In 2021, I organized Afghanistan's first all-female flight together with Kam Air. Many media outlets covered the event and the video reached millions of people but what happened to the women after the Taliban took over and where are they now?
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Ride through the eyewall of Hurricane #Helene aboard @NOAA WP-3D Orion #NOAA42 "Kermit" during our evening mission on Sept. 26, 2024. This mission gathered crucial data of a large hurricane intensifying before landfall. Find NOAA resources on continuing impacts and post storm recovery at https://t.co/Ssv6wM3Qmd.
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Video Credit: Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Utama, NOAA Corps
We're on our way!
This MD-90 was ferried to Palmdale for conversion into the X-66A, the flying test article for the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator program.
This groundbreaking work could reduce fuel consumption and emissions up to 30%.
More: https://t.co/b3enw4roSD
TIL : #A350’s Adaptive Dropped Hinge Flap (ADHF), has the spoiler actuation to let the spoilers not only deploy upwards, but also down to 12° to follow the flap when it’s deployed on its hinge.
The resulting gap from flap is managed by spoiler droop, increasing the wing camber.
Code Renegade set Greek authorities on alert following a relevant signal by the NATO air control center in Spain (CAOC Torrejón), to intercept a non-responsive civil aircraft Airbuss A321 with 145 passengers onboard that had taken off from Madrid and was bound for Beirut.
Boeing 787 deliveries have officially resumed. American Airlines today received their first 787 since APRIL 2021, registered as N880Bj it was delivered from Charleston, South Carolina and will enter commercial service in the coming weeks.
Airbus says it is adding a new 20,000 liter (5,283 gal) center fuel tank to the newly-purchased Qantas A350-1000s to enable non-stop flying to Sydney to New York and London.
Here's the planned cabin configuration for Qantas' A350-1000s for Project Sunrise. Note the "well-being zone" for stretching, hydration etc. Qantas says it will have the lowest seat count of any A350-1000s in service