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[Link] These Bose Headphones Helped Cure My Airplane Ear

Read: 27/7/2022 www.vice.com

I’m not going to sugar coat it: Flying sucks. The hell of getting to the airport, TSA screaming at you to take your shoes off, endless delays, the sad food selection (with the exception of free Biscoff cookies), turbulence—the list goes on.

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[Link] Sean Penn calls for billionaire to step up and buy aircraft for Ukraine

Read: 3/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

The Hollywood actor Sean Penn has called for a billionaire to come forward and buy two squadrons of F-15 or F-16 aircraft for Ukraine in an unlikely attempt to tip the scales against the Russian invaders in the five-week-old war.

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[Link] The Antonov An-225 Seems To Have Been Destroyed After All

Read: 3/3/2022 hackaday.com

Something that probably unites most Hackaday readers is a love of machines, particularly unique or interesting ones.

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[Link] Partying passengers stuck in Mexico after airlines decline to fly them home

Read: 31/1/2022 www.cnn.com

Some members of a rowdy group shown dancing, drinking and vaping maskless aboard a flight to Cancun find themselves stranded in Mexico after their return flight to Canada was scrubbed and other airlines have declined to fly them home.

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[Link] Australia’s Future Fund invested in weapons manufacturers that have sold arms to Myanmar military

Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, has invested in a Chinese state-controlled weapons manufacturer that has sold combat aircraft to the Myanmar military, which is accused of crimes against humanity.

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[Link] Aerodynamic Buoyant Blimp Budges Into Low Cost Cargo Commerce

Read: 4/11/2021 hackaday.com

Before the Wright Brothers powered their way across the sands of Kitty Hawk or Otto Lilienthal soared from the hills of Germany, enveloping hot air in a balloon was the only way to fly. Concepts were refined as time went by, and culminated in the grand Zeppelins of the 1930’s.

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[Link] The Taliban Captured Lots of Very Expensive Aircraft in Kabul. None of Them Work.

Read: 31/8/2021 www.vice.com

America’s longest war is over after 20 years following the final withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.

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[Link] The B-2 Bomber: Those Who Forget History Are Doomed To Reverse Engineer It

Read: 17/3/2021 hackaday.com

The Drive had an interesting post recently, about someone noticed a procurement from the U. S. Air Force to reverse engineer the B-2 bomber’s Load Heat Exchanger (whatever that is).

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