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George Foreman, heavyweight boxing champion, dies at 76 A cause of death was not provided. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/george-foreman-heavyweight-boxing-champion-dies-76-rcna197589 George Foreman, world heavyweight boxing champion, Olympic gold medalist and later preacher, died Friday a...

Another Program for Boeing to Screw Up Trump announces new US sixth-generation fighter jet that will be built by Boeing https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-administration-presidency-news-03-21-2025#cm8iyl9h100003d5zzkchkcm8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_F-47 President Donald Trump a...

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Fri Mar 21, 2025 3:03 pm

I’m so bored and I’ve only been here for two hours, there’s only so much coffifee that you can drink.

That's why they invented tea and soda pop.
And in a pinch there's always water.

PP

London's Heathrow Airport closes for the day after power failure A large fire at a nearby electrical substation is causing power outages, closing the famous airport all day Friday local time, with further disruptions predicted in the days ahead. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/londons-heathrow-a...

Our current government are, almost without exception, and at all levels, incompetent and corrupt. Almost anything would be better.. almost . Better than our dumpster fire on a train wrecking while riding around the deck of a sinking ship with one of Muskrat's rogue Starship about to crash into it? ...

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 Nearly Takes Off From Taxiway In Orlando https://simpleflying.com/southwest-airlines-boeing-737-max-8-nearly-takes-off-taxiway-orlando/ The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 nearly departed from a taxiw...

Woman accused of drowning dog in Orlando airport bathroom so she could board plane Alison Lawrence, 57, was arrested Tuesday following the incident that happened late last year at Orlando International Airport https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-accused-drowning-dog-orlando-airport-bathroom-b...

It seems to be in a bit of a time warp.

PP

TSB Preliminary Report w/Video https://avherald.com/h?article=52439b47&opt=0 On Mar 19th 2025 the TSB released their preliminary report and a video (see below) summarizing the sequence of events: At 12471 on 17 February 2025, the MHI RJ Aviation Group. CL-600-2D24 aircraft (CRJ 900LR) operated by E...

Gypped [-X NASA astronauts delayed in space for 9 months won’t get overtime pay https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/boeing-starliner-astronauts-return The Brief NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore returned after a 9-month stay in space, far longer than their planned one-week mission. NASA...

NTSB Preliminary Report from Juan:



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Alaska plane that crashed and killed 10 was too heavy for conditions, NTSB report says The report is preliminary, and a cause of the crash of the Cessna 208B headed from Unalakleet to Nome is still under investigation. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-plane-crashed-killed-10-was-heavy-co...

Not a Junkstream in sight.
Quite different from 20+years ago.
More now in both number and size.

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The guy who bought my part of the company when the regional airline that owned us lost interest got really bad advice on the Junkstream. The lease prices were low but the leasing company made their money on parts. They had 60 - 70 or more of them and they were sending a lot of them off to South Amer...

I flew the Junkstream for about 1,000 hours and was not impressed. [-X The Beech 1900C, that I previously flew for 1,000 hours as well, had an empty weight 1,000 pounds less than the Junkstrean while having a gross T/O weight of 1,000 pounds more, for a 2,000 pound useful load difference. The only r...

Give him my best when he passes back through.
Wish he would return to these parts.

PP

True test will be ass kicking.

PP

No joke! From France comes a call for Trump’s America to return Lady Liberty. Here’s why it won’t happen https://apnews.com/article/france-trump-statue-of-liberty-glucksmann-248cbd501c7b66d7b37988bf6abdacf8 PARIS (AP) — Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French polit...

Man allegedly bit another passenger and assaulted others on plane landing at LAX https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/travel/unruly-passenger-delta-air-lines/index.html The FAA and law enforcement are investigating after a passenger allegedly attacked a number of people on a Delta Air Lines flight from A...

Lanhsa JS32 at Roatan on Mar 17th 2025, lost height after takeoff and impacted sea https://avherald.com/h?article=5255de66&opt=0 A Lanhsa British Aerospace Jetstream 32, registration HR-AYW performing a flight from Roatan to La Ceiba (Honduras) with 15 passengers and 3 crew, had just taken off Roat...