Nick Marconi

Plane stuff ✈️

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

@briank1422 Thunderstorms in and out of the area all night

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

Numerous double diversions tonight on flights headed to @JFKairport:

DLH400 FRA-JFK divert to BDL, BDL-JFK divert to BOS
AUA7K VIE-JFK divert to BDL, BDL-JFK divert to BOS
VIV100 MEX-JFK divert to BOS, BOS-JFK divert BACK to BOS
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[Gary Hershorn @GaryHershorn]

Crazy light across Manhattan with a rainbow as the sun set ahead of an approaching nor'easter storm in New York City, Friday evening #newyorkcity #nyc #newyork #sunset #noreaster #rainbow

[End3of6Days9 (Helen) 🇺🇸 @end3of6days9]

The Dog Who Wouldn't Stop Searching

On September 11, 2001, Apollo disappeared into a hole in the rubble at Ground Zero.

Then a fireball erupted.

Seconds later, the German Shepherd came running back toward his handler, NYPD Officer Peter Davis.

Apollo was on fire.

Davis brushed the burning embers from his thick coat.

And Apollo went right back to searching.

Apollo was nine years old—an age when many police dogs had already retired. But that morning, he and Davis became the first canine search-and-rescue team to arrive at Ground Zero.

The conditions were brutal.

To reach the rubble, Davis later recalled wading through water that came nearly to his waist. Apollo searched across jagged concrete and dangerously hot debris. His coat was singed. His paws became cracked and bruised.

Still, he searched.

Apollo had been trained to find the living. But as the hours passed, the terrible reality of the site became clearer. Eventually, Davis had to physically pull Apollo away from the debris when the dog refused to stop looking.

And Apollo wasn't alone.

Search-and-rescue dogs and their handlers worked through wreckage, dust and toxic fumes in the aftermath of the attacks. Apollo became a symbol of all of them.

On March 5, 2002, he was awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal for courage and devotion to duty. Apollo had been selected by ballot to receive the honor on behalf of every search-and-rescue dog that had worked at the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Apollo lived to be 14.

Twenty-five years later, we remember the people who ran toward danger that morning.

Apollo reminds us that not all of them ran on two legs.
❤️🐾

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

@ericfisher Nice features on the new wx center! May need to get some noise dampening panels in there, though. Quite the echo through the mic.

[Edward Russell @ByERussell]

51 of the 52 NTSB recs to improve safety after the deadly mid-air collision at DCA in January 2025 remain open.

“We are no closer today to addressing many of the serious safety gaps that contributed to this terrible tragedy,” said @JenniferHomendy. https://t.co/4KgQYA8uwC

[Jon Ostrower @jonostrower]

Man @SteveNomadic, this episosde on the Spirit Airlines aircraft repo operation is really something. Sure, it helps if you love aviation, but this is such a human story, well told. https://t.co/nFBqryV3Ec

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

Who did this now?

[NASA @NASA]

1972 ➡️2026
Apollo 17 ➡️ Artemis II

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

@stoolpresidente WHERE WAS ZOLAK!?

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

@MikeReiss Mike when is the team flying back considering the ongoing snowstorm back home?

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Touchdown. United Airlines UA80.
EWR - GOH.
Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱

June 15, 2025 (6.33pm)
Temp: + 4°C.

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

Mass biz jet exodus from AGS, DNL, AIK, and HQU post-@TheMasters #themasters #Masters

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

Fantastic podcast with B6/MX founder David Neeleman: https://t.co/97CxW8pba5

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

@JetBlue JFK-IAD must be a typo?

[The FAA ✈️ @FAANews]

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Check out the application checklist for help with applying as an FAA air traffic controller: https://t.co/J1v3zByH4W. Applications close Nov 4. #BeATC

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

@JebBrooks

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

Great day to be a non-DL/UA customer. I'm sure everyone's getting shortcuts galore by ATC this morning, too.

[Nick Marconi @JetSpeed97]

Can't make this stuff up...