Advanced aviation technology advisor. Views my own. (2002 profile pic with the Fairey Rotodyne. 2019 header photo with the Sikorsky S-97 Raider & SB-1 Defiant)
Commonwealth of Virginia
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In 21 of Zag’s Radar series, 35-year aerospace veteran Mike Hirschberg outlines eVTOL’s emergence from the “trough of disillusionment”, what regulators got right and wrong, and who’s leading the field in 2026. zagdaily.com/featured/the-ev…
Very insightful comments from his holiness, the Pope, “I don’t know if anyone has all the truth on them, but I would ask first and foremost that there be greater respect for one another.” Jesus tells us to love our enemies and love our neighbors as ourselves.
Pope Leo XIV has spoken out about abortion and the “inhuman treatment of immigrants” in the U.S., calling for Americans and Catholics around the world to show “greater respect for one another” in rare comments addressing Trump administration policies.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson asks for prayer for Charlie Kirk and his family, and says:
“Political violence must be called out… We need everyone who has a platform to say this loudly and clearly: we can settle disagreements and disputes in a civil manner.”
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Thank you, @SecDuffy, for your continued leadership! Today, A4A led a coalition of more than 30 aviation stakeholders supporting @SecDuffy’s remarks, calling for a more modern #ATC system. Read it here: airlines.org/wp-content/uplo…
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A huge day for us as we release Aircraft 2 from its tethers and take to the sky, with a pilot onboard.
Expanding our flight test envelope in the second phase of testing puts us in line with the very few companies that have reached this milestone of piloted #eVTOL flight.
#VX4
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Dolphin blowing bubble rings
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Harriet Tubman becomes a one-star general in Maryland, 160 years late washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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This, on behalf of VP Harris and women in general. Watch till the end because it’s hilarious.
I watched the debate. It was one guy struggling to formulate detailed policy plans and another guy struggling to say anything that was true.
Are we all "Forgetting"? by @MaryLTrump open.substack.com/pub/marytr…
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To mark Pride Month, the Washington Post revisits the Sacred Band of Thebes. msn.com/en-us/news/world/the…
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“Mothers’ Day was not designed to encourage people to be nice to their mothers. It was part of women’s effort to gain power to change society.” That’s with the apostrophe in the plural position. @HC_Richardson explains it well here:
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The lungs of a smoker vs the ones of a non-smoker.
Amanda Eller, a nurse in North Carolina shot this clip showing cancerous lungs that smoked 1 pack per day for 20 years versus healthy lungs.
[📹 Amanda Eller / amanda.orr.56]
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Presenting vegetables as art
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“Donald Trump could be making a big mistake hawking the “God Bless the USA” Bible to his MAGA supporters. Some of them might actually read it.”
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