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Isaac Alexander @jetcitystar.bsky.social · 18h

Sad reading this news about my former employer.

www.bisnow.com/washington-d...

Navy Reportedly Nixes Land Swap For Museum, Redbrick Development

The land swap agreement included Redbrick LMD inking a ground-lease with the Navy for a 15-acre waterfront site where it planned a mixed-use development.

www.bisnow.com

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 20h

Time to start my Flight Instructor Refresher Course (FIRC). Going with @sportys.bsky.social this time to change it up. Like what I see so far.

#CFIlife

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 21h

Looks so wonderful

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 2d

Great shot

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Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 2d

As the FAA deals with a long list of staffing triggers at facilities across the country tonight, the agency shares that half of the “Core 30 facilities are experiencing staffing shortages, and nearly 80 percent of air traffic controllers are absent at New York–area facilities.”

Air traffic over the contiguous United States on Friday, 31 October.

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Joseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social · 2d

Navy Cruiser Joins Caribbean Flotilla As Reports Claim U.S. Is Readying Venezuela Strikes www.twz.com/sea/navy-cru...

Navy Cruiser Joins Caribbean Flotilla As Reports Claim U.S. Is Readying Venezuela Strikes (Updated)

The deployment of USS Gettysburg comes as a carrier strike group is also heading to the region, while Trump denies he is about to strike.

www.twz.com

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VV Insider @vvinsider.com · 2d

Black Friday comes early 🎉 Free drinks and 80% off a second sailor on all Virgin Voyages sailings through 2027; vvinsider.com/black-friday...

#virginvoyages

Black Friday Preview: Virgin Voyages Offer Now Live! - VV Insider

Black Friday arrives early with free drinks and 80% off a second sailor on all Virgin Voyages sailings through 2027.

vvinsider.com

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Specter177✈️ @specter177.bsky.social · 2d

On the way to the Grand Canyon

View of a mountain and lake from a plane

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Belle @fibellefi.bsky.social · 3d

Under a glass moon 🌝

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 3d

Hope they can try again tomorrow

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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 3d

Over at LC-36, it appears Blue Origin attempted to fire up the seven BE-4 engines on its Flight 2 New Glenn first stage rocket, but aborted at T-0.

Rewatch our dedicated livestream, here: www.youtube.com/live/VcpLOKp...

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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 3d

In a statement to NSF, NASA confirms that both SpaceX and Blue Origin submitted accelerated approaches for an HLS lander. On the Request For Information from the broader industry, this will come after the government shutdown is over.

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Derek Newsome @derekdotspace.bsky.social · 3d

Blue Origin is about 5 minutes out from a planned static test firing of the New Glenn rocket.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJdA...

Watch Live: Blue Origin test fires New Glenn rocket ahead of second launch

YouTube video by Spaceflight Now

www.youtube.com

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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 3d

Both Flare stacks at LC-36 are active and starting to see condensation on New Glenn, ahead of a potential Static Fire Test.
Views thanks to Max Evans
Keep an eye on the action on NSF's Space Coast Live nsf.live/spacecoast

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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 3d

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 SpaceX has posted an update on the Starship Human Landing System (HLS).
🚀 The SpaceX HLS team has completed 49 milestones tied to developing the subsystems, infrastructure, and operations needed to land astronauts on the Moon.

www.spacex.com/updates#moon...

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 3d

Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

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Sam @wiredforflight.bsky.social · 4d

Leaning new things tonight like how to install a new garage door opener

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4d

The White House on Tuesday fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency that would have reviewed President Trump’s ballroom construction project, a White House official confirmed to NBC News.

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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 4d

Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 on Thursday, October 30th, at 6:00 a.m. EDT / 10:00 UTC, as NASASpaceflight's Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera and D Wise interview Toni Tolker-Nielsen, the Director of Space Transportation at ESA - European Space Agency.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-98...

Europe's Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle: ESA - NSF Live: Europe's Future in Space

YouTube video by NASASpaceflight

www.youtube.com

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Joseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social · 4d

New Chinese Advanced Training Jet Breaks Cover www.twz.com/air/new-chin...

New Chinese Advanced Training Jet Breaks Cover

The advanced jet trainer may well be set to join China’s ongoing carrier air wing expansion. The advanced jet trainer and light combat jet may well be set to join China’s ongoing carrier air wing expa...

www.twz.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 4d

Elon Musk’s new competitor to Wikipedia says apartheid wasn’t that bad, cites the Kremlin, and gives legitimacy to “white-genocide theory.” @matteowong.bsky.social on how Musk is constructing a parallel universe in his image:

What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid

The next step in Musk’s propaganda machine

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photoJDL @photojdl.bsky.social · 4d

aviation photo of the day:

Boeing Defense B757-200 | Boeing Field, WA | 2010

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Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 5d

Here is something neat that happened today: Lockheed Martin's X-59 needle-nosed supersonic aircraft flew for the first time, the start of a flight test program for NASA intended to show that this jet can routinely break Mach 1 while reducing a sonic boom to "a gentle thump."

X-59 Soars: A New Era in Supersonic Flight Begins

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT), in partnership with NASA, successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a revolutionary, quiet supersonic aircraft designed to pave the way for...

news.lockheedmartin.com

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 5d

NOAA’s hurricane research division staff has been cut from 52 in 2020 to 28 in 2025, almost a 50% cut. They’ve resorted to using volunteers to man the critical radar and dropsonde stations on Hurricane Hunter flights. Senseless cuts in an era of climate change making the strongest storms stronger.

Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa

www.nytimes.com

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Joseph Trevithick @franticgoat.bsky.social · 5d

China’s Massive J-36 Tailless ‘Fighter’ Gets Major Design Tweaks With Second Prototype www.twz.com/air/chinas-m...

China's Massive J-36 Tailless 'Fighter' Gets Major Design Tweaks With Second Prototype

A second J-36 airframe has emerged with significant changes to its inlets, gear, and exhaust, offering clues to its state of development.

www.twz.com

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