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@thatsillyginge.bsky.social

Airbus driver, pretend cop, tweeting about F1 and things that fly. Views belong to nobody, not even me.

140 Followers  |  72 Following  |  15 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  1.6193

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Here's What Your Pilot's Thinking When They're Landing A Plane Sideways In A Storm Key insight for everyone hooked to the livestream of planes landing at Heathrow Airport.

If you're watching Storm Bert and the resulting "fun" at Heathrow with the crosswinds, here's an article I wrote for the Huffington Post answering some of the more common questions we get asked...

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/plane-...

#avgeek #avgeeks #stormbert

24.11.2024 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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When the film is about to start but Heathrow is go-around galore

24.11.2024 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here in East Berkshire we had rain, then a moment of white rain, and then a lot of normal rain.

19.11.2024 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is this a regular issue? ๐Ÿ˜‚

19.11.2024 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well there you go! No need to go anywhere next year ๐Ÿ˜‚

19.11.2024 09:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love snow and am absolutely okay with having a complete whiteout for the next 4 months.

As long as itโ€™s proper snow and not that slush nonsense

19.11.2024 09:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sheffield!

19.11.2024 09:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cloudsurfing at sunrise the other morning, as we cleared a solid layer at about FL220

19.11.2024 09:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve decided Iโ€™m not binning off The Other Place just yet, but will keep both and see how the tide changes. Nice to have options though!

17.11.2024 05:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Keflavik today was cold. Like, blankets during the turnaround levels of cold.

16.11.2024 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iceland today. No plane in it though, soz.

16.11.2024 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fingers crossed enough people come across to make it worth whileโ€ฆ

16.11.2024 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a bald man with a beard is looking out of a plane window . ALT: a bald man with a beard is looking out of a plane window .
15.11.2024 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a little girl in a pink dress is standing in a doorway holding balloons . ALT: a little girl in a pink dress is standing in a doorway holding balloons .

We'll bring our own damn balloons! Happy Birthday Andy!

15.11.2024 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly, seeing a bunch of followerless accounts being abusive and in one case actually discriminatory because somebody said they're moving from Site A to Site B pretty much summed up everything that was wrong with The Other Place. Last straw on the camels back for me.

14.11.2024 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seeing people post their wordle scores. We are so back.

14.11.2024 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4593    ๐Ÿ” 158    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 116    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

Hello world!

14.11.2024 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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