She hath risen.

Great to see Stephen Chapis' Poor Little Lambs in wild! It was great to chat with him about his years of work that has gone into the book and you can watch out conversation below. I gather less than 100 copies remain of the initial print run at Key. youtu.be/PjMihUVPSR4

Look, I know the 82nd Airborne are bloody good and their epic contributions in the ETO in WW2 are overshadowed because of one company from the other lot, but "parachuted into combat zones in BOTH WORLD WARS..." is a bit of a stretch...

Worth always keeping in mind that the Guardian has a commercial partnership with OpenAI, so nothing it writes about AI can be trusted

#OTD 1962. Mercury-Atlas 8. The 3rd US orbital space mission. L: Wally Schirra chats to Deke Slayton during suit-up. R: Schirra on board Sigma 7 during flight, created from 100 frames of 16mm film. Only man to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Photos from #GeminiAndMercuryRemastered

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Aachen and the Limits of Allied Ambition in September 1944 open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

Few things make me smile more than finding images of 20-odd-year-old kids who may have moments to live hamming it up for the camera. Here are Flying Officers Ralph Moen and John Ross of 438 Squadron RCAF being kids, c. May 1944. Ross would be a POW within a month, Moen would be dead by August.

Join me for a terribly filmed video of me unboxing the first proper book I've written for, Airpower and the Normandy Campaign! Many thanks to @mike-bechthold.bsky.social for including me in the team! The book is out now in the US and on the 30th in the UK. @usni.org 📖 www.usni.org/press/books/...

Chef’s kiss…

I don’t talk about this publicly, but hegseth drives me out of my silence. I attended West Point from 1998-2000. I left, along with about 5 other young women, as a direct result of the military’s then-shameful (non) policies addressing sex harassment and assault.

Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.

Today in 'But the #rommel myth is a postwar invention by Young' we have the (checks notes) April 1942 Fieseler Werke advertisement edition. Der Adler. @cedricmas.bsky.social @rgpoulussen.bsky.social @alanallport.bsky.social

I absolutely love that Hunter

We're back with a series of shows all filmed at the fab Tangmere Military Aviation Museum! This week, we get shown around by marketing manager Julian Bridle and have a look at the aircraft and artefacts that make Tangmere so special. 📺 youtu.be/0nMHujVCRPQ 🎧 theaviation.show/116-tangmere...

In three days, our iconic red planes will take off from Canada to make the epic journey across the world to Antarctica. These flights mark the start of a new polar science season. BUT ALSO that means there's three days left to send your name to Antarctica with us! tickettoantarctica.com

We're back with a series of shows all filmed at the fab Tangmere Military Aviation Museum! This week, we get shown around by marketing manager Julian Bridle and have a look at the aircraft and artefacts that make Tangmere so special. 📺 youtu.be/0nMHujVCRPQ 🎧 theaviation.show/116-tangmere...

Well, that didn't go to plan. Congratulations to England who were superb. Super proud of Canada, an incredible story and fuel for the next cycle. All of us Canucks are amazed at what you've accomplished. And 81,000 in Twickenham for this game was rather special.

Ten years and a day ago I took Ellie to her first rugby international, Canada Italy at Leeds. Today we're up in the gods at Twickenham getting ready to watch Canada's Women put England to the sword. Hopefully. #wrwc #rugby

What utter bollocks. If you'd like to learn more than Donny the Orange, then check out @lauriestories.bsky.social's The Aviator and the Showman, which we discussed recently. youtu.be/VJWrnjvzW98

Here is the full image from the IWM of the Lightning F.6 with the linear problem solving of the overwing tanks and a pair of Red Top missiles for good measure. 📸: IWM (RAF-T 6973)

Our next 4 (!) episodes are now available for our fab Patreon supporters. We visited the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum and recorded a tour, a look in the restoration hangar and Joe Wilding and I had a chat about the British Jet Fighters of the 1950s. Join today! www.patreon.com/theaviationshow

Here's the German part of the discussion on four-engine bombers. I smile, nod, ask an occasional question, and then absolutely rock the outro while @milavhis.bsky.social lays the info down. youtu.be/dpNsIDn6KhE?...

Our fab Patreon supporters can see a series of images of the Philippine Mars making it's way to public display at the Pima Air and Space Museum! Our Patreon people will have access to all our October episodes filmed at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum too. www.patreon.com/posts/139741...

Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration

Big moment! 😊 First time seeing @alexchurchill.bsky.social and I's book "Ring of Fire" in a bookstore in Denmark!!! So if your i Copenhagen, you can get it at @politiken.dk boghal!

The Artemis II Crew News Conference is live now. Don't worry, they haven't got to Jeremy yet. #CanucksInSpace www.youtube.com/live/9mq_lb_...

