Ex-pilot, Author. Let's talk jets & puppies! 🌍✈️🐶
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Nick JetJockey retweeted
BREAKING: @SierraSpaceCo's Dream Chaser has received a Re-entry licence from the @FAAnews.
This authorizes a return to Vandenberg Space Force Base from Earth orbit.
Re-entry, however, requires Dream Chaser to launch, and when (or if) that happens is a very open question.
📷 @SierraSpaceCo
Nick JetJockey retweeted
(Volume up for this one⬆️ ) “Hail hitting the cabin sound” is not the most pleasant experience as a pax OTD in 2022, Latam Flight 1325, an A320, was hit by hail over Asuncion (Paraguay). Jet landed safely, but damage from the hail caused damage on the nose, windshield and engine.
Nick JetJockey retweeted
JUST IN: China has successfully launched SIX new remote-sensing satellites into orbit, expanding its growing Earth-observation infrastructure.
A Long March-4B rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on October 24, deploying three Yaogan-53 satellites and three Yaogan-56 satellites into their designated orbits.
China says the spacecraft will support scientific research, resource surveys, agricultural monitoring and disaster response.
However, the broader Yaogan program is also associated with Chinese military intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities, according to U.S. government assessments.
The precise surveillance capabilities of the newly launched satellites have not been disclosed.
The mission marks the 673rd flight of China’s Long March rocket family, underscoring the continued expansion of the country’s orbital infrastructure.
Nick JetJockey retweeted
Now that Starlink is switching to Starship.
There is excess Falcon9 capability currently available for agencies able to commit the money in the next two years..
NEWS: Six US Space Force missions planned for ULA's Vulcan have moved to SpaceX.
- Space Force confirmed it on 21 Oct
- The missions moved to Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, starting with a GPS III mission in April
- Vulcan has been grounded for national security launches since 12 Feb 2026, after a solid rocket booster nozzle problem
- There is no return to flight date yet
- Space Systems Command says later missions are still meant for Vulcan once it flies again
Vulcan has now been grounded for more than eight months.
Nick JetJockey retweeted
ISRO has successfully completed a series of Crew Module (CM)-Service Module (SM) Separation Tests for the Gaganyaan missions. Gaganyaan Orbital Module comprises of Crew Module (CM) and Service Module (SM) which are connected using a separation system.
isro.gov.in/Crew_Module_Serv…
Nick JetJockey retweeted
Despite the FAA certification of the Boeing 737 MAX 10, Boeing still has no direct equivalent to the Airbus A321XLR, which is the world's longest-range single-aisle narrowbody airliner at 4,700 NM, compared to the 3,100 NM of the 737-10.
The next-generation replacement for the 737 could be Boeing’s answer.
Nick JetJockey retweeted
On 5 Dec 1956, a Snark missile launched from Cape Canaveral, went rogue, and flew 3,500 miles toward Brazil's Amazon jungle. Newspapers had a field day with headlines, Soviet sabotage theories, and Snark puns.
Enjoy these period newspaper clippings!
@ccspacemuseum
Nick JetJockey retweeted
The Boeing 747 was designed to be cargo-friendly from day one.
In the 1960s, Boeing engineers expected supersonic airliners to dominate passenger travel by the 1970s. They believed subsonic aircraft like the 747 would eventually make more economic sense as freighters, so they designed the 747 with cargo operations in mind, including its distinctive nose that could hinge upward on freighter versions.
They got the timing and the supersonic prediction wrong, but the long-term outcome right.
Supersonic airliners never took over (awaiting for Concorde re-birth). Meanwhile, the 747 became one of the most iconic and successful freighters in aviation history.
Ever used the wrong formula and still got the right answer? That's what happened here.
Nick JetJockey retweeted
Re-entry vehicles and para-foils, not as easy as it sounds
I'll leave it at that...
Nick JetJockey retweeted
Every SpaceX launch since 2019 against every dollar of revenue SpaceX has