.@CaptBob_Nomadic didn’t we deliver this guy a DC-9?

Here is official trailer, You Can See Everything

A masterpiece

Ryan’s top pick! Had one last look today before apps go in 🙌 🤞

It pains me to say it, but the Giants look dangerous…

GO BIRDS 🦅

New tool in the cockpit casual arsenal to fold in with the 2 FX3s, 1 ZVE1, and 2 Hero 13s I already use. They claim better low-light capture and open gate for a larger workable image on a 1” sensor. Hoping my “lightweight kit” that omits 2/3 larger camera bodies can get even lighter for my smaller packed trips.

Nice! There was a bunch of 172s in the pattern at MZJ today when we were leaving… one of them was nice enough to extend downwind a while so we could beat a clearance void time. We get clearance by phone from Tucson approach just like GA does… they gave us 4 mins to be airborne! Ride was surprisingly smooth all the way across the lower 48 despite some big cells over the gulf (we topped most of them at FL410) and then again just west of Miami. Finished up at Extreme, an MRO with a bunch of big metal around, so they towed us in and played Tetris.. Fortunately our MIA AA flight was delayed and it worked out in our favor and actually made it home tonight! Saw the 21Air wreckage…

Did some flyin today. Easy one. MZJ-OPF in an ex-Southwest -800 bound (soon) for Nigeria! @flyvaluejet

The 2977 victims of 9/11

Welles Crowther, a 24-year-old equities trader widely known as the "Man in the Red Bandana," carrying an injured person to safety during the September 11 attacks in 2001..... Welles Crowther was a 24-year-old equities trader working on the 104th floor of the South Tower on September 11, 2001. After Flight 175 struck, he covered his nose and mouth with his red bandana and began helping survivors near the devastated 78th-floor sky lobby. Drawing on his training as a volunteer firefighter, he found a usable stairway, guided injured people through the smoke, and carried a badly wounded woman on his back. Instead of continuing to safety, Crowther repeatedly returned upstairs to help others. Survivors later identified him as the mysterious “man in the red bandana.” He died when the South Tower collapsed. For months, survivors knew only that a young man wearing a red bandana had appeared through the smoke, calmly giving instructions and leading people toward safety. His identity was confirmed later when survivors recognized Welles Crowther in photographs. His red bandana is now preserved by the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. #drthehistories

I’m flying out of Boston Logan Int’l Airport this morning. While waiting to board my flight I noticed this flag mounted to the jet bridge of gate B27. @united placed this flag on the gate in honor of the 51 passengers and 9 crew members onboard Flight 175 which impacted the South tower of the World Trade Center 25 years ago. Killing everyone onboard and leading the collapse of the tower.

I think about this TV spot from 2002 pretty often. I think about how unified and proud we were and how long it lasted. Then I think about what we’re like now in America and feel sad. 🇺🇸 #neverforget piped.video/wIzh3jG_D8w?si=gc1m…

25 years ago today, to the hour I walked out to the flight line at the PNE airport under crystal clear skies. I was a CFI heading out to do commercial maneuvers with my student; @stojanmarion, who was busy preflighting the Grumman AA-1C. We departed around 8:15A flew up to the practice area just northeast of Trenton NJ and began working on lazy 8’s. As the nose of the trainer sliced through the skyline of Manhattan on the horizon, I remember saying, is that smoke? Or a cloud over the city? Stojan said: if it’s a cloud it’s the ONLY one within 100 miles. We decided to pause the maneuvers and fly further north to get a better look. As we approached Old Bridge, it became obvious that it was smoke and it was coming from the twin towers. “Holy shit man!” We both said… I decided to dial up NY Approach and inquire. The controller said, something along the lines of “uhh you guys better head back to your home airport” so we complied. Within 20 mins we were touching down back in Northeast Philly, and upon returning to the flight school office, we found everyone gathered around the TVs. Information was slowly coming in - airplanes had flown into the towers. Not long after, we watched the towers crumble on live TV. I went outside and smoked about 4 cigarettes end to end while I contemplated what the future was going to look like. It was surreal, and I remember being glued to the TV for probably 2 weeks. My CFI days were coming to an end after 2 years of it on 9/10/01, but the next day that all changed. Everything changed for everybody - especially the families of the 2,977 souls that left us that September morning. #NeverForget 🇺🇸

Amazon Air has roughly 4.4X the major accident rate of global airlines and 18X the fatal accident rate, per departure. Something is seriously wrong with how Amazon is operating. I suspect the model of subcontracting to random tier 3 “airlines” is broken.