@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/
@bud_t I do, I have 5 sites I have helped setup with #Ubiquiti, 3 have cameras. Really high quality all in all. Only have had 1 camera fail over 12 years.

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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