The ultimate photoboming! 😈😎 The USAF Demonstration Squadron - Thunderbirds roar overhead in their Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons at last week’s SUN ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida. 🛩️ #Aviation #Avgeeks #Airshow #SUNnFUN

Congratulations to the SpaceX Crew-13 astronauts. We're looking forward to Luke Delaney, KJ5PPF, and Joshua Kutryk, KJ5BFU, getting their names in the ARISS ham radio logbook this fall! www.nasa.gov/news-release...

“Back to Earth” 😎 The USAF Demonstration Squadron - Thunderbirds roar overhead in their Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons at last week’s SUN ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida. 🛩️ #Aviation #Avgeeks #Airshow #SUNnFUN

In “fine diamond formation”. The USAF Demonstration Squadron - Thunderbirds roar overhead in their Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcons at last week’s SUN ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida. 🛩️ #Aviation #Avgeeks #Airshow

The #Artemis II livestream continues to be the best thing on the internet. 😍 The return-to-Earth live coverage begins at 6:30pm Eastern (in about 90 minutes) with splashdown in the Pacific scheduled for 8:07pm Eastern. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

The new Reider Report is an excellent listen. 🛩️ #AvBrief #Aviation

And there it is…… 🚀🌝❤️🌎🌍🌏❤️🚀🙏

This might be the MOST STUNNING photo from Artemis II yet Crescent Earth illuminated by light above 🤩 📷 Artemis II

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II

The Moon eclipsing the Sun from the perspective of the Artemis crew (2x speed). Incredible to watch this live and see the corona appear as soon as the disc of the Sun is fully covered.

Being human. 🙏🚀🌝🚀🌍🌎🌏❤️🙏

This morning, NASA sent up a message recorded by Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell before his death:

#Artemis II - Full Statement from the crew on after breaking the record “From the cabin of Integrity here as we surpass the furthest distance humans have ever travelled from planet Earth, we do so in honouring the extraordinary efforts & feats of our predecessors in human space exploration.” 1/2

Here we go….. 🚀🌝🚀🌏🌎🌍

Indeed. 🚀🛩️🌍🌎🌏🌝 #Artemis

Hello gorgeous!!! ❤️🌎🌍🌏❤️ 🚀 🛩️ #home

Where is Artemis II you may ask?!? Here is a cool live feed tracker that answers all your questions. 😎 🛩️ 🚀 🌎🌍🌏🌝 #aviation #avgeek #Spaceflight #tothemoonandback #explore #nasa

Artemis II crew share (their) first words from space. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Aerial view of the Artemis II launch 🚀 🎥 NASA Cessna

Mind boggling….. 🚀🔭🪐

Looking towards the heavens as one explores the “rocket garden” located within the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (NMUSAF) in Dayton, Ohio. 🚀 🛩️ #rocket #satellites

The more things change…… 😎🚀🌝

If you'd like to follow along with the #Artemis II launch, NASA has a live blog here: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio... and you can watch the official broadcast on the NASA site here: plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi... or on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

Towards the light. 🙏☀️🇨🇷 #CostaRica #PhotoHour #Sunrise #Photography #ArtYear #puravida

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A brand-new issue is out. 💥 Managing Editor @terencecgannon.com hasn't been sleeping again, and he stumbled on yet another late-night, aviation-oriented gem on @tcmtv.bsky.social. Spoiler: it includes footage of the wildly over-the-top Schneider Cup racers. (📸 Mirrorpix | Alamy under license) | 🛩️ 🦆

Some 🇨🇦 ingenuity at work 😊 #Aviation #AvGeek 🛩️ #Canada

“Swapping branches” two yellow-throated toucans dance along the branches as the sun starts to spread its evening glow. #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BranchBirds - any bird on a branch. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #CostaRica #PhotoHour #ArtYear 🪶

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Towards the light. 🙏☀️🇨🇷 #CostaRica #PhotoHour #Sunrise #Photography #ArtYear #puravida

