Pim Mulder

world traveller

[Pim Mulder @Pymm55]

Great storyteller

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

That's why I say, "Hey, man, nice shot."
📹: ansyhrrian

[Math Files @Math_files]

If you are interested in mathematics, one of the most interesting ways to write the square root of π is the Gaussian Integral:

[Trev Clark's Obscure Aviation History 🚁 @clark_aviation]

The Heinkel 100 was (at the time) the world's fastest fighter aircraft. It was rejected in favour of the Messerschmitt Bf109, for reasons still debated by historians today.
Despite the cancellation, several were claimed as 'kills' by Allied pilots, early in World War Two!

[Pim Mulder @Pymm55]

Amazing landing techniques

[Pim Mulder @Pymm55]

Masterpiece of engineering for its era

[Pim Mulder @Pymm55]

I love this sketch

[Aviation Archive - Tim Farmer @aviationarchive]

On March 17, 1952, HMS Glory set a record that still stands as one of the most intense days of carrier operations in British naval history — 106 sorties in a single day during the Korean War.

She flew Sea Fury and Firefly strike missions for UN forces in some of the most demanding conditions.
Would you have wanted to fly off her deck that day?
Rare restored & colorized footage below 👇

[Dr Mouth Matters @GanKanchi]

Those who have not seen this Video, Must See till the End. She is *Roxana Küwen*, a German Circus Artist, graduated at Fontys Academy for Circus & Performance Art, Tilburg, Netherlands. Watch her Foot & Hand Movements With Five Balls, As If She has FOUR Hands !! Absolutely Amazing Control ...!!! ❤️

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

From the muddy fields of Normandy to the pages of history, Dick Winters didn’t just lead Easy Company — he distilled a lifetime of command into 10 timeless principles.

🧵 Dick Winters’ 10 Principles of leadership

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Known today as compression lift, the idea of the XB-70's folding wingtips, was to use the shock waves generated by its own supersonic flight to generate lift.

This clip shows what the Valkyrie could have been.

[Chris Bolton @CcibChris]

Westland Welkin. British twin-engine heavy fighter designed to fight at extremely high altitudes. welkin meaning "the vault of heaven" built in response to Junkers Ju 86P bombers flying recce missions suggesting Luftwaffe might attempt to re-open bombing of Britain from high alt

[Ancient History Hub @AncientHistorry]

In 458 BC, Rome was on the brink of collapse.

An invading army had trapped the Roman consul and his legion in a mountain pass. Panic spread through the city. The Senate did the only thing they could think of:

They sent messengers to find a 60-year-old farmer plowing his field.

His name was Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. He had once been a senator, then lost his fortune paying his son's bail. Now he worked his own four-acre plot just to feed his family.

When the Senate's envoys arrived, they found him sweating behind a plow. They asked him to put on his toga so they could deliver an official message.

The message: Rome was making him dictator. Absolute power. Total command of the army. No checks. No oversight. No term limit.

He accepted.

Within 16 days, Cincinnatus had raised an army, marched out, surrounded the enemy, and forced their surrender. The republic was saved.

He had legal authority to rule for six months. He could have stayed. He could have expanded his power. He could have done what every other ruler in human history did when handed unlimited control.

Instead, he resigned on day 16.

He took off the toga, walked back to his farm, and finished plowing the field he'd left half-done.

Twenty years later, when Rome faced another crisis, they called him back. He was 80 years old. He took command, crushed the conspiracy, and resigned again, this time after just 21 days.

He died poor. On his farm.

2,200 years later, when George Washington was offered a kingship after winning the American Revolution, he refused and went home to Mount Vernon. The reason he was hailed as "the American Cincinnatus" is because Europeans literally could not believe a man who had won would willingly give up power.

King George III, on hearing Washington would resign rather than rule, said: "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."

The lesson isn't that Cincinnatus was humble.

The lesson is that for most of human history, the people most qualified to lead were the ones who didn't want to. And the moment a society starts rewarding those who chase power instead of those who flee from it is the moment the republic begins to die.

Cincinnati, Ohio is named after him.

Most people who live there have no idea why.

[Enezator @Enezator]

While everyone passed by in the heavy rain, one dog stayed to protect a tiny kitten. A woman witnessed this touching moment, stopped, rescued them both, and gave them a new home together.

[Turbine Traveller @Turbinetraveler]

A pilot placed a camera under the wing of an Airbus A320 during the takeoff roll. The result is incredible.
📹: RobT Cockpit Videos

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

People don't realize how absurd this view actually is.

A camera. On a robot. On Mars.

Built by humans on a planet 140 million miles away, launched on a rocket, landed using a sky crane, and now driving across an alien desert taking pictures so detailed you can count the rocks.

100 years ago, your great-grandparents thought airplanes were a miracle.

You are scrolling past Mars on your phone.