/1. An effective operation demonstrating what a skilled drone operator is capable of: clearing a building of Russian infantry from the inside without putting an entire unit of our own soldiers at risk.

Like FPV drones taking down Russian helicopters was not enough, the Ukrainian SOF have taken it even further. For the first time in history, a Russian military Mi-8 helicopter has been shot down by a guided deep-strike drone FP-1. 200km from the frontline, Kuteinikovo Rostov region of Russia.

Aviation Week's MRO Podcast | What's The Status Of Pratt & Whitney's PW1000G Program?https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-u4qwe-28c4f765

#OTD 2022 Brown Field ATC cleared two H-60s to land on a runway underrun despite them being over the paving weight limit, then asked one to go around and it collided with the other. aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #helicopter #atc #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety #humanfactors

DragonFire is the UK’s new high-power laser weapon system, intended for Royal Navy ships from 2027. Here's a straightforward guide to Britain's new laser weapon. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dragonfire-a...

#OTD 2017 Leaving a rotors running helicopter unoccupied, relying on collective friction and a steady wind, might just be a bigger risk than the flight itself... aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #aviationsafety #flightsafety #helicopter #accident

#OTD 2003 simpleflying.com/airbus-a300-...

5N-BXG, LIAT20, operated by Air Peace. The third ERJ145 is returning into service after maintenance in Johannesburg and Riga: www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraf.... Image source: flic.kr/p/2rGG76S.

Tesla was sued over a fiery crash in Washington state that left one person dead and another seriously injured after rescuers allegedly struggled to open the vehicle’s doors, the latest in a growing body of litigation scrutinizing the company’s electrically powered handles

The US has issued a new NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) for the entire Venezuelan Flight Information Region, advising of a hazardous security environment amid worsening conditions and heightened military activity in and around Venezuela.

#OTD 2023: US Airbus H135 air ambulance night bird strike aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wik... #helicopter #airambulance #flightsafety #aviationsafety #hems #birdstrike

Brexit has cost the country between 6% and 8% of GDP per person over the last decade, a hit of £180 billion ($235 billion) to £240 billion, according to new research for the UK government. Read more: bloom.bg/4rvdLb9 📷️: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg

#OTD 2015: The operator’s training system did not adequately prepare the pilot. The regulator claims they were misled by an operator about who was really in charge of training. TAIC say this was evident in advance. aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety

#OTD 2023: US Airbus H135 air ambulance night bird strike aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wik... #helicopter #airambulance #flightsafety #aviationsafety #hems #birdstrike

#OTD 2015: The operator’s training system did not adequately prepare the pilot. The regulator claims they were misled by an operator about who was really in charge of training. TAIC say this was evident in advance. aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety

The US Navy is trying to recover two aircraft from the bottom of the South China Sea that US experts say could yield sensitive information to China if Beijing were to get to them first. https://cnn.it/3X9EsUD

The NTSB today also released its preliminary report on the midair collision between a United Airlines 737-8 MAX and what is believed to be a WindBorne GSP weather balloon. www.flightradar24.com/blog/aviatio...

In October weather balloon strike, United pilots were showered with glass, probe shows reut.rs/4pmF8lG

Evidence of fatigue cracks a 'major clue' in fatal UPS cargo jet crash, experts say reut.rs/4rdo57d

Ex-UK PM Johnson oversaw 'chaotic' response to COVID which led to more deaths, inquiry finds reut.rs/4oR5XOT

UPS Flight 2976 Crash During Takeoff: NTSB Preliminary Report www.ntsb.gov/investigatio... #flightsafety #aviationsafety

One person has died after a small plane crashed in Co Waterford this afternoon

#OTD 2017: An air ambulance in cruise at c 1,000 ft struck multiple geese, crashing with the loss of 3 lives. aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #helicopter #airambulance #accident #birdstrike #flightsafety #aviationsafety

#OTD 2016: Operational pressure, overconfidence and a false sense of security from technology may have contributed to what ANSV describe as an inadequately risk assessed and planned flight. aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety

AW189 FFS in Stavanger verticalmag.com/press-releas...

#OTD in 2018: Shocking Accident: Two workers electrocuted during HESLO while pouring concrete for the base of a new pylon adjacent to a live powerline. aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #flightsafety #aviationsafety #helicopter #accident

#OTD in 2018: Shocking Accident: Two workers electrocuted during HESLO while pouring concrete for the base of a new pylon adjacent to a live powerline. aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #flightsafety #aviationsafety #helicopter #accident

AW189 FFS in Stavanger verticalmag.com/press-releas...

Short thread on the Senate Subcommittee hearing today on how the shutdown affected flight safety. The whole thing can be found here. I just rewatched it so you don't have to. Main point - this was pointless. Now, onto what was said & why it hardly mattered. /1 hozzl.com/p/youtubevid...

How Organisations Miss Warning Signs: Inside the Pike River Tragedy www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-or...

#OTD 2010 The Pike River Mine Disaster in NZ www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...

I see from a recent answer to a PQ that the UK has supplied 85,000 drones to Ukraine in the past six months. That is rather impressive - not least for it happening with little publicity. It's the right approach: do more, shout about it less.

He was posthumously awarded the George Medal. This tragedy resulted in the development of the first dual hoist installation.

#OTD 1997 Winchman Billy Deacon was washed from the deck of the Green Lily off Bressay having saved the lives of 10 crew. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot... #sar #searchandrescue #coastguard #helicopter

#OTD 2017: An air ambulance in cruise at c 1,000 ft struck multiple geese, crashing with the loss of 3 lives. aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #helicopter #airambulance #accident #birdstrike #flightsafety #aviationsafety

#OTD 2016: Operational pressure, overconfidence and a false sense of security from technology may have contributed to what ANSV describe as an inadequately risk assessed and planned flight. aerossurance.com/helicopters/... #helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety

#OTD 2010 The Pike River Mine Disaster in NZ www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...