first-satellite/

"The Republican party has been de-funding public education since Reagan... We now have a generation of voters who believe what an entertainer tells them, rather than the nation's experts on given subjects."

37 years ago today Tank Man stopped a column of 18 tanks as they approached Tienanmen Square in Beijing. Four tanks were seen in the iconic photo, but there were another 14 behind them. I hope to one day be half as brave. #China #TiananmenSquare #64余孽还是太多

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

Tank Man - Wikipedia

#DOG OF #WAR:

Kateryna’s dog, Lucky, is waiting out a massive rocket attack in a Kyiv shelter.

What Happened to Shortwave Radios? The Truth is Brutal.

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This Saturday, a meteor exploded over Cape Cod and dropped some fragments into the bay. I pulled up the NEXRAD Level II archive radar data in Unidata IDV and am pretty sure I found it! See the blip at 18:03 and compare to the news graphic: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/meteorite-massachusetts-meteor-cape-cod-bay-landed/

If you are able to swim away from your plane, is that still one of those "good landings" pilots talk about?

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/05/26/2-survive-small-plane-crash-near-molokais-kalaupapa-airport/

#aviation #accident

A Sydney festival’s drone show has been canceled after apparent radio frequency interference caused what’s described as a catastrophic failure. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-26/technical-issues-force-cancellation-vivid-drone-show-monday/106721200
'Catastrophic failure' after drones malfunction at Vivid Sydney show

The incident occurred not long into Monday's 7.30pm "star-bound" show when almost 90 drones began falling out of formation and into the harbour around Cockle Bay.

Jony Ive left Apple to start a design company, and one of his most high-profile jobs so far is designing an EV Ferrari inside and out. Needless to say, it'll be a controversial vehicle.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/05/25/former-apple-designers-take-on-ferrari-will-upset-fans-of-the-vehicle-brand?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon
Former Apple designer's take on Ferrari will upset fans of the vehicle brand

Jony Ive left Apple to start a design company, and one of his most high-profile jobs so far is designing an EV Ferrari inside and out. Needless to say, it'll be a controversial vehicle.

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Stumbled into a new Sirius XM channel that I love. We put on Yacht Rock and they had one hour of Club Yacht Rock. Really like how they have mixed club styles with Yacht Rock. Did not think they would blend so well but they really do.