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For June's Friday Fédèle we feature social media as it was in the 1920s. We imagine 'engagement' consisted of shaking one's fist and cursing at the pilot. (📸 Fédèle Azari [1895-1930] | Digital image courtesy @gettymuseum.bsky.social's Open Content Program) | 🛩️ 💺 🎨 🥇 | 🔗 www.getty.edu/art/collecti...

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We'd be more surprised if you had *not* heard of @hushkit.bsky.social than if you had, but in the unlikely event the name is not familiar, here's an article from them that caught our attention. Indeed, what's not to love about the Republic XF-12 'Rainbow', and a few new facts are welcome. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 💸 🥇

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We're delighted to see that despite all the hard work and undoubtedly crushing deadlines, the folks at @io-aerospace.bsky.social‬ still take moments, from time to time, to simply marvel at the beauty of Planet Earth. 🌎 We could stare at their glorious imagery, linked, all day long. | 🛩️ 🛰️ 💺 🥇 | 🧵 1/3

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Bauhaus Luftfahrt is a partnership between the Free State of Bavaria, Airbus, @dlr-en.bsky.social, IABG, Liebherr-Aerospace, and MTU Aero Engines working on future-proofing aviation. That's news to us 🤨 and it's already their 20th anniversary. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 📰 🥇 | 🔗 www.bauhaus-luftfahrt.net/en/20-years-...

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We've said previously we like projects where quiet, steady progress is reported in the past tense. The 'Seaglider' from REGENT fits nicely into this category as they describe their latest developments getting the 'Viceroy' up on its foils. Next stop, flight in ground effect, presumably? | 🛩️ 🦆 ⚡️ 📹 🥇

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It seems of late our cup runneth over with lighter-than-air-related news, and in particular of them doing important work: « Sceye Achieves World’s First Real-Time Methane Detection from the Stratosphere in Partnership with US EPA & State of New Mexico » Their press release with link. | 🛩️ 📡 🛰️ 🎈 📰 🥇

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While dead-centre in the crosshairs of Hans Gruber, the commander of the revered and dreaded Crimson Barons of the Prussian Empire, our hero Aviator Sergeant Gwen Stone mentally 'put her affairs in order' while she gently touched the picture of her deceased husband tacked … | 🛩️ 🎭 ⚔️ 📚 | 🧵 1/5

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As we've said many times, we love lighter-than-air, but never in a million years would we have thought to use the tried-and-true technology for this application: « Strange Radio Pulses Detected Coming from Ice in Antarctica » Oh, please, let it be aliens. 👽 | 🛩️ 🏫 🎈 🥇 | 🔗 www.psu.edu/news/researc...

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If you need an excuse to see the movie, say it was to check out the amazing scanning work: « Capturing The Heart Of The Andes ▫️ Discover how Visualskies used drone-based photogrammetry to capture stunning environments for Paddington in Peru. » | 🛩️ 📡 🎬 📹 ⚡️ 🚁 🥇 | 🔗 visualskies.com/title-projec...

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Another month and another significant press release from Electra. While we prefer to continue thinking about the EL9's civil potential, there's no debating the significance of collaboration with the storied Skunk Works® organisation and its attendant endorsement of Electra's technology. | 🛩️ ⚡️ ⚔️ 📰 🥇

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It was this eye-catching image which first attracted our attention, but then we discovered it was part of a great, long-form article by NASA former lead writer Edward Goldstein published on this day (minus one) exactly ten years ago. The piece has stood the test of time well. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🥇 | 🧵 1/2

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Candidly, we thought these days were over: « @dublinairport.bsky.social welcomes the decision by @fingal.ie to grant planning permission for its plan to build improved viewing facilities for the public to watch planes take off and land on the airport's runways. » 👏🏻 Bravo. | 🛩️ 📰 📍🇮🇪 🥇 | 🧵 1/2

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« Why Pilots Will Matter in the Age of Autonomous Planes: Long after planes start flying themselves, humans will still be in the loop. » Renowned aviation journalist ‪Elan Head‬ writes at length about this subject for @spectrum.ieee.org. Well worth your time and attention. | 🛩️ 📡 ⚡️ 🚁 🥇

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We love lighter-than-air and history, so we're really excited about the recent release of « Ascending Republic | The Ballooning Revival in Nineteenth-Century France » by Patrick De Oliveira (@plso.bsky.social‬) just out from @mitpress.bsky.social‪. | 🛩️ 📚 🎈 🥇 | 🔗 mitpress.mit.edu/978026254980...

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An early addition to what will undoubtedly be a blizzard of announcements made during the currently ongoing Paris Air Show: « HEROPS aims to develop innovative technologies for a climate-neutral, hydrogen-powered electric powertrain … set to power regional aircraft starting in 2035. » | 🛩️ ⚡️ 📰 🥇

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It's nice to have an article like this mid-year and thus avoiding the deluge of 'best of' lists at year-end: « The Best in Aviation of the Year, From Pivotal’s Helix to Boom’s Supersonic XB-1 » We're curious to hear what you think of their selections. | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🔗 robbreport.com/motors/aviat...

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Double-ace Aviator Sergeant Gwen Stone had settled into the steady operational rhythm of the Misfit Squadron and was even being given the opportunity to take the lead from her Wing Commander on routine sorties. The efforts of the Misfits were steadily taking the pressure off … | 🛩️ 🎭 ⚔️ 📚 | 🧵 1/5

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