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sometimes, i think about all the airplanes flying around, and i can hardly believe it...
i'm not too far from ORD, and some days i can hear a plane taking off every few seconds.

#aviation

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Major General Robert White earned his astronaut wings in the X-15 when he reached 95.9 km (59.6 mi) in altitude #OTD in 1962, setting a world record.

Oh, and he was also the first pilot to fly to Mach 4, 5 & 6 #avgeeks #aviation @NASAaero
go.nasa.gov/3PLZB4T

📷 @usairforce
#NASAhistory

We would love it if this bot also published news about the first "A" in NASA: Aeronautics. Or create a new bit that tracks #NASA #Aeronautics. #aviation #avgeeks #rotorcraft #Helicopter #aam #vtol #evtol #h2aero #electricFlight #h2flight #hydrogen #electricVTOL
nasa.gov/topics/aeronautics/in…

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When #corporate greed undermines #engineering culture, disasters happen. At Boeing it literally happened two times with passenger aircraft #boeing 737 MAX killing hundreds. Senior management was only interested in stock prices - those criminals cut costs in engineering, quality assurance and training. Yet instead of jail time CEO Dennis Muilenburg walks away with $62.2m in stock and pension awards. He is back in #aviation industry now. This is outrageous. #documentary "Downfall"

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Another #aviation post for the day. I never saw a B-52, B-1B, and B-2 flying together. You really get a sense of the scale of them compared to how the B-1 and B-2 can look in pictures with those canopies and combined intakes. (Found in Reddit post so don't have attribution ☹️ )

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