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"Old? I'm so old I don't even buy green bananas anymore."

I hope this is a proper place to post this. Just thought I'd bring attention to SimVenture 2022 hosted by PilotEdge, https://www.pilotedge.net/pages/simventure, Thursday through sunday. I've flown in it the past few years in different sims, and the experience is amazing and so true to life. I plan to fly it this year as often as I can. Hope to see you there!

Flight 2469 was a C-54 Skymaster with 44 crew and passengers on it`s way from Anchorage, Alaska to Great Falls, Montana. It never got there and is believed to have crashed in the Yukon wilderness. A very important search and rescue effort; named Operation Mike ensued immediately; involving 7000 men and dozens of aircraft; some of which also crashed during the search. The CBC (being Canada`s national public broadcaster) is streaming a new documentary about this story here: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/skymaster-down/s01. And you can join the Facebook group that continues the search for flight 2469 here: https://www.facebook.com/OperationMike/

Seems everyone has turned on to the potential of subscription based revenue, not just software and app developers. The next iteration is apparently coming from the auto industry: I guess I wont be buying a BMW anytime soon. The concept of buying a car then "subscribing" monthly for features is a bit much for me. Especially with current car prices!!! A Ford pickup truck today cost more than my Porsche did 3 years ago! https://www.motor1.com/news/597376/bmw-heated-seats-subscription/ But for $138 we will play fake engine sounds for you!! Even my company is doing the same thing. I had to point out to 4 different business units yesterday they had…

Was reading a bit online about aircraft not being allowed to fly because the air temperature was too high. Do any of the current simulators model this phenomena?

I'm not sure why this happened...

Getting a bit surreal out there, folks! https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/tech/artificial-intelligence-academic-paper-gpt-3.html Excerpt: Almira Osmanovic Thunström is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at Gothenburg University as well as an organizational developer at the Department of ePsychiatry at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. At the end of June, Scientific American published an editorial by Thunström in which she recounts how she got an artificial intelligence to write a paper about itself. She wrote that “earlier this year” she instructed OpenAI‘s GPT-3 — a text-generating algorithm — to “Write an acad…

htps://www.yahoo.com/news/how-airlines-became-delta-united-american-233400004.html Noel

For all you musicians out there, here's something worth checking out. This is an instrumental cover version of AC/DC's Thunderstruck, played on the Chinese Guzheng, which is a tradition type of zither. Fans of AC/DC and in particular guitarists, will know that this riff is a favourite to learn and practice because it requires a lot of precise plectrum playing to time this with the fretting. You can make playing that riff a bit easier by using hammer-ons and pull-offs to strike the notes, but that of course isn't an option for this player on the Guzheng, nor does she have Stevie Young, Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams providing the solid backing that allows Angus Young to let …

...to put the plane in an ideal pitch attitude on final approach, as in how far out from landing? As a graduate of the T&E flight school I never learned what's typical in the RW. Thanks!

She has a Youtube channel although in this particular one ( from FAA ) she's being interviewd not on her channel: Steve and Stevie Talk Instagram and Inspiring the Next Generation of Pilots - YouTube Stevie's Channel is here : Stevie Triesenberg - YouTube A lot to learn from her enthusiasm, dedication, professionalism ! specially if you're fond of the V35 ...

Take care British Isles people. Temp to hit 29C today and 32C later in the week. Authorities are saying be cautious. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62117348 I'm coastal so a bit cooler. 22 today and 25 tomorrow. But always seems warmer than the temp implies here.

https://aeroxplorer.com/articles/go-karting-in-the-sky-lovenie-has-you-covered.php From the article: "The controlled environment is heavily regulated considering the number of risks involved. The karts are built such that they can never flip over, and can fly at a maximum height of 2 meters (6.5 feet) above the ground. Flyers will have radios to communicate with a control staff and have a built-in control system such that a control center has remote access to the steering should something go awry." (emphasis mine) Whoa, wait a minute ... Should something go awry with flying go-karts? 😱 If something is going awry, maybe it's too late to do anything? Last s…

After the almost disappearance of the flights carried out with the A380 due to a pandemic decreed two years ago, the companies that they have A380s in their fleet and are progressively putting them back into service given the increase in passengers on long routes. Currently, around 50% of the A380s are back in service. Lufthansa was the latest carrier to announce the plane's return, although not before 2023. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/a380-superjumbo-comeback/index.html

This is the preview image. And you can clearly see gravitational lensing. Main images later.

I have often commented on how vulnerable we are when we are so dependent on technology. With everything controlled by computer networks it wouldn't take much to virtually shut a nation down. It's happening in Canada right now. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-outage-cell-mobile-wifi-1.6514373 While this is just one service organization what if several were targeted? Noel

Well..... I've looked skeptically at third party computer build companies and their prices for years. In fact, I don't know how many times I've checked what's on offer at such places, and rolled my eyes at the knowledge that I could do it myself cheaper; in many cases much much cheaper. (Cheap Dell / Walmart type Pcs are a different issue, as they are subsidized by the bloatware the company installs on them) This is an interesting case study that kind of cements my prejudices / aversions to prebuilt pc's. Your milage may vary!

I didn't know they had cat scientists. But if your cat is ewll adjusted one of them would like to hear from you. https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/337768-got-a-well-adjusted-cat-scientists-would-like-to-hear-from-you?utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=2256607 Noel

Most of us know Jimmy Stewart was a bomber pilot during WW2 and later was promoted to general in the US Air Force. Did you also know he fleew a combat mission in Vietnam? https://www.historynet.com/mr-stewart-goes-to-vietnam/ Noel

The pilot managed to land on a corner of the highway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvxIWJVke5k

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airline-sas-files-us-bankruptcy-protection-2022-07-05/

Here ya go Martin! https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/world/nasa-team-study-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-scn/index.html Noel