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When people take flight simulator PC games a bit too far…

T701D power turbine

Sometimes you just need to stop and enjoy the little things

British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2

Skimming the clouds south of Ottawa

USS Arkansas's (BB-33) docked at New York Navy Yard on May 25, 1943. She had just emerged from drydock and was taking on supplies before sailing down to Norfolk the next day. There, she was used for four months as a training ship for midshipmen before returning to convoy escort duty across the Atlantic.

Note the cases of Coca-Cola in the first photo.

Source, 19-N-46300, 19-N-46303, 19-N-46306

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Brand New G-500 (G-7) Giving Me The Green Light.

Crew views

Don’t see too many of these flying (especially in North America). First Air RJ85 operated by Summit Aviation in Toronto tonight after a wicked storm

Fighter pilots are actually aliens.

Artist • @sxnalien this shit has gone too far. rest in peace to George Floyd along with others who’ve died unjustly in all of history. this goes out to those in pain.

#blacklivesmatter

Some humans on a 742 for scale

Washed clean….and almost renewed….

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 1, 2020) – United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the open ocean….passing through typical tropical downpours in the early morning hours….

….scrubbing much of the outside of the ship clean.

                                 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

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The supercarrier is continuing to ramp-up to full fighting readiness following nearly two months of quarantine in Guam to rid the ship of a massive COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak among its crew.

Roughly a quarter of the crew of nearly 6,000 men and women tested positive for the virus at the worst of the outbreak. One crewmember, Aviation Ordnanceman Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker Jr., USN, age 41, died of complications from the coronavirus.

In respectful memory of  Aviation Ordnanceman Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Thacker Jr., USN

The memory – and conspicuous absence – of Chief Thacker will be an enduring reminder aboard this huge warship of the perils of even the most microscopic of threats – a microbe.

But, knowing Sailors like I do (having either lived among or been one of them for a half-century), he will also be a rallying point for a crew trying to restore their ship to its very best. I have no doubt Chief Thacker would have wanted nothing less….

….as his spirit, rest-assured, sails along with his shipmates aboard this capital warship nearing a full-recovery from the coronavirus.

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A brief Sea Story:

Back in my own U.S. Navy ship-driving years, safety and operations permitting, the Captain would allow those of us controlling the ship to “chase” rain showers on the open ocean….to give the ship a precious fresh water washdown.

This would save the deck crew endless hours of toil in the often broiling tropical heat and humidity….and wash the ship clean of salt, dirt and other airborne corrosives. It was especially helpful keeping exterior hard-to-reach electronics systems – like radars and fire control systems – clean of those corrosive elements.

And it was a heck of a lot of fun for us professional ship-drivers since it provided some excellent maneuvering (picture ship-driving) training.

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>>Top photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Julian Davis, USN

COVIDiot PPL holder lands aircraft at closed Royal Air Force training base as he wanted to go to beach.

I heard you two were hanging out. Julia and me? I guess you could say that.

Beer Pong Champion Sara Lance

nat said: chop chop

The “Ströng, blöödy and scáry” aesthetic 

Killing it on a Tough Mudder course!! Though it doesn’t look like she got too muddy…

The beautiful women of the MCU. 

Meet the crew of the pirate ship Lutessa’s Reign. :)

— Sue Zhao

Lena Luthor -> “Supergirl” S5 outfits (S4 | S3 | S2)

Aussie Growler rocketing out on sunset with full burners!

See Air Traffic how the Controllers see it. Even with scratch pad data. Current approaches: Potomac, New York, Atlanta, and Harrisburg PA