2025

Beloved singer and unparalleled French aerospace historian/writer died yesterday, the 2nd of March 2025, at 80 after a long battle with cancer: For those that are unfamiliar with his top selling history of Soviet and German aircraft, might you find in the below titles a glimpse of what was his...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjm9ndw9xeeo https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/27/gene-hackman-actor-wife-found-dead-santa-fe-home/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/gene-hackman-tribute-death/ Greats still going, right, and center. Rest In Peace :(

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy83x20l3nzo

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce30n52e6p1o

https://people.com/southwest-plane-nearly-collides-with-private-jet-at-chicago-airport-aborts-landing-to-avoid-crash-11686225 https://www.9news.com.au/world/southwest-airlines-plane-aborts-landing-to-avoid-colliding-with-private-jet-at-chicago-midway-airport/4e95d108-d386-4a50-bd34-be1ad96cca46...

You wait 100 years for a Pharaoh's Tomb to arrive and then two turn up at the same time. Last undiscovered tomb of Tutankhamun dynasty found https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ym30v356po Archaeologists may have found pharaoh's second tomb https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg5elpzy9yo

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/chinese-warships-spotted-150-nautical-miles-from-sydney-20250219-p5ldkq.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/australia-says-chinese-navy-ships-220131368.html Pretty serious situation even though Govt says no issue. Regards,

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/aircraft-carrier-harry-truman-collides-ship-mediterranean-sea/story?id=118787251 WTF??? Is the USN literally asleep at the wheel??? I well remember USN woes from a few years back, but it looks like the rot has resisted any cleaning ship efforts - what gives??? In...

I left my heart in the Mojave.

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/army-says-duces-to-cyber-hackers-new-rfi-looks-for-tactical-edge-zero-trust-solutions/

https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-and-redwire-partner-on-suborbital-research-capabilities/

American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ-700, has collided with a US Army Blackhawk out of Fort Belvoir near Reagan International Airport in D.C. Current reports say both the helicopter, and the two halves of the CRJ, are in the Potomac River. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy7kxx74yxlt

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/29/rachel-reeves-heathrow-expansion-ftse-100-markets-latest-uk/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8p579g5g5o https://news.sky.com/story/chancellor-rachel-reeves-announces-backing-for-third-heathrow-runway-13298590...

https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2025/01/17/polish-general-fired-after-anti-tank-mines-found-in-ikea-warehouse/

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-official-inaugural-portrait-hailed-164352075.html

Thanks for: Eraserhead The Elephant Man DUNE (1984) Blue Velvet Wild at Hearth Twin Peaks saga ON THE AIR Hotel Room Lost Highway The Straight Story Mulholland Drive Inland Empire

In a rather dark and sombre year Christmas offers a chance to be with family or friends and celebrate the fact that days now get longer and nights shorter. This site is one of my favourite places to be but in the spirit of Christmas I would like to share with you another site which celebrates...

Via Financial Times. Thoughts?

The company Lumen Orbit want to put Data servers, to use the abundant solar energy, cooling, and the ability to freely scale up in space. launch of Prototype hardware is set for may 2025 launch of first micro data center in 2026 once Starship goes into commercial service they build the 5GW Data...

ORIGINAL CAPTION: The planned Grand Stade Hassan II in Casablanca will have a capacity of 115,000 and would be one of the most high spec sporting venues on the planet CREDIT: CHP/Populous...