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The suspicion is that these drones are Russian but my bet is on FAA drones like the ones over Lagney and Wright-Patterson!

On an unrelated topic, the Danish PM is pretty hot!

I wondered about this as well. This is most likely a Mylar balloon, but did it show up as some sort of credible threat due to the reflective surface? You would think the speed would be a giveaway since it could only “fly” as fast as the winds could push it but then again drones could fly quite slow so maybe a case of better safe than sorry.

I have been watching this development over the last few days with many European News outlets calling these drones over airports “attacks” since they are disrupting critical airspace. It’s hard to judge the size but they appear to be much larger than the typical quadcopter size of hobby drones! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g96gvql99o.amp

One way to put a positive spin on this incident is that there was a successful zero-zero ground ejection with little injury to the occupant who had little to no training on said seat! Does the F-15 use ACES II?

This is incredible if it really happens this fast and if it’s really possible to do without doing a BRAC.

Here’s the full podcast episode!

This clip showed up on my YouTube feed today. They are on the Mover and Gonky show!

I watched the Mover and Gonky podcast on this incident, they basically said the same thing! It’s always good to keep the PA announcements short and sweet!

A Minot B-52 and Skywest RJ had a “near miss” which required the Skywest to maneuver abruptly. No ADS-B data is available yet to see just how close they got. https://www.newsweek.com/delta-pilot-b-52-bomber-minot-minneapolis-2101599

Sounds like they are serious this time and they want to do it quickly. If you are a young A-10 pilot it sounds like you will be twiddling your thumbs waiting on a retraining slot!

Good video from Ward Carrol about the projected retirement of the A-10 and its effects on pilot training and GFM.

China Eastern Flight 5735 crash now declared a “State Secret”! Almost three years ago a China Eastern 737-800 (not a Max) plunged near vertical into a muddy hillside. There was no indication of any mechanical failure and looked more likely as a result of suicide or hijacking. https://loyaltylobby.com/2025/06/28/china-declares-the-true-cause-of-china-eastern-mu5735-accident-a-state-secret-pilot-suicide/

An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a crowded construction site shortly after TO out of Ahmedabad, India. This is the first major hull loss for the 787.

I think you hit the nail on the head on what is the biggest obstacle in building these type of specialized aircraft.

Mover and Gonky’s take on it:

I have seen other super airlifter proposals come and go so take this with a grain of salt. This one is designed for outsized cargo like ever increasing windmill blades and rocket stages so who knows it might actually get built! https://radia.com

During the height of the Cold War the Soviet war plan with Sweden was to send in Speznaz teams to kill Swedish fighter pilots!

Dos Gringos is back and having a concert this summer! https://www.truefans.fm/the-afterburn-podcast/681bab62e04604441221174e

It looks like their population figures might be just like many of their buildings, nothing more than “Tofu Dreg”! I have seen several videos which calls into question whether their claim of a population of 1.4 billion is way overinflated. Chinese Netizens have noted how empty both the city’s and countryside are empty of people compared to how crowded they used to be when the population was at 1.2 billion.

My bad, I thought the slats were on A and the flaps on B, but both slats and flaps are on B and the flaps can be electrically lowered like on the 727.