Edgar Padilla

Dick Simon's devastating crash at Riverside International during the CART Aircal 500 in 1982 is still one of the worst crashes of all time, though he was remarkably unscathed.

Quito, Ecuador 🇪🇨

A paraglider survived after being struck mid-air by a Cessna on her birthday. The collision completely destroyed her paraglider, but aside from a few bumps and bruises, she walked away without serious injuries. The 44-year-old woman had taken off from Schmittenhöhe mountain in Zell am See, Austria, while a 28-year-old pilot was conducting a scenic flight over the Alps in a Cessna C182 when the accident occurred near the Pinzgauer Hütte. She later posted the terrifying footage on Instagram with the caption: “Happy 2nd Birthday to me.” 📹: sab_thi

@Turbinetraveler She was very very lucky 😳

That moment, when a live performance is better than the original recording... Priceless!

@enajas Esta fácil. En la parte derecha se ve el CCI y el Caracol. En la esquina superior derecha La Carolina 😎

Juan Lorenzo Barragán me mandó esta foto aérea del IGM de 1997. A ver si reconocen la zona y los cambios en los últimos 30 años.

@AircraftJunky @JohnSchmuck5 @Hush_Kit @clark_aviation @xAviation

The day the U.S. Air Force stole an entire MiG-29 fleet… in broad daylight. October 1997. A quiet Moldovan airfield. No press. No cameras. Just a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III with its rear cargo bay wide open, winching aboard a fully armed MiG-29UB trainer (tail 61) like it was routine maintenance. This wasn’t a movie. It was textbook covert tradecraft. After the Soviet collapse, Moldova inherited 21 frontline MiG-29s, including 14 nuclear-capable Fulcrum-Cs they couldn’t afford to fly. Iran had already sent inspectors and was ready to buy the whole fleet. U.S. intelligence got the tip in late 1996. Backchannel negotiations kicked off in February 1997, months of secret, frantic diplomacy. By October 10, the deal was locked under the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (CTR). In the final two weeks of October, small U.S. teams moved in furtively, disassembled the jets on site (wings off, everything crated), loaded them onto C-17s, and flew the entire fleet, jets, 500 missiles, spares, and diagnostic gear, straight to the black world. Public announcement? Only on November 5… after the planes were already gone. Wright-Patterson AFB for deep technical teardown at NASIC. Groom Lake / Area 51 for classified flight testing by the ultra-secret 413th Flight Test Squadron—the “Red Hats.” Tonopah Test Range for real-world dissimilar air combat training against the legendary 4477th TES, the “Red Eagles.” One lightning-fast, low-profile op. $40 million cash + humanitarian aid + trucks for Moldova. A rogue state denied game-changing fighters. And the U.S. gained a masterclass in late-Soviet avionics, radar, and missiles that paid dividends for decades. This is how real great-power games are played: quiet, decisive, and completely off the books. What’s the wildest “quiet” military op you know? #MiG29 #Fulcrum #C17Globemaster #RedHats #RedEagles #Area51 #ConstantPeg #ColdWar #AviationHistory #USAF #NunnLugar #SecretOps #BlackProject #NonProliferation #MiG29UB #CovertOps

@AircraftJunky @JohnSchmuck5 @Hush_Kit @clark_aviation @xAviation The United States did not steal 21 MiG-29 fighter jets; rather, the U.S. government purchased them from Moldova in 1997 for \(\$40\) million. This covert operation was executed to prevent the nuclear-capable aircraft from being sold to Iran.

Solo Ecuador tiene la majestuosa Avenida de los Volcanes, un recorrido único que atraviesa gran parte del país entre nevados, volcanes y paisajes andinos incomparables. El @Produccion_Ecu y el @TurismoEc deberían impulsar, promocionar y posicionar este producto Turístico de clase mundial, porque Ecuador no es solo Galápagos. Fue el científico y explorador alemán Alexander Von Humboldt quien, maravillado por este territorio en 1802, inmortalizó al Ecuador con una frase que sigue vigente hasta hoy Los ecuatorianos son seres raros y únicos duermen tranquilos en medio de crujientes volcanes, viven pobres en medio de incomparables riquezas y se alegran con música triste.

Mucho antes de que Ecuador se acostumbrara a disputar mundiales y exportar futbolistas a las mejores ligas del planeta, hubo un entrenador que transformó por completo la mentalidad del fútbol nacional: Dušan Drašković. ow.ly/bMHX50Z1iz1

IRON MAIDEN. 43 años😯de💿Piece Of Mind con esa alineación icónica y el debut del gran Nicko Macbrain. La lección de historia de hoy: "Flight of Icarus" ¡Qué temazo! Bruce y Adrian compusieron está joya basada en el mito de Dédalo e Ícaro..

@Charofernandezr 20... all of them😬

¿Cuántos de estos utilizaste? 😄

I can’t believe how you can still hear that’s it’s a V8. Too cool.

@SgmNaval Hey @grok puedes verificar si la información de este Tweet es verdadera?

Portaaviones Soviético Minsk. Actualmente se encuentra abandonado en el río Yangtse, China. Fue comprado tras la caída de la URSS para hacer un parque temático, pero la empresa impulsora quebró y actualmente está abandonado.

"The Memory Remains" marks the first time Metallica has called a guest to record vocals on a studio album. James Hetfield had only the melody of "la la la" as a placeholder and wanted a voice that felt like a forgotten star who goes mad clinging to memories of glory. Lars Ulrich personally called Marianne Faithfull (60s icon), they flew to Dublin during the European tour and recorded her part in a few hours. Her voice fit perfectly.

Levi Schechtmann came in, sat down at that piano like a normal human, and then straight-up ascended. Fingers moving faster than my brain could process, classical runs slamming into hip-hop beats like they were always meant to be together. That boy was cooking so hard the piano definitely filed for maternity leave right after.🔥 😅🎹🎶🎵🎶

This drummer is at the wrong gig 😂🤯

Ni la propia guitarra sabía que podía sonar así. ¿Has visto algo parecido?

No, no es Japón… es Ecuador Muchos al ver esta imagen desde el aire podrían pensar en el icónico Monte Fuji… pero no. Es el majestuoso Volcán Cotopaxi, uno de los volcanes activos más altos del mundo, elevándose hasta los 5.897 metros sobre el nivel del mar. ¿Las diferencias? El Fuji alcanza los 3.776 metros y, aunque es un símbolo cultural de Japón, el Cotopaxi lo supera ampliamente en altura y presencia natural. Además, su glaciar permanente y su ubicación en plena línea ecuatorial lo convierten en un espectáculo único en el planeta. Desde el aire, su forma casi perfecta puede engañar… pero aquí no hay duda esto es Ecuador, crudo, imponente y real. 🇪🇨 ¿Cuántos pueden decir que han visto un volcán así… desde el cielo? #Cotopaxi #NoEsFuji #EcuadorDesdeElAire #TurismoEcuador #Andes

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