Piccolo Seaplanes
@wildblueponder.bsky.social
PT PhD student by night - interested in the representation of military aviators in popular culture. A librarian for the USAF by day. Easily distracted at all times by biathlon, geopolitical arguments, rugby, murder mysteries, or livestreams of airfields.
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#OTD in 1957, six McDonnell RF-101C of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing flew "Operation Sun Run" where they set six new transcontinental speed records across the US.
RF-101C 56-0166 was one of the aircraft that set the records and now resides in the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH.
RF-101C 56-0166 was one of the aircraft that set the records and now resides in the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH.
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#OTD in 1957, six McDonnell RF-101C of the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing flew "Operation Sun Run" where they set six new transcontinental speed records across the US.
RF-101C 56-0166 was one of the aircraft that set the records and now resides in the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH.
RF-101C 56-0166 was one of the aircraft that set the records and now resides in the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH.
Post a villain more fun to watch than the hero...
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Post a villain more fun to watch than the hero...
What a great idea for a study break; letting the mind shift gears for a while without the attention-sapping downsides of the doomscroll (which I admit to having trouble resisiting...obviously)
It's time to destress and relax 🧘
Did you know we have 8 little wooden puzzles for readers to do on their study breaks? Complete with cute tins, quirky cut-outs, and wooden puzzle boards to lean on!
Each puzzle is small enough to complete as a break in your study schedule ☕🧩😌
Did you know we have 8 little wooden puzzles for readers to do on their study breaks? Complete with cute tins, quirky cut-outs, and wooden puzzle boards to lean on!
Each puzzle is small enough to complete as a break in your study schedule ☕🧩😌
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
What a great idea for a study break; letting the mind shift gears for a while without the attention-sapping downsides of the doomscroll (which I admit to having trouble resisiting...obviously)
Thanks to the Guardian for reminding me the Super Bowl Shuffle exists...and as awkward as it is, it must have made international news because I remember it despite being a kid in Australia at the time ;)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooT_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooT_...
Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle 1985
YouTube video by Dj.CLASSIKLRN THAMIXX
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November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Thanks to the Guardian for reminding me the Super Bowl Shuffle exists...and as awkward as it is, it must have made international news because I remember it despite being a kid in Australia at the time ;)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooT_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooT_...
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Prove you are a genuine Russian armed auxiliary ship with this simple Kamcaptcha...
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Prove you are a genuine Russian armed auxiliary ship with this simple Kamcaptcha...
Post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Post a famous bathroom scene
Seeing @grahamcross.bsky.social on Ch4's Hidden Wonders and the recovery of 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry's P-47 just down the road in Essex. And the Guardian article about the same work:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Archaeological dig to unearth wreckage of WW2 hero pilot crash under way
Exclusive: Excavation, overseen by the US Department of Defense, will feature in More 4’s Hidden Wonders TV series
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Seeing @grahamcross.bsky.social on Ch4's Hidden Wonders and the recovery of 2nd Lt. Lester Lowry's P-47 just down the road in Essex. And the Guardian article about the same work:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Red Storm Rising with all the real kit and almost no CGI ;)
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Red Storm Rising with all the real kit and almost no CGI ;)
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Love a niche job title:
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ROLE: Ski Collections Cataloguer
FULL TIME: 37 hpw
DURATION: Fixed Term: 5 months
🔔 CLOSING DATE: 25-Nov-25🔔
@dmu.ac.uk #sportshistory @icshc.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social #skiclubgb
ROLE: Ski Collections Cataloguer
FULL TIME: 37 hpw
DURATION: Fixed Term: 5 months
🔔 CLOSING DATE: 25-Nov-25🔔
@dmu.ac.uk #sportshistory @icshc.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social #skiclubgb
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Love a niche job title:
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Recently, I had the pleasure of contributing to the US WWII Foundation's latest film project, a documentary focused on an individual serving in England with the Mighty Eighth. Filming at Bletchley Park really added to the day. Check out the Foundation and its extensive free film programme.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Recently, I had the pleasure of contributing to the US WWII Foundation's latest film project, a documentary focused on an individual serving in England with the Mighty Eighth. Filming at Bletchley Park really added to the day. Check out the Foundation and its extensive free film programme.