A keel-billed toucan with an added touch of “flare” for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme #Portrait 🇨🇷🪶 Feliz sabado #Bluesky 😎 Lots to 🍾 with the addition of “drafts” and ❤️💝❤️ for Valentines Day! #photography #ArtYear #PhotoHour #EastCoastKin #CostaRica #PuraVida #Nature #Jungle #Wildlife

With the sun streaming through the jungle canopy a snake bird snatches its lunch from the muddy Rio Tres Amigos. #CostaRica 🇨🇷 A fitting capture for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #DivingForFood 😎 #EastCoastKin #photography #birds #nature #wildlife 🪶 #Jungle #PuraVida #PhotoHour #ArtYear

Thick smoke blankets the sky in Victoria, BC a couple of years ago as two 🇨🇦 bird icons play & prune along the ocean shore waters. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OddCouples - two different birds in one capture. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #ArtYear

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #posted or #red. These two characters certainly qualify for the #red option 😎🇨🇷🦜. Not sure what has their attention on the ground below 😊 Happy Sunday Bluesky 🌍 #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #Stunday #CostaRica #PuraVida

Who is Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian tapped by NASA to fly around the moon? 🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek #MoonGeek #Artemis #ToTheMoonandBack

Embracing the sunrise. 🙏☀️🇨🇷 #CostaRica #PhotoHour #Sunrise #Photography #ArtYear #puravida

Coming soon….. 🚀🌘🛰️🧑‍🚀

May I present for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #FavouriteOfTheMonth the gregarious & stunning Scarlet Macaw. 🇨🇷🙏🦜 #birds #birding #photography #nature #PhotoHour #TheArtHour #CostaRica #PuraVida

A “cheeky” Scarlet Macaw peeks out of its nesting box. A nice addition to today’s #BirdOfTheDay - #EyeContact when the eye steals the frame. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #PuraVida #CostaRica 😊🇨🇷🙏

What a fantastic story!!! A machine unlike anything before, during, or after 🙏 Thanks @blufly.media for sharing. #aviation #avgeek | 🛩️

Feliz sabado Bluesky world from Playa de Tambor. 🙏🏝️☀️🇨🇷 #CostaRica #PhotoHour #Sunrise #Photography #ArtYear #puravida

My other “hometown” of CYYC has winter sunsets that are simply out of this world….. Feliz martes world from the beautiful 🇨🇦 prairie land of Alberta. #Canadastrong #PhotoHour #PuraVida #Photography #ArtWalk #Sunset

Sharing this beautiful Scarlet Macaw 🦜 as it launches from a tree. Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays Bluesky world. 🎄🙏🎄 #BirdOfTheDay #contrast #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #ArtAdventCalendar

A crisp and “fresh”🥶December afternoon at the Calgary Flying Club. Blue skies & smooth air more than make up for the “frosty” air intake found on all types of machines including the two legged variety 😊 Happy Solstice! 🌎☀️🙏 🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek #CYBW #Flightschool #Cessna #Canada #winterwonderland

“What would appear to be the first emergency use of Garmin’s Autoland system occurred on Saturday in Colorado. Social media posts from flight tracking hobbyists reported a King Air 200 squawked 7700 about 2 p.m. local time today.” 🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek

An itzy bitsy spider waits for breakfast after a night’s heavy rain in the jungle. Pura Vida 🇨🇷 #CostaRica #PhotoHour #Sunrise #Photography #ArtYear #ArtAdventCalendar #Jungle #Spider #PuraVida #Arachnids

The wonders of Arenal - both volcanic and lakeshore - provide an almost alien landscape in Costa Rica’s early morning light. 🙏 #CostaRica #PhotoHour #Sunrise #Photography #ArtYear #ArtAdventCalendar #Arenal #Lake #Volcano #PuraVida

In 1970, Philip Ryther produced a bombshell report on the FAA that went nowhere no matter how hard he tried to make it public. He was forced to resign and decided to let everyone know what happened. colleenmondor.substack.com/p/36-55-year...

With this issue, it's almost all she wrote for 2025. 💥 We kick off with Editor @terencecgannon.com enthusing about Japanese animé. He then takes a crack at the practice of directly linking press releases and then wraps up with the first annual Roy Bishop Stokes Aviation Book Christmas List. | 🛩️ 🥇