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Airplanista 🇺🇦Today I bought 5 Quick Pick lottery tickets for the $1 BILLION Powerball drawing tomorrow. Made me think what I'd do with the roughly $250 MILLION in cash (after lump sum and taxes).Here's a clue:Around Y2K, I started the Welcome Sky Aviation Scholarship Program at my small aviation club in Fresno. We took donations, and minted three full PPL pilots.So if I win the big one, you can bet the Welcome Sky Aviation Scholarship Foundation will become a thing.<a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flying</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦My evening: Bringing my <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/XPlane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XPlane</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flightsim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flightsim</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/Cirrus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cirrus</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/SF50" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SF50</a> Vision Jet northbound up from Van Nuys (KVNY) over Mt. Shasta. Awesome magic hour flight making 406 kts of ground speed at FL260 burning 132 GPH. Headed back to my base at KEUG.<a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flying</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/airplanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airplanes</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦Hey <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a>, I need some help with troubleshooting something on the X-Plane.org site.Since one of their site updates, the thumbnails on the downloads pages for airplanes are tiny, way too small to see. Checked on all browsers and it is not on this end.Can someone go to this link and tell me if what you see looks like what is shown on the image attached to this post?<a href="https://forums.x-plane.org/files/category/175-general-aviation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forums.x-plane.org/files/category/175-general-aviation</a>Thanks.<a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flightsims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flightsims</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flying</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦For some reason, I ended up over on Controller just now looking at what 1963 Piper Cherokee 235s are going for today. I sold mine in 2016 for $45K. Most are now in the range of $100K with basic avionics up to $150K for lots of Garmin upgrades in the panel.One thing that struck me was why most of the sellers didn't show pics of the engine. Isn't that sort of an important component?When I sold mine, I led with this photo because I was damn proud of how clean the 0-540 was.<a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦Had not heard this yet, yeah...wingsuits...via AVBrief.com:"ICON Founder Kirk Hawkins Dies in Wingsuit Crash"The guy who started Icon was flying out of a helicopter in Switzerland and hit trees. I remember their Dog and Pony show at Oshkosh in years past...huge tent, laser lights, showgirls.The A5 would have been a nice fun toy at $189K, but at the ballooned price, was only for the very rich.<a href="https://avbrief.com/icon-founder-kirk-hawkins-dies-in-wing-suit-crash/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://avbrief.com/icon-founder-kirk-hawkins-dies-in-wing-suit-crash/</a><a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flying</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#billionaires</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦Mano man, if you REALLY want to get your <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeek</a> on, Airline Videos LIVE has a feed from the H Hotel at LAX. It is a great live stream of the airport, with several camera angles, live ATC feed and popups that tell you which light is landing and what make/model of aircraft it is.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/MjD3gnNFYUo?si=dh5gRLVKaSSFvtON" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/live/MjD3gnNFYUo?si=dh5gRLVKaSSFvtON</a><a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flying</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/airlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airlines</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/LAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LAX</a>

Gaël Le BrisThere was a lounge in TWA's <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Convair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Convair</a> 880... 😍 How many rows of today's main cabin seats could fit in there? 😜✈️ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aircraft</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/airtravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airtravel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/paxex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paxex</a>

Gaël Le BrisBeautiful <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Douglas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Douglas</a> DC-8 of Panair do <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brasil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brasil</a>. Is this Rio de Janeiro/Galeão (GIG)? 🤔✈️🇧🇷 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aircraft</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/airports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airports</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aviationhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviationhistory</a> 📸:🤷‍♂️

Airplanista 🇺🇦Ever wondered what the rotating beacon at an airport looks like up close? Here’s the old one inside the Eugene Airport terminal. Bigger than I expected. <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/airports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airports</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flying</a>

Gaël Le BrisHappy National Aviation Day! How do you celebrate <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/2025NAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#2025NAD</a> and express your love of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a>? 😉✈️🇺🇸 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aerospace</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aircraft</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/airports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airports</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/airtravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airtravel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a>

