@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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Kristen Stewart will play Sally Ride, the 1st American woman in space, as Amazon finally greenlights mini-series 'The Challenger'

In her TV series debut, 'The Twilight Saga' star will portray the first American woman in space.

Space
The Macintosh changed computers forever

The story of the Macintosh, which Apple launched in 1984. Its mouse, user interface, and design changed the way computers worked going forward.

The Verge

This 2,737-mile Train Route Is the Longest and Most Beautiful in North America—and It Crosses the Entire Continent
https://www.travelandleisure.com/guide-to-the-canadian-11934538?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All Stories @all-stories-travelleisure

Windows users experience 7.5 times more app freezes and 2.2 times more app crashes (where the app needs to be fully rebooted) than Mac users, according to new data: https://www.pcmag.com/news/its-true-windows-pcs-may-actually-crash-more

DOG OF WAR:

Nastia met this cute pup. His name is Lilu.

Iranian missile hits U.S. E-3 AWACS aircraft at Saudi base

An Iranian missile and drone attack on March 27 struck Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, wounding multiple United States service members and damaging several aircraft, including an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft and aerial refueling planes. According to Air & Space Forces Magazine, citing people …
#miltodon #defence
https://defence-blog.com/iranian-missile-hits-u-s-e-3-awacs-aircraft-at-saudi-base/

Via Avbrief.com, Sonex is shutting down immediately.

Mark Schaible, owner of Sonex, said "This decision is necessitated by a severe drop-off in sales and our bank’s unwillingness to carry-forward our debts given some unprofitable years. We’ve had to make this decision very suddenly as a perfect storm of bank pressure, lack of sales, increasing costs, competition from our own aircraft in the used market, and cashflow realities are not allowing us to continue our work."

https://avbrief.com/sonex-shuts-down

@NewtonMark that is great you did that.

Alleged DUI driver crashes onto Daytona Beach runway, attempts to board plane:

Authorities say he crashed through a fence and drove onto an active runway at Daytona Beach airport, attempting to enter an aircraft with its engine running.

https://abcnews.com/video/131451798/

#floridaman #aviation

Video Alleged DUI driver crashes onto Daytona Beach runway, attempts to board plane: Police

Authorities say he crashed through a fence and drove onto an active runway at Daytona Beach airport, attempting to enter an aircraft with its engine running.

ABC News