Mr Armstrong Tech

Techie Teacher @AlloaAcademy - previously mechanical engineer extraordinaire. Contents will include technology / engineering / photography / space / wings

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

S2 pupils creating designs for the front of their coin banks. Sorry not sorry.

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

@BloodyPolitics There’s new rules, denied by Twitter, but something about max 50 posts per day unless you pay Elon.

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

Ooft

[Scott Bateman MBE @scottiebateman]

Croatia A220 at Split. That big initial swing is indicative of an engine failure on the left at high speed. Despite briefly going on the grass this appears to be a well handled aborted take off. Outcome… a few dents and zero injuries. Good job everyone.

[Francisco Cunha @OnDisasters]

As usual SOP, on its maiden flight (video here, dated from March 1969) the Concorde test crew were conservative: the jet´s speed never exceeded 300 MPH, and the max altitude was 10,000 ft. Its first Supersonic flight was over one year later, OTD in 1970.

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

EasyJet Airbus A319-111
Registration: G-EZBI
(#U2439)
Glasgow to Jersey making an emergency landing back at Glasgow. Textbook into a very stiff breeze!

[NTSB Newsroom @NTSB_Newsroom]

NTSB issues the preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS Boeing MD-11F airplane in Louisville, Kentucky. Download the report PDF: https://t.co/WS0Q629CUz

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

New profile picture?
A pupil took this snap of me.

[Ann Travers @AnnTravers6]

“Childhood trauma, more than just a memory, it reshapes the brain. “
We need to remember and understand this , when dealing post “conflict “ trauma from the troubles.
It wasn’t just an “incident “, it has shaped many of our life decisions.

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

@shiv_cybersurg @CcibChris Photo was specifically staged. Wasn’t a regular take off. I suspect it was a low pass without landing and they’ve raised the nose once starting the climb to look better in the photo.

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

Seriously.
How to eat an elephant.
A bite at a time.
Stop procrastinating.
A little bit at a time.
Start now.

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

It’ll soon be exam time

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

@sarah_fare @ClevedenSec42 @carvaletglasgow Wood shaving? Must belong to a techie teacher…

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

@sam_golf Hi Sam. I was an engineer for 28 years. Apprentice when I was 16. Went to uni age 30. Got my degree. Age 44 went back to uni again and post grad in education. I’m now a high school teacher.
You’re never too old to learn!

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

@HGluckman Blimey, that looks good. Won’t be able to enter a team though.

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

@GreenTrolled @theiaincameron No timescale given by the contractor but the last time they did this type of work to the joints it took them 2 years

https://t.co/K899i4kAJF

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Dragon flying over the Pacific Ocean on its way to the @Space_Station. Docking is targeted for ~5:30 p.m. ET → https://t.co/FrV7sLMZvj

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

@HGluckman My brother drove past it when doing the NC500 a few weeks back and didn’t stop in to see it!

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

I had to fact check this one! Very cool stat.

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

A new record has been set for the most people in Earth orbit at one time: 19

International Space Station:

Matthew Dominick
Michael Barratt
Jeanette Epps
Alexander Grebenkin
Oleg Kononenko
Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Nikolai Chub
Butch Wilmore
Suni Williams

Soyuz MS-26, en route to ISS:

Don Pettit
Aleksey Ovchinin
Ivan Vagner

Dragon Resilience, free-flying Polaris Dawn mission:

Jared Isaacman
Scott Poteet
Sarah Gillis
Anna Menon

Tiangong Space Station:

Ye Guangfu
Li Cong
Li Guangsu

[Mr Armstrong Tech @g_boad]

HMS Belfast being floated down the Clyde past Braehead ready for “launch”.
Photos by Allan Picken on Facebook.