All my years exiled in the US and now the UK and I have yet to find a proper 'handheld meat pie' in either place, let alone the breadth and quality of the options in NZ. (Honourable mention to Australia.)
All hail the handheld meat pie.
All hail the handheld meat pie.
* New Zealand takes pies (namely, handheld meat pies) so seriously that there are National Pie Awards that get major media coverage. The New Zealand National Library has a whole dedicated category for “Pies — Competitions.”
Pie.
Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
All my years exiled in the US and now the UK and I have yet to find a proper 'handheld meat pie' in either place, let alone the breadth and quality of the options in NZ. (Honourable mention to Australia.)
All hail the handheld meat pie.
All hail the handheld meat pie.
Share a smile
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Share a smile
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Post a movie where you are from
Such a good essay about all those fake Christians
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Such a good essay about all those fake Christians
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
One of my favourite TV genres is "Oh good, Channel Four's Walter Presents has another German murder mystery set in the early 90s where one of the factors is 'creepy former East German folk horror elements'" (Roots of Evil/Die Quellen des Bösen) There goes my afternoon :)
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
One of my favourite TV genres is "Oh good, Channel Four's Walter Presents has another German murder mystery set in the early 90s where one of the factors is 'creepy former East German folk horror elements'" (Roots of Evil/Die Quellen des Bösen) There goes my afternoon :)
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i certainly didn't appreciate this until I went back to pursue further studies as an adult. Like a real adult. An adultier adult.
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
i certainly didn't appreciate this until I went back to pursue further studies as an adult. Like a real adult. An adultier adult.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
Really enjoyed this article for its clarity, its great challenge to currently established thought patterns, and not least for its well-written turns of phrase!
"This managerial capture hollows out the discipline from within. The field no longer speaks truth to power; it speaks PowerPoint to policy."
"This managerial capture hollows out the discipline from within. The field no longer speaks truth to power; it speaks PowerPoint to policy."
This is a hell of an article about war studies that pulls no punches. CC: @teaandtactics.bsky.social @sodrock.bsky.social
www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/stra...
www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/stra...
Strategy and the Last Manager: The Case for Dissenting War Studies - Military Strategy Magazine
Applying James Burnham’s theory of the ‘managerial revolution’ to the evolution of war studies, this article argues that the field has been captured and reshaped by a managerial class more concerned w...
www.militarystrategymagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Really enjoyed this article for its clarity, its great challenge to currently established thought patterns, and not least for its well-written turns of phrase!
"This managerial capture hollows out the discipline from within. The field no longer speaks truth to power; it speaks PowerPoint to policy."
"This managerial capture hollows out the discipline from within. The field no longer speaks truth to power; it speaks PowerPoint to policy."
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I had my tea an hour or two ago, but I'm a bit peckish now...
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I had my tea an hour or two ago, but I'm a bit peckish now...
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once
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Hier mit UT - diese legendäre Konversation…
November 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hier mit UT - diese legendäre Konversation…
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
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Looking for guests on the following subjects:
*Haiti, voudoun, and the US occupation
*US Vietnam veterans, POW/MIA
*"Titanic" (1997), specifically the disaster movie half
*"The Matrix" (1999)
*And of course we are always open to recommendations! Let me know about your book/movie/class/article/etc!
*Haiti, voudoun, and the US occupation
*US Vietnam veterans, POW/MIA
*"Titanic" (1997), specifically the disaster movie half
*"The Matrix" (1999)
*And of course we are always open to recommendations! Let me know about your book/movie/class/article/etc!
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Looking for guests on the following subjects:
*Haiti, voudoun, and the US occupation
*US Vietnam veterans, POW/MIA
*"Titanic" (1997), specifically the disaster movie half
*"The Matrix" (1999)
*And of course we are always open to recommendations! Let me know about your book/movie/class/article/etc!
*Haiti, voudoun, and the US occupation
*US Vietnam veterans, POW/MIA
*"Titanic" (1997), specifically the disaster movie half
*"The Matrix" (1999)
*And of course we are always open to recommendations! Let me know about your book/movie/class/article/etc!