Discount airline Spirit dissolves.

 It was a victim of high aviation fuel, something brought about by Donald Trump's illegal attack on Iran.

Lex Anteinternet: Friday, April 30, 1926. Bessie Coleman killed.

Lex Anteinternet: Friday, April 30, 1926. Bessie Coleman killed.: Famous African American aviator Bessie Coleman was killed along with passenger, her mechanic and promoter, William D. Willis when her Curtis...

Friday, April 30, 1926. Bessie Coleman killed.

Famous African American aviator Bessie Coleman was killed along with passenger, her mechanic and promoter, William D. Willis when her Curtiss JN-4 crashed. A post accident investigation found a wrench jammed in the controls which jammed them.

The airplane was newly purchased and in poor mechanical condition.  Her friends had urged her not to fly due to the condition.

Wednesday, April 24 1946. Firsts.

The Blue Angels, flying F6F Hellcats, were formed.

The first Blue Angels.

The MiG-9 and the Yak-15 flew for the first time.

Inside the Cockpit of Ukraine's Secretive Unit Hunting Russian Drones | WSJ News

 

War Games On Wyoming Highway Helped Prepare For Daring Iran U.S. Pilot Rescue

 

War Games On Wyoming Highway Helped Prepare For Daring Iran U.S. Pilot Rescue

 

Seat 11A: The Windowless Inside Joke at 30,000 Feet

What looks like a prime spot on the seat maps is prompting disappointment and humor for passengers who find only a blank wall.

Wyoming Guard Says Lasers Are Targeting Military Aircraft Over Guernsey

 

Wyoming Guard Says Lasers Are Targeting Military Aircraft Over Guernsey

Lex Anteinternet: Thursday, April 11, 1946. First powered flight of the X-1.

Lex Anteinternet: Thursday, April 11, 1946. Nostra culpa.: Einstein warned "I believe that the abominable deterioration of ethical standards stems primarily from the mechanization and depersonal...

Thursday, April 11, 1946. Nostra culpa.

First powered flight of the X-1.

X-1 in flight.

Railhead: UP 4014 "Big Boy", March, 2026.

Railhead: UP 4014 "Big Boy", March, 2026.: The great UP 4014 is making the rounds of the West/ UP 4014 Rounding the Corner Outside Rock River, WY 2026.  MKTH Photo. This is my favorit...

Recalling before easy air travel"

UP 4014 "Big Boy", March, 2026.

The great UP 4014 is making the rounds of the West/

UP 4014 Rounding the Corner Outside Rock River, WY 2026.  MKTH Photo.

This is my favorite engine.  It's the third time I've seen it. Every time was accidental.

MKTH Photo.

MKTH Photo.

Big Boy UP4014 in Medicine Bow, Wyoming.  MKTH photo.

MKTH photo.

MKTH Photo.

MKTH Photo.

Casper/Natrona County airport resumes food drive for TSA employees

The TSA isn't getting paid as the Democrats have been opposing additional funding for ICE, the masked cowards who go around shooting protestors.

The Democrats are right.

Anyhow, Mike Johnson, sycophantic toady, held up a Senate passed bill to resume funding for everyone but the masked cowards as a political stunt which means that TSA will continue not to get paid, resulting in this headline in the CST:

Casper/Natrona County airport resumes food drive for TSA employees

The article noted the following: 

Airport spokeswoman Katie Reed confirmed that Thursday, adding the airport is also accepting nonperishable household items like paper towels, toilet paper, and detergent on top of the standard nonperishable food items.

The really important thing to keep in mind, of course, is that while people may have died and been abused by ICE, no members of the Trump family have been harmed.  That's the main thing, of course.

Lex Anteinternet: Thursday, March 21, 1946. The Strategic and Tactical Air Commands created.

Lex Anteinternet: Thursday, March 21, 1946. The Strategic and Tacti...: The Strategic Air Command and the Tactical Air Command were created. Shoulder patch of the United States Army Air Forces Strategic Air Comma...

Thursday, March 21, 1946. The Strategic and Tactical Air Commands created.

The Strategic Air Command and the Tactical Air Command were created.

Shoulder patch of the United States Army Air Forces Strategic Air Command.

SAC therefore predates the Air Force as an independent branch of the military.

And so does TAC, which has been inactive since 1992, when it was merged into SAC.

I've been meaning to do a post on reorganization of the U.S. military, which the illegal war on Venezuela and King Donny's War shows to be a desperate need, but I haven't gotten around to it..

Last edition:

Wednesday, March 20, 1946. Tule Lake closes but its residents struggles continue.

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