William E Ott
@weott.bsky.social
Cybersecurity specialist, mainly firewalls and VPNs; Signals Intel; Terrestrial and Satellite RF Engineer; Old Paramedic; Pilot of high performance aircraft; Dog Lover; Comments are mine; DM’s with no Hx gets you blocked; Retweet ≠ endorse 🟦🇺🇦🇮🇱
Lufthansa Airbus A-340 high over Eastern North Carolina. Closing speed is roughly 1,200 knots. I’m flying head on 1,000 feet higher at 620 knots.
December 24, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Lufthansa Airbus A-340 high over Eastern North Carolina. Closing speed is roughly 1,200 knots. I’m flying head on 1,000 feet higher at 620 knots.
US Navy's guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) accidentally shot down its own F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) using a surface-to-air missile during a strike mission targeting Houthis in the Red Sea.
Both pilots were recovered successfully.
Both pilots were recovered successfully.
December 22, 2024 at 8:55 PM
US Navy's guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG-64) accidentally shot down its own F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) using a surface-to-air missile during a strike mission targeting Houthis in the Red Sea.
Both pilots were recovered successfully.
Both pilots were recovered successfully.
You’ve got to be super stable if you are trying to fly through arches and other confined spaces.
December 17, 2024 at 2:57 AM
You’ve got to be super stable if you are trying to fly through arches and other confined spaces.
I love teaching people to fly the L-39 Albatross, the Czech built Soviet era primary trainer. Very easy airplane to fly and inexpensive to maintain. There are hundreds of them in private hands and the Breitling Watch Aero Team flies them as well.
December 15, 2024 at 9:11 PM
I love teaching people to fly the L-39 Albatross, the Czech built Soviet era primary trainer. Very easy airplane to fly and inexpensive to maintain. There are hundreds of them in private hands and the Breitling Watch Aero Team flies them as well.
USAF F-35A Lightning ll taking off from Nellis AFB in Las Vegas.
December 12, 2024 at 3:37 PM
USAF F-35A Lightning ll taking off from Nellis AFB in Las Vegas.
USAF F-35A Lightning ll taking of from Nellis AFB in Las Vegas
December 12, 2024 at 10:05 AM
USAF F-35A Lightning ll taking of from Nellis AFB in Las Vegas
First test flight of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat on December 30, 1970. The flight control computer started to fail and they lost control of the aircraft. The F-14 went on to become the US Navy primary fleet defense fighter for three decades.
November 24, 2024 at 1:33 AM
First test flight of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat on December 30, 1970. The flight control computer started to fail and they lost control of the aircraft. The F-14 went on to become the US Navy primary fleet defense fighter for three decades.
Midair crash of a P-63 Kingcobra fighter and a B-17 bomber at the Dallas airshow earlier this year. The fault is mostly with the show Air Boss, they had dissimilar aircraft types at the same altitude flying different routes. The P-63 was banked so he never saw the B-17.
November 22, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Midair crash of a P-63 Kingcobra fighter and a B-17 bomber at the Dallas airshow earlier this year. The fault is mostly with the show Air Boss, they had dissimilar aircraft types at the same altitude flying different routes. The P-63 was banked so he never saw the B-17.