Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

2 2

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 8d

Sitting at the river's edge instead of working.

Grassy banks and yellow-leaved trees reflected in a friendly looking river.

The girl who used to be my sister

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 10d

shareable PDF:
media.nature.com/original/mag...

media.nature.com

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 10d

The girl who used to be my sister is the featured short SF this week in Nature!
Vridia vanished into the cross-chain relays. Now her sister is following her trail, armed with nothing but an analog notebook and their grandfather's cryptic warning: "Ink never forks."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A voyage of self-discovery.

www.nature.com

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 12d

I'll be including this in a future post as it is interesting and I wo
uld like to set the record straight. Thank you again.

“A Group of Pissed Off Hornets”: An Instructor’s Snapchat Story of a Fatal Flight

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 15d

Ahhh, ok, now I see the gap in my understanding. Thank you. I will go do my homework now! I did my UK PPL under JAR and sometimes don't know what I don't know.

1 2

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 15d

I wondered if that was the point, that it was GA and that flight schools aren't tightly regulated. But really, not a single recommendation, so that teenagers flying with low-hour instructors at least know they've been vetted.

1 2

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 15d

ATP fired him for pulling circuit breakers and cutting mixture during a student's flight. Eagle Aviation took him on immediately without checking his story. Six weeks later he was dead. fearoflanding.com/accidents/ac...

I don’t like to be negative about flight instructors; it’s a difficult job that usually pays badly and requires superhuman levels of focus and patience. I had two amazing instructors wh…

The Trouble with Tranquility

2 5

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 16d

The Trouble with Tranquility
open.substack.com/pub/sylviawr...

Warning: contains blood and feathers

open.substack.com

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 20d

Something not quite right about the crow outside of my window this morning.

Best Speed across the Runway: VH-EWW at Gold Coast Airport

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · 24d

Did I mention that I sold a story to Nature? Started writing flash again this year and glad to feel like I still have skillz. :D

1 1 20

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Sep 17

I still feel like someone in the marketing department at JAL might not have approved this page on the JAL website: www.jal.com/en/safety/ce... "Accidents JAL has caused other than Flight 123 Accident"

www.jal.com

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Sep 12

A student pilot's training flight turned into an unplanned hangar inspection after their instructor interpreted "best speed across the runway" differently than air traffic control intended.
fearoflanding.com/accidents/ac...

On the 6th of February 2024, a student pilot and instructor met at Gold Coast Airport in Queensland for a dual training flight. The clear lesson learned that day was a common one: if the approach i…

1 2

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Sep 7

Might have made a bit much.

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Sep 7

Dinner is in progress

I am not OK: Horizon Air flight 2059

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Sep 7

I wrote about the flight here:

fearoflanding.com/accidents/i-...

2

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Horizon Air pilot who tried to shut down engines mid-flight has pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Joseph Emerson was experiencing his first psychotic break and believed he was dreaming when he pulled those fire handles. fearoflanding.com/accidents/i-...

On Sunday, the 22nd of October, Horizon Air flight 2059 was on a scheduled passenger flight from Everett in Washington to San Francisco, California. The aircraft was a four-year-old Embraer ERJ-175…

Greg Bagwell on Scheduling a Combat Air Patrol

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Sep 5

Operational insight from former RAF Deputy Commander Greg Bagwell on combat air patrol scheduling.
fearoflanding.com/demystifying...

(formerly @gregbagwell.bsky.social but I don't think he's here anymore)

I was fascinated by Greg Bagwell’s thread on X/Twitter last week and I can’t help wanting to share it with you. Greg Bagwell CB CBE is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander who ser…

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thrilled to have been selected as one of the journalists in the Devconnect Scholars Program. I’ll be working with a 95-person cohort over the next two months, then heading to Buenos Aires for Devconnect 2025 to report on the event.

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Sep 3

Gary waiting patiently for me to go inside so he can ask me to go outside and feed him.

Astra, on the left, looking at me, wonders why I don't stop this silliness and just give them the bag.

Sky Diver Pulled from Aircraft After In-Flight Deployment

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Aug 29

This week on Fear of Landing: a pilot chute caught in the slipstream during climb at Vannes led to a sky diver being dragged out of the aircraft. fearoflanding.com/accidents/ac...

On the 1st of August 2024, the École de Parachutisme Sportif de Vannes Bretagne organised a parachute drop for 14. The sky diving centre is a non-profit operating their aircraft under AIR OPS. The …

Sky Diver Pulled from Aircraft After In-Flight Deployment

Sylvia @akasylvia.bsky.social · Aug 29

This week on Fear of Landing: a pilot chute caught in the slipstream during climb at Vannes led to a sky diver being dragged out of the aircraft. fearoflanding.com/accidents/ac...

On the 1st of August 2024, the École de Parachutisme Sportif de Vannes Bretagne organised a parachute drop for 14. The sky diving centre is a non-profit operating their aircraft under AIR OPS. The …