Andrew Kalat

I wonder what the annoying horn is for? 🤣🤷‍♂️

@Chris_OH58D @F111Driver

One of my favorite parts about the F-14 is her kneeling before being strapped into the shuttle of the catapult. It's like a graceful bow. The kneeling feature of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a mechanical process where the nose gear partially retracts to lower the aircraft's nose on an aircraft carrier flight deck. Purpose Catapult Engagement: The F-14 has a tall nose gear strut. Kneeling lowers the nose by roughly 14 inches (35 cm) to position the launch bar into the catapult shuttle. Launch Bar Release: Fully compressing the shock strut mechanically unlocks the launch bar, allowing it to drop into the deck track. Operational Steps Deck Signal: The flight deck director signals the pilot to kneel by tapping their knee. Cockpit Command: The pilot holds the Nose Strut Switch to the KNEEL position for 4 to 5 seconds. Hydraulic Bleed: Hydraulic fluid vents from the strut, lowering the nose. Automatic Extension: Upon catapult release at the end of the deck, internal pressure automatically forces the strut to full extension, increasing the aircrafts AoA when coming off the deck.

I took 1.7 million photos over 6 days to catch this photo of a commercial jet in front of the sun. The moment it happened, TWO floating prominences were visible, making this not just my best aircraft transit photo, but one of the luckiest of my career! Videos of the transit 👇

@Supersonic_Red Going to get a lot worse with the new AI coding tools. Buckle up.

Are you kidding me?🙄

Claude Code is Farmville for 40 year old former software engineers

@JackCarrUSA @prattprattpratt These promo kits have always been very impressive.

Thank you, CP!!! 🙏🇺🇸 THE FOURTH OPTION - LET’S GO! officialjackcarr.com @prattprattpratt

@Lerg Awwww not nice! 🤣

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just like my vibe-coded app—yeah, it’s buggy, but if it works, don't touch a thing

@robertgraham Can you show me on the doll where the data center touched you?

Data center mass hysteria is a thing.

@ZackKorman Hmm. You sure about that? I’ve got about 47365273983 vendors telling me the completely fully solve all of this with a super easy roll out. Totally solved problem apparently.

"So many vulnerabilities and attacks" isn't scary to me. That's stuff cybersecurity knows how to deal with. The scary part is that we're rolling out AI agents and have ~zero experience securing them. And those attacks haven't started yet.

@MikeyDiMercurio @Supersonic_Red

They are ascots, not scarves, and we will absolutely die on that hill. A scarf flaps dramatically in a snowstorm while buying coffee in Manhattan. An ascot is aviation heritage and swagger. Huge difference. This is one of those eternal interservice arguments where: Navy guys accuse Air Force pilots of looking too polished Air Force pilots accuse Navy aviators of smelling like JP-5 and bad decisions everybody quietly agrees fighter pilots are ridiculous human beings The ascot tradition itself goes way back through military aviation culture and echoes older pilot and cavalry traditions. It became associated with fighter pilot style, squadron culture, and frankly a certain amount of “if you know, you know” esprit de corps. Meanwhile naval aviation has its own sacred artifacts: float coats cranials carrier patches mustaches that violate several laws of physics and the permanent belief that landing on a boat makes them superior life forms

@ThisMorningShow @NicoleSMurray15 @GordonDeal @MikeGavinRadio @CompassMediaNet Absolutely I confirm, secretly hoping they cancel. #introvert ;)

When the Mic is Off 🎙️ Episode 70: Making Plans 🗓️ @NicoleSMurray15 @GordonDeal @MikeGavinRadio @CompassMediaNet

Whatever OpenAI. Battlestar Galactica episode Daybreak (series finale) will always be the Daybreak in my heart.

Schedule Bids are out… 26 hours in Maui. 23 hours in Honolulu. 26 hours in Maui, then 24 hours in Maui. There is a 13 hour layover at LAX in there at one point, but nothing is perfect. My seniority has arrived at the level that this is my June schedule. We are so back!

This evening’s engineering challenge at Base Camp DiMercurio: The raccoons stole the bird feeder. Not knocked it down. Not damaged it. Not partially dismantled it. Stole it. Michael went outside to prepare dinner for his tiny masked dependents and called me in a state of absolute alarm: “Oh my God. The raccoons took the bird feeder.” He explained that he suspected the raccoons now believe the feeder magically refills itself every evening and have therefore decided to relocate the entire food distribution system directly to their headquarters. I believe there is merit to this. This launched a fifteen minute engineering and logistics conference between two adults trying to determine the ideal replacement feeding platform. Dog crock: rejected. Serving platters: inadequate load capacity. Lightweight materials: unacceptable. Final solution: cast iron casserole pan. We are now extremely pleased with ourselves and fully expect tonight’s visitors to approve the upgraded tactical feeding station. Mind you this took two people with eight engineering degrees and a PhD between them to figure out. Some people spend their evenings doing normal things. We apparently conduct wildlife sustainment operations for organized raccoons.

@AtriaMysteryBus @JackCarrUSA It may be time to upgrade Jack to a larger shelf…

@bscholl Maybe it will be better when AI takes over. ;)

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