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Sam

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Sr. Director of Business Process Automation, former CTO and current Flight Instructor (CFI) 🛩️. Lover of aviation, space, photography, good beers, hockey, travel, cruises 🚢 and Disney 🏰. Posts are my own. https://linktr.ee/wiredforflight

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Michael Seeley @mseeley.net · 2h

The Full Moon is beautiful tonight, seen here over the Space Coast of Florida at 8:46pm (ET) as the International Space Station and its crew of 7 passed overhead.

Traveling @ ~17,500mph, it took less than 3/4 sec for the ISS to transit the face of the Moon.

#moon #photography

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Kyra Dempsey - Admiral Cloudberg @kyracloudy.bsky.social · 2h

My thoughts are with the victims of today's UPS plane crash, but they are also with the NTSB investigators who, tomorrow, will dig through half a mile of toxic debris to find the black boxes, all without being paid. Godspeed to them as well.

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 2h

Thanks for opening that up and posting it again for everyone.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 3h

Historical context - In 1979 an AA DC-10 (MD-11 predecessor) crashed on takeoff from ORD. Its left engine separated (due to a maintenance issue) on takeoff causing an asymmetric stall when the slats retracted. (Locks mandated in 1982) TAC report from 2019: theaircurrent.com/historical-c...

Searching for 40-year old lessons for Boeing in the grounding of the DC-10

theaircurrent.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

China's Shenzhou-20 return mission delayed due to space debris impact reut.rs/43cFdjc

China's Shenzhou-20 return mission delayed due to space debris impact

China's Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft's return mission has been delayed after the spacecraft was suspected to have been hit by small space debris, the official Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 4h

*hugs*

Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah I saw that video too. Such a massive fear of a pilot.

Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 5h

Wow this was a bad day for cruise 🚢 stocks. $NCLH leading the decline.

Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 6h

Now I want wings.

Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 6h

This is my fav time of year at WDW. Christmas is so magical. Cant wait to be there in 2 weeks.

Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 6h

Please keep the 3 crew members and their family and anyone who maybe on the ground in your thoughts tonight.

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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 6h

The Air Current is following the developments out of Louisville where a UPS MD-11 Freighter crashed on takeoff. The flight with three crew aboard was on its way to Honolulu and the airport remains closed at this point.

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NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 7h

And once again Jared Isaacman is the nominee to be #NASA Administrator.

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 7h

FAA statement on UPS 2976

This information is preliminary and subject to change.

UPS Flight 2976 crashed around 5:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Nov. 4, after departing from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was headed to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. The FAA and NTSB will investigate. The NTSB will lead the investigation and will provide all updates.

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BNO News @bnonews.com · 7h

BREAKING: Video shows crash of UPS Flight 2976 while taking off from Louisville International Airport in Kentucky

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 7h

Live TV helicopter coverage of the UPS plane crash.

www.youtube.com/live/H1L31-4...

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 7h

This looks to be UPS 2976, an MD-11. @flightradar24.com public data picked up a brief altitude value of 175 feet before it dropped back to 0 and the data ends.

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 11h

Finally decided to get custom made hearing protection. Will use them mostly for airshows & dances. Kinda shocked my hearing is not worse after all those airshows and F-35 back in ‘19 causing so much pain.

#airshow #flying #cruiseship #cruising

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Joseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social · 13h

China’s 6th Generation Stealth Fighters Both Appear At Secretive Test Base www.twz.com/air/chinas-6...

China's 6th Generation Stealth Fighters Both Appear At Secretive Test Base

The J-36 and J-XDS have operated out of a rapidly expanding base that could well become China's Area 51.

www.twz.com

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 15h

Agree. That’s why I never looked for planes. It was still up when I posted this.

Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 15h

Well that did not take long. Was only looking for helicopters when I should’ve the guest been looking for small airplanes as well. Did the Flightradar filter for it and got it this morning.

Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 15h

Well that did not take long. Was only looking for helicopters when I should’ve the guest been looking for small airplanes as well. Did the Flightradar filter for it and got it this morning.

Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 15h

Well that did not take long. Was only looking for helicopters when I should’ve the guest been looking for small airplanes as well. Did the Flightradar filter for it and got it this morning.

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Thanks!

Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 1d

Most of the time. There are some the disappear into the city lights.