It's the 30th anniversary of the UK release of Apollo 13 today! Glasgow - are you ready for a 5 hour space history evening event on Nov 13th!? My first #GeminiAndMercuryRemastered talk on IMAX, followed by the IMAX Apollo 13 movie and some specially curated Apollo 13 images from #ApolloRemastered!

Although old, no longer amphibious (?), and not all active, the vintage Be-12 MAIL remains in active use for maritime patrol off Crimea, detecting Ukrainian small boat and USV operations

A very interesting read from @ehgillett.bsky.social via @luketurner.bsky.social's @thequietus.com but I don't think I've listened to Oasis once this summer. Bob Vylan, Olivia Rodrigo, Sophie Hunter, Kneecap, Shelf Lives, Shaboozey and the ever present Nick Cave have been tho, among a few others.

The Historian’s Stammtisch is live… open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...

Lt Jeff Noble, aged 20, Medium Machine Gun Platoon CO in the 156th Para Bn, has his 39 men split across two Dakotas for the 18.9.44 drop, but the aircraft turns back after the parachute on one of two containers underneath deploys. This sees an interesting attempt to ditch it... #ww2 #history #Arnhem

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Remembering Tom Stafford on what would have been his 95th birthday. Through the window of his Gemini spacecraft (L) and Apollo LM (R) in the 1960's, he witnessed Earth and the Moon from a cosmic perspective. Left: From #GeminiAndMercuryRemastered Right: From #ApolloRemastered

Aeroplane Monthly magazine is out in the UK, with my latest Database (No 21!) on the Vickers Wellesley, a remarkable, under represented aircraft. Here's a lovely cartoon of it which wasn't going to be used, and a (hint) link to the website if you'd like a copy! shop.keypublishing.com/products/aer...

We've always lived in a surveillance state, and most folks happily contribute their information, in exchange for "free" entertainment and such. But that's usually to a private entity. The depressing part here is how much the government is managing to extract, with neither a warrant nor cause.

Created by Claude Chudzik the CC-02 first flight in 2007. This amateur-built aircraft is exceptionally beautiful. Thanks to its very pure aerodynamics and a motor of only 200hp, its cruising speed is 324km/h and its maximum speed is 555km/h, with a range of 1000km. © Eric Favereau and Celine Ameiot

Great to see @andysaunders-1.bsky.social's Gemini and Mercury Remastered getting some love on the Beeb website. The images in the book are beyond stunning and capture the intimate moments of those remarkable early flights. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Ride 'em cowboy," said Gemini XI command pilot Pete Conrad as pilot Dick Gordon attaches a tether from the Agena target vehicle to his spacecraft. This view was taken on September 13, 1966, over the Atlantic Ocean at approximately 160 miles above Earth. contactlight.de

Just finished watching @milavhis.bsky.social and @justinpykehistory.bsky.social's discussion on Japanese four-engined bombers and Strategic Bombing philosophy and can say it is superb. Right up to the bit they start huffing glue and say the Fw-189 and F-4/5 were great photo-recon aircraft. 😉

Gemini & Mercury Remastered - The Exhibition Is now OPEN! Great to see so many of you at @jodrellbank.bsky.social at the weekend for launch day. It's here in the north west until January 4th, before moving to London's @royalalberthall.bsky.social Photos: James Adam

Mistake or Calculated Risk? Why Japan Did Not Build Strategic Bombers during World War 2 - Join a fascinating chat w/ @justinpykehistory.bsky.social on why Japan went hot & cold on long-range strategic bombers. youtu.be/nstaj1mHFHU

From TAC/Intel: Boeing’s CEO signaled another delay in certification and entry into service of its 777-9 is coming. (via @theaircurrent.com)

#OnThisDay - 11 September - in one of the most famous Vindolanda Letters, Claudia Severa invites Sulpicia Lepidina to a birthday party. While a secretary wrote the main text, she herself added the postscript. 🏺 Image: British Museum (1986,1001.64). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Learn about Australia's aviation history by reading about the CAC Boomerang, a unique wartime aircraft. 💻️: https://tinyurl.com/yxwvyw3t #cacboomerang #australianaviation #aviationhistory

This is a superb read, @emilycarney.bsky.social. Identifying with something or someone should stop you from being critical of it/them.

Ahhhhh yes, more debates over making a video vs an audio podcast. Perhaps we should be more worried about the AI slop that is everywhere and concentrate on making good content, rather than being precious about whether or not your face shows up on the pod.

every horrible person who does this wants to "flood the zone" and subject us all to hot garbage bc they're hoping people won't make the effort to wade through their bullshit to get to actual good things made by humans so pleaseeeee support creators *now*

Besser kann man einen Vorspann zu dem Thema nicht schreiben. ;-)