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@scottiebateman How was the Butter Chicken? Looks like it was executed with the precision I exercise when seeking out my first bacon sandwich, upon landing back in Blighty. Vancouver has many things, thick cut back bacon it does not 🤣

Delhi to London. Night flight. Homebound. Mission butter chicken: complete. Now the rhythm shifts, from movement to stillness. From long-haul focus to something far simpler: time off, friends, and a certain dog who will expect far more walks than I’m probably ready for. But first, one more crossing of a route that has been bringing people home for nearly a century. In the 1930s, this journey wasn’t a night flight. It was an expedition. Imperial Airways crews edged west in stages, Karachi, Basra, Cairo, across Europe linking the far reaches of the Empire one sector at a time. Flying boats and early airliners, navigating by map, star, and instinct. What we now do overnight once took days, sometimes weeks. Tonight, it’s a single, quiet arc through the darkness. Same geography. Same distance. Just a very different machine. There’s something fitting about flying it homeward. These routes were never just about travel, they were about connection. Between places, people, and lives lived far apart. And now, for me at least, they end where they should. Home. Friends. And a long overdue walk with Millie. #PilotLife #A350 #Homebound #LongHaul #AvGeek #AviationHistory #ImperialAirways #FlightDeckView #AboveTheClouds #LayoverLife #AirlineLife

@scottiebateman Transient Orca pod hanging out under Stanley bridge this weekend, caused quite the stir. Safe travels!

@Fieldy83 End of the month.

London to Hong Kong once took a week. Tonight we’ll do it while most people sleep. This evening I’ll push the A350 away from Heathrow and point it toward Hong Kong one last time for a while before my flying turns westward next month. It’s easy now to forget just how extraordinary this route really is. Tonight we’ll cross half the planet in a single sweep: Europe, Central Asia, and on toward the South China Sea. Even with modern geopolitics bending our track around closed airspace and conflict zones, the journey is still measured in hours. But when this route first opened in the 1930s, London to Hong Kong wasn’t a flight. It was an expedition. The old Imperial Airways flying boats crept east in stages, London to the Mediterranean, on through the Middle East, across India, then down through Southeast Asia. Passengers slept in hotels between sectors while aircraft were refuelled and prepared for the next leg. What we now fly overnight once took a week or more. The geography hasn’t changed, deserts, mountains and oceans still lie between Europe and Asia, but the scale of human possibility has. What once required patience and persistence now requires only a long night and the quiet reliability of a modern aircraft. One more crossing of this remarkable corridor before my compass swings west for a while. Different destinations ahead. Same sky above.

@MarcNixon24 Don’t fancy US dairy if I’m honest.

MAJOR BREAKING: USMCA is TOAST If Trade talks do NOT include open access to Dairy Farms the U.S. has nothing to talk to 🇨🇦 about. Either Canada opens up its market to the United States and acts like a participant to U.S. 🇺🇸 vision ITS OVER FOR CANADA

@RepFine So disrespectful and unbecoming of the America I know and love, but we are where we are these days…so well done for being so predictable. I cannot even imagine the tantrum if your President was refered to as anything else. Grow up.

Congratulations, Governor!

@JohnLeePettim13 Need a truck in AB.

Friend hit a moose on the way back from Edmonton he's in the hospital. Be careful out there.

@ListerLawrence @bydarrenstyles I just love red on cars - imola red e46 m3 and a guards red C4s are two in particular I wish I’d never let go off.

I love a Mulsanne, but this bright red example spotted at the Rosewood and owned by @bydarrenstyles looks absolutely fabulous. What a statement car! 🚘 So much better than the usual black or silver.

@Fahadnaimb 211s I reckon. Saw (and heard!) way too many of those take off from LHR

Alright engine geeks, game on: Dusty old scrapped engines.... spotted these in a workshop.... tell me what Rolls-Royce engines these are. Hint: That blue fan case isn't hiding... UltraFan vibes all the way (world's biggest engine family). Or am I wrong?

@ListerLawrence Salt and vinegar, nowt else. The Mushies can get in the bin too 😉

Missing gravy on that… am I right or what?

@landon20s Risky business thieving in a Range Rover. Who knows if it will ever start again

Fulton Market (West Loop) today. Broad daylight This area needs more police presence

@Fahadnaimb Definitely unintentional that our national airline is buying European aircraft to diversify its predominately Boeing long haul fleet 🤔

Big news for Air Canada fans! 🇨🇦 Just ordered 8 firm Airbus A350-1000s + 8 options (up to 16), deliveries from 2030. Fuel savings, more capacity for long-haul growth. Airbus edging out on long-haul tech. 777X still the king or A350-1000 steals it?

@mistercee178548 @Bratt_world Plus King Charles and Starmer.

@Bratt_world Iv seen nothing from starmer or Macron. Zelinsky does not count....what are you people on.

Every country sent their condolences yesterday to Canada. All but one.

@karenpaulscbc This is the prelude to serial killers. I’ll never understand how people can hurt animals. I hope they enjoy their stay in prison.

A Winnipeg man and woman who admitted to torturing and killing more than 90 animals for videos they sold online were handed 12 years in prison and banned from ever being near an animal again. cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…

@AirCanada @Airbus I see ya, AC 😉

A new era in long-haul is coming! Today we announced the addition of the @Airbus A350-1000 to support our international growth plans, with first deliveries slated for 2030. More: aircanada.com/media/a-new-er…

@MrPitbull07 Wait til you try a real chip butty, with real chips

Have you ever heard of anyone putting Potato Chips on a Sandwich? 🤯 🥪

@Krommsan @ronmortgageguy Good for him, that’s awesome. I will never understand the -20% CMHC thing, complete scam. Banks should fend for themselves, tighten up on the fraud apps they approved and let people put down 10%, given the $ of houses today.

@ronmortgageguy My son is pumping 1000’s into the 🇨🇦 First Home Savings Account; trying to also get above CMHC fee requirements (in Calgary as new home inventory increases)

Even With House Prices Dropping Young Canadians Are In A Bad Spot Wages aren't catching up, Food, Car & Insurance Costs keep racing, making it harder to accumulate Down Payment Boomers need to get a handle on this huge inequality in housing because it's real & getting ominous

@Danfudge Plot twist, try white pepper.

Rogue opinion - Bacon Sandwiches are better with no sauce at all It ruins the taste of the bacon… bit of S&P and you’re golden

@zerohedge There never was a free trade agreement, duuh.

Carney Cracks: Canada Has 'No Intention' Of Pursuing Free Trade Deal With China After Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs zerohedge.com/geopolitical/c…

@dontforgetchaos Can confirm, caught flu type A first week of Jan - 5 days straight in bed, massive fatigue & fever and still have the cough and bad chest 3 weeks later. At no point did I feel like standing or eating, I just mostly wanted the lord to take me 🤣🤣

Strange. I had Flu Christmas 2024. I couldn’t get out of bed for 4 days. I drank orange juice and ate nothing. You don’t have flu.

@jackunheard “fake news”

🚨BREAKING: Canada pulls out of China deal after President Trump threatened PM Mark Carney with full tariffs Another Trump win.