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@SimonCalder We are both Gold for a few more days but have shifted all our flying to the Middle East airlines. Hard and soft product are both way better sadly.

A year ago British Airways changed the criteria for acquiring elite status in its frequent-flyer scheme, rewarding spend rather than number of flights taken. The move was controversial; many passengers found they would have to spend much more to retain Silver/Gold status with BA.

@Osinttechnical Cool. Let’s do a deal with Iran. We pay for our oil in Euros, Iran lets through any oil paid for anything that isn’t US dollars, everyone is happy.

Hegseth calls US allies in Europe and Asia “freeriders.” “America and the free world deserves allies who are capable and loyal… Europe needs the Strait of Hormuz much more than we do.”

@Aviation_Intel Perfectly reasonable plans although could do with slightly more gold.

Everything New We Just Learned About The Trump Class Battleship Program We are getting a clearer idea of how the Navy thinks it can use these ships, which have an estimated cost of $17B per vessel. twz.com/sea/everything…

@miami_rick I only caught the Special Time once, long ago 😅

7:47 o’clock, time for a ride on a 747.

@mattletiss7 @grok I haven’t followed this individual’s mental decline and collapse into the conspiracy rabbit hole. Is this a recent thing or is he a long term idiot?

@grok Have you been programmed to spout government propaganda or can you think for yourself

@OnDisasters Aircraft with low gear are particularly susceptible - like the mighty C130 for example. Not so on 747 & 787, but on those aircraft we would taxy out with the flaps up to prevent slush build up which might then freeze and prevent retraction. Assume 737 the same - can’t remember 😅

@OnDisasters Yup, gear up then lower it again. Raising the gear breaks up accumulations of slush/ice and then lowering it again blows the debris away. This is to avoid the slush freezing in the cruise and then "locking" the gear in teh up poistion.

I was watching a Mayday ACI Episode on Loganair Flight 670A, and there was a small detail I didn´t understand. On the takeoff, they mention "Cycle Landing Gear" and the expert says that, quote "it is prudent to cycle the undercarriage after take off in these conditions. The slush can collect in the covers that the undercarriage tracks into. As you climb, this can refreeze as the temperature drops." So, my understanding is that they "cycle" the landing gear to prevent accumulation of Slush. How does this cycle thing work? They let it "down" for a longer period than usual? (No quizz, just asking as I honestly don´t know)

@KeruboSk My great-grandmother, born in 1886.

Just out of curiosity… who out there has actually talked to someone born in the 1800s during their lifetime?

@WhiteHouse This is so fucking lame.

LOCKED IN MODE: ACTIVATED 🇺🇸🔥 It’s Monday. No excuses. Just wins. 🦅

@Osinttechnical He, his family and his cronies made bank off the last bit of market manipulation so why not try it again.

Trump, in an early morning post, says that after violating the ceasefire, if Iran does not take the US-offered peace deal, "the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge" in Iran. Adds "NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!"

@poperespecter1 Playing the markets. Everyone starts fretting, first thing tomorrow he announces peace again. His family makes millions. Again. Rinse and repeat.

Dafuq is going on? Should I be in a bunker or something?

@Pd1000Patricia @TimH_B You people are so fucking dense. Won’t spend $25Bn a year to stop plagues and diseases that could potentially ravage the US if left unchecked, but will fucking cheer on $30Bn a MONTH bombing Iran so “they can’t kill Americans.”

@TimH_B "Global" always means the US pays. People like you with excess income are still free to organize and fund your own agency for whatever charitable purpose.

However dumb you think the process for destroying USAID was, it was dumber. This is from Nicholas Enrich's new book Into the Wood Chipper, describing a meeting with Trump-appointed USAID leadership *after* they had largely gutted the agency

@OnDisasters A300 - big red fuel jettison panel.

And a bit of a quiz for a change: who can identify what aircraft is this one?

