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This was unexpected. Probably also what the guy who found the can said. The article is not behind a paywall at the moment, but let me know if it becomes inaccessible. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/nyregion/willy-ley-rocket-ashes.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/delta-plane-fire-orlando Regards,

https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/04/21/boeing-looks-to-existing-production-lines-for-golden-dome-pitch/

https://cdapress.com/news/2019/feb/26/darold-cummings-aircraft-designer-has-eye-on-5/ https://www.csulb.edu/no-barriers/article/through-his-support-csulb-alumnus-gives-flight-to-students-goals http://forzaero.net/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/modernizing-defense-acquisitions-and-spurring-innovation-in-the-defense-industrial-base/

https://www.workboat.com/trump-signs-executive-order-to-revitalize-us-shipbuilding-industry

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/faa-replaces-leadership-in-d-c-area-air-traffic-control-after-fight/ar-AA1CxZLR https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-arel-faa-air-traffic-chief-retires-faa-replacing-dca-managers/ Looks pretty messy............... Regards,

This thread is to examine the aircraft, systems, and networks that were involved in the 'electronic barrier' that was part of the McNamara Line, a defensive line developed to block North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers from accessing South Vietnam along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The aircraft...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-officials-object-european-push-buy-weapons-locally-2025-0 How far can you take the notion of self-righteousness and dictate such demands? I think it's very evident that many countries have evolved beyond the reliance on many U.S. weapons systems. Add to this...

The aircraft was manufactured by an office furniture builder in San Diego and resembled a lighter Neiuport 28 with landing gear similar to an S.E.5. The aircraft cost about half of what the Air Service had paid for their aircraft of less performance and did not believe the aircraft's performance...

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-may-need-to-extend-kc-135-service-life/ You can also refer to this thread as an introduction to the discussion: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/next-c-130-will-be-a-vertical-lift-cargo-plane.37360/

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/march/crash-fleet-emergency-shipbuilding-program?fbclid=IwY2xjawJJOFJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHUgixg5BbVl9szpLOXjEQy0cVdBQhX2oWJVywIL1a0SpmUNiv0EdaG6Dbg_aem_ZQDWwg4VihHQeweCijRPYA In nearly every conflict we’ve been involved in since the advent of steam...

One of the first great communication 'collapses' in history was the advent of the electric telegraph which drastically reduced communications times across large distances. Permitting this 'time compressing' technology to cross the oceans seemed an insurmountable problem, especially in an era...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/10/oil-tanker-cargo-ship-collide-north-sea/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t

First, my apologies: Recent eye-surgery has temporarily hobbled my Google_Fu... ( APHont and Ctrl-Scroll zoom for the win...) IIRC, US sent but one (1) B-29 to UK to astonish and, yes, boost morale... If deployed in numbers, such as for Silver-plate / Saddletree delivery, some spares might...

Greetings from Dallas as here for Verticon 2025 (formerly Heli Expo for several decades) organised by the Vertical Aviation International (formerly Helicopter Association International) so privileged to be invited by Robinson Helicopter to see their revolutionary new R88. As a first it carries...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzlk259g2o https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ck-hutchison-sell-80-stake-hutchison-ports-group-1777-billion-deal-2025-03-04/ Regards,

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vtg-dsrv-submarine-electric-boat-1814406805

Sort of a general topic here, and I hope this is the best spot for it. My question is how one would fix the miserable state that shipbuilding for the USN is in. I've got to assume commercial shipbuilding has suffered greatly as well due to many of the same conditions. It sounds like there aren't...