Santiago🏳️‍🌈🔞Mast❤️‍🔥Más aviones pero en 1080 <a href="https://youtu.be/6HNEHHnPaiY?si=EVIP-NlPZJrQUBgW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/6HNEHHnPaiY?si=EVIP-NlPZJrQUBgW</a><a href="https://gayfr.social/tags/avgeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeek</a> <a href="https://gayfr.social/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://gayfr.social/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://gayfr.social/tags/airport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airport</a> <a href="https://gayfr.social/tags/planespotting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planespotting</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦AVBrief's EIC Russ Niles has declared war on using <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> in aviation journalism.Here's an AVBrief piece by Paul Bertorelli, who asked ChatGPT if using AI in aviation journalism is a good idea.A pull quote:"Accuracy is paramount. AI systems are prone to ‘hallucinations,’ generating plausible-sounding but false information. In aviation news, such errors can mislead pilots, distort regulatory understanding, or fuel dangerous misconceptions."It's a good read.<a href="https://avbrief.org/what-ai-thinks-about-ai-writing-aviation-news-its-not-a-fan/?utm_source=newsletter-12&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://avbrief.org/what-ai-thinks-about-ai-writing-aviation-news-its-not-a-fan/?utm_source=newsletter-12&utm_medium=email</a><a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦Big news out of the air racing world today is that now, both Sport and Unlimited classes have pulled out of the 2025 NCAR event in Roswell, NM.Via Aero-New.net:"The Unlimited Class recently confirmed that it would be withdrawing from this year’s National Championship Air Races (NCAR), unfortunately following suit with the Sport Class, which announced its decision in late July."Still five classes will race, but c'mon, NCAR without unlimited?No thank you.<a href="https://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=C2E78D43-6339-480A-A6CB-B286C8EB711A" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=C2E78D43-6339-480A-A6CB-B286C8EB711A</a><a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦Just got back from watching my first-ever STOL competition at the Independence, <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oregon</a> State Airport. Mostly local yokels in Cessna 170s, Carbon Cubs and J3s, but this "Turbo Cub" (custom-built Carbon Cub) won with a takeoff of about 107' and landing of about 125'. It has a turbo'ed four-cyl Yamaha snowmobile engine cranking 10,000 RPM to produce 316 HP. Purpose-built just for this kind of event.<a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flying</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/airplanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airplanes</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦I have lunch with a friend from my airport volunteer gig who is former ATC and did three tours at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.Very interesting stories about building the "ice runway" after sounding to check ice thickness, how they wheeled out a mobile TACAN to use for NAV, and how, since every heading from the south pole is "North" (think about it), they developed a special "grid system" to guide airplanes to/from the station.And yes, he confirmed, it is friggin' cold.<a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a>

JL Johnson :veri_mast:Hey, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AvGeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AvGeeks</a>! Johnson party of 4 booked for <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Dorkfest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dorkfest</a> and <a href="https://avgeek.social/@NYCAviation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@NYCAviation</a>’s <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/SpotLAX2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpotLAX2025</a>. See you in a month or so. This year’s rooftop party sold out in 2 hours. Each year it’s bigger and bigger. Love that. <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AvGeek</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Klax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Klax</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/planespotting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planespotting</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦I haven't got excited about a new <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/airplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airplane</a> announcement in a while, but this one has me stoked:Via AvBrief: "Bushliner Launch Customer for DeltaHawk Six Cylinder"The Bushliner 1850 is a clone of a Cessna 180 Skywagon, but will be the launch customer for DeltaHawk’s 350-hp DHK6A3550 Jet A/diesel engine. Full glass panel, STOL performance and backcountry capability will make this a seriously awesome and dependable ride into the rough.<a href="https://avbrief.org/bushliner-launch-customer-for-deltahawk-six-cylinder" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://avbrief.org/bushliner-launch-customer-for-deltahawk-six-cylinder</a><a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flying</a>

BSM (sw.s) 🇨🇭Video impression of flying with my godchild.<a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aviation</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AvGeek</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flying</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/pilotlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pilotlife</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/pilotsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pilotsofmastodon</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/upinthesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#upinthesky</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/clouds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clouds</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Schweiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Schweiz</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Alpen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alpen</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Wolken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wolken</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Piper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Piper</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/PiperArcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PiperArcher</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/P28A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#P28A</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/SwissAlps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SwissAlps</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#switzerland</a>

BSM (sw.s) 🇨🇭Went flying with my godchild - he enjoyed it very much 😇😎<a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aviation</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/AvGeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AvGeek</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Flying</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/pilotlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pilotlife</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/pilotsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pilotsofmastodon</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/upinthesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#upinthesky</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/clouds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clouds</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Schweiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Schweiz</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Alpen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alpen</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Wolken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wolken</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Piper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Piper</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/PiperArcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PiperArcher</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/P28A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#P28A</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/SwissAlps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SwissAlps</a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#switzerland</a>

Airplanista 🇺🇦A United Airlines crew refused to fly a flight after busting some idiot for sparking up his electric lettuce in the front lav:via AVBrief:"Crew Leaves Flight After Accidental Cannabis Exposure"Good call from the crew. And in other news, humanity is getting stoopider every day. Kinda thought by now everyone would know you can't smoke weed in an airliner lav.<a href="https://avbrief.org/crew-leaves-flight-after-accidental-cannabis-exposure/?utm_source=newsletter-8&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://avbrief.org/crew-leaves-flight-after-accidental-cannabis-exposure/?utm_source=newsletter-8&utm_medium=email</a><a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/avgeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#avgeeks</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/airlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airlines</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/flying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flying</a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#travel</a>

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