Mike

@analyticflying Dunno, the AIP only tells you what is there now. It says nothing about UBN potential. 1. R/way dimensions are ok for largest a/c + elev lower than Jo’burg, so payload/range fine 2. ME hubs to plan/build took years, not overnight. Maybe they are just suggesting dream big…DXB did!

Dunno, maybe check the AIP before thinking aloud? Ulaanbaatar has 3 code E stands. It's also 1400 meters above sea level & has difficult weather for half the year.

@AmericanShortsX @RpsAgainstTrump Nor has he written one

@RpsAgainstTrump claim: “most well-read” reality: binges Fox News 24/7 dude’s never read a book in his entire life

Leavitt: "You always want to be the most well-read person in the room, and I try to be every day. But Donald Trump always is. That man does not miss a story. He’s always reading the paper and watching TV. He never misses anything anyone says”

Trump wins the prize for repugnance. Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed "wartime president" and master of distraction, has reached a new low in moral depravity with his latest attack on Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the "P.T. Barnum of Ukraine." This repugnant rhetoric is nothing more than a desperate attempt to mask his own catastrophic incompetence in every area—from foreign policy to military leadership to basic humanity. By shifting the blame for his own failures onto Zelenskyy and Ukraine, which has suffered four years of brutal Russian aggression, Trump exposes himself for what he truly is: a weak, evil, and utterly repugnant individual incapable of taking responsibility. Trump has unleashed a war against Iran—without congressional approval, based on flimsy justifications that were already refuted by his own Pentagon briefings on the second day. US soldiers dead, the Gulf region ablaze, Dubai a battlefield—and who's to blame? Not the man who pulled the trigger, but Biden and Zelenskyy, who supposedly "gave away" ammunition. This isn't just ridiculous, it's pathological. Trump, who boasts of having "rebuilt" the military, is implicitly admitting that his armed forces aren't even equipped for a "four- to five-week" conflict. And instead of acknowledging his failures—such as underfunding ammunition production or chaotic planning—he shifts the blame to a nation fighting a genocide-prone aggressor. Ukraine has received billions in aid since 2022 to defend itself, not to "cheat." Trump is twisting this to justify his own waste in "Epic Fury"—a war that's swallowing billions while he dismisses Ukraine as a "show." The comparison to P.T. Barnum is particularly toxic and dehumanizing. Barnum, the charlatan who turned suffering into entertainment—that's Trump's code for: The Ukraine war is fake, the massacres in Bucha, the destroyed cities, the traumatized children? All a staged event to fleece "suckers" like Biden and thus America. This isn't just a lie; it's an insult to every victim of Russian terror. Trump is dehumanizing an entire people who are heroically resisting in order to sell his own "strength." He, the man who eliminates Khamenei's successor without a plan for the consequences, poses as a "winner" while sending thousands to their deaths. That's not strength; that's madness disguised as machismo. People like Trump—incompetent, flawed, and cowardly—are the real charlatans. They build empires on lies, shift the blame onto the weak, and destroy everything they touch. Zelenskyy is fighting for freedom; Trump is fighting only for his ego. This rhetoric is not only repugnant, it's dangerous: it undermines alliances, emboldens aggressors like Putin, and betrays American values. Trump doesn't deserve a platform; he deserves contempt. History will expose him as the ultimate "sucker"—the one who leads a country to ruin just to save himself. Thanks, Regina @Sunnymica , for the tip and the template!

What’s really damning… …is that all these Brexiteers who used to crow about “sovereignty”… …now seem to think that the UK should not be allowed to operate its own foreign policy with its own military bases. Subservience to the US, even when clearly mad, is their all.

@Phred_jr Until Mariah Carey ‘sang’….

if you are not watching the opening ceremony of the winter olympics you are missing out on something great #WinterOlympics

@jamesanthony777 @paulmorrishhl @British_Airways @emirates BA has had declining quality of service for at least 10 years. It’s not oil-rich states providing subsidy that make them better - Cathay/Singapore are fab examples. Airlines make choices on *making* and *investing* money. To me BA chose profit, living off outdated reputation.

@paulmorrishhl @British_Airways @emirates So everyone is annoyed with BA now because they don’t had oil money to write blank cheques, yet they have to compete with those who do?

First time flying @British_Airways long haul and I have to say, genuinely disappointed. Usually fly the same destination with @emirates and the difference is night and day.

@Turbinetraveler BA

Which airlines would you like to see change their liveries in 2026?

"You shouldn't be getting a medal for being robbed by your own government." Betty Brown 92, the oldest surviving victim of the Post Office Scam was outraged about being in the New Year Honours List. We want compensation and prison sentences not worthless medals.

@JetPhotos Terrific.

Beginning the new year with our first look at Cathay Pacific’s A350 wearing a special retro 80th anniversary livery. jetphotos.com/photo/11953087 © LukeLai

@Turbinetraveler Such old cases being reposted.

Emirates pilots refused to take the assigned gate in Toronto — and it sounds like they were simply doing their due diligence. The gate had only very recently (possibly its first day in use) been approved for A380 operations, so the pilots’ paperwork was out of date and the manuals hadn’t yet been updated to reflect the change. Pilots, have you experienced such?

@SteveNomadic Good luck Phillies….maybe there’s a rematch 32 years in the making…. Jays v Phillies ‘93 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Made it! #RedOctober

G-OLOV airborne with first pupils! Brilliant to see 5 of our original @StrathallanSchl student builders, all of whom are now at Uni, make the effort to come back for their well-earned first flights! @AeroSKinross quietly keeps on delivering STEM💪🏼 news.stv.tv/v/pupils-take-…

@flightradar24 At war with a wasp in the cockpit?

Can anyone explain this?

@StrathallanSchl @StrathallanSch Remember when you built an airplane?? Kids!!! It’s time to FLY! This Sunday 22 June at Fife, we’ll be getting you airborne! Tell your teachers you want to fly!! @AeroSKinross

@DrFizzy @mattfrei @virginmedia I’ll never forget the sound of crickets at the end of the line when Virgin called *me * asking whether I wanted a “health check” on my package. When I said, “yes, I’d like to get rid of this and that bolt-on” the reply (after the crickets) was “oh no, we only ADD things” 😂😂

@mattfrei @virginmedia Biggest frustration for me is that they won’t allow a renewal to a cheaper ‘broadband only’ option for existing customers - looking forward to contract expiry in a couple of months and a new provider.

Has anyone else found that @virginmedia are utterly useless? Terrible broadband, extortionate prices, unable to get through to them on the phone.

The first @StrathallanSchl @AeroSKinross pupil flights in G-OLOV are scheduled for tomorrow, 26 April from 11am!!! You’re welcome to come and join us at the aptly named Strathallan airfield (no relation)!!

This is organist Olena Kohut, killed today in Sumy by the Russian missile. Joseph Rheinberger, Visione, op. 156 no. 5 💔

SPITFIRE SUNDAY Today’s aircraft is PR.IV BS491 operating from Gibraltar in 1943, from a private album we have been given access to. BS491 would be lost returning to the UK in December 1943 when the aircraft ran out of fuel in bad weather. @SpitfireFilly @HistoryOnz @DrHelenFry

Gibraltar is often forgotten in the PR story, looking forward to changing that! @DrHelenFry @MorrisseyHelena @1940Andy @PeterTFortune @RAFMhistorian @spitfiregin