@Chris61172903 @MCCCANM In the early nineties I recall being wholly unconvinced that this system would actually work 😅 Subsequent actual ejections proved it did though…

@stickybloke @MCCCANM A good top view:

The “wavy” lines in the canopy glass (plastic) are not antennas…they are explosive cords. In the movies, an ejection is preceded by the jet’s canopy being blown off. “Goose” got killed in Top Gun because it didn’t happen fast enough & the seat hit the canopy. Some jets took a different approach, though. Rather than jettison the canopy, which is complicated & can fail, why not just blow it up? Shatter it into a thousand pieces that won’t hurt the pilot. This can shorten the ejection sequence, too, as you don’t need to allow as much time for the canopy to clear the ejection path (we’re talking fractions of a second, but still…). Anyway, this is the design they came up with. It’s known as a “Canopy Fracturing System”. It’s automatically triggered when you pull the ejection handle, but can be manually triggered as well without ejecting. I suppose that might be useful if smoke is accumulating in the cockpit. Now, jets that blow the whole canopy off instead of blowing it up have a somewhat complicated system to accomplish this. The system has to release the hooks locking the canopy onto the jet; it often does this by pushing hot gas from an explosive through tubes that push the hooks back (there are several methods, though). Kind of like firing a gun. Both systems can fail, though the explosive cord is considered very reliable…they put it in the F-35 (and I had it on the T-6). As a backup, the top of the ejection seat has a little pointy end on it. In theory, this point should hit the canopy before your head does if the canopy is still there in an ejection, shattering it before the canopy shatters your spine. I’d guess that has happened before, but I can’t recall any examples. Older jets sometimes got around all of this by just ejecting you downward. A hole would open up in the floor & the seat departs that way. The disadvantage here is obvious…you’ll have a higher minimum safe ejection altitude. This system still exists in the B-52. The seats back then were not quite as sophisticated as they are now… Today’s seats detect your orientation. If you eject while inverted, the seat will fire just enough to get you out of the jet, then right itself to point upward & fire again. When the seat has done its job, it automatically cuts the belts & straps that held you in & departs. The seat itself contains the parachute…so when you strap in, you’re strapping on the parachute…obviously, the seat doesn’t cut that, it’s the parting gift. The parachute has a barometric sensor that automatically deploys it if below a set altitude. If flying over high terrain (higher than the standard set altitude), you can rig it to immediately deploy the parachute on seat separation. The parachute also has an emergency oxygen bottle. This is not automatic, but pulling a cord will start the short flow of oxygen (I think it’s like 4 or 5 minutes, can’t remember). The hose for your oxygen mask is connected to the jet but is designed to break-away from the jet at the connection in an ejection; a smaller hose connects to a point on the parachute harness that will provide the emergency oxygen. The seat also contains a small survival kit & may be fitted with an automatically inflating raft for water landings. These will dangle underneath you as you descend. Ok, that’s about all I can recall off the top of my head. The ejection sequence is very, very short…pull the handle & you’ll be gone before you know it. In two-seat jets, the back seat goes first to prevent them from being burned by the rocket on the front seat. There is a sequencing lever in the jet that allows pilots to select if both seats will fire if any ejection handle is pulled, though…so you can select that each seat must pull its own handle. Useful if doing orientation rides for non-pilots…you don’t want them ejecting you, too.

@piersmorgan Unsure of what’s going on in this image. Obviously, Trump is the Baby Jesus™️ incarnate, but is he trying to resurrect St. Jeffrey of Island or is this simply metaphorical and he is in fact using his magical Golden Shower Hands©️ to suppress the Dead Jeff Scrolls?

This has gone down very badly with many of Trump’s biggest cheerleaders. He seems to be on a mission to piss off absolutely everyone, for reasons that are beyond my understanding given his current approval numbers.

@OnDisasters It’s a lovely picture

I´m no expert, but there´s something wrong with that engine installation

@RasmusJarlov JD Vance’s Diplomatic Kiss of Death working wonders! 🎉

Early results are looking promising, arent they?

@DHSgov What a coincidence! I’m literally watching a tv show about you guys!

‘Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people who he hath chosen for his own inheritance.’ —Psalm 33:12 May God continue to shed his grace on our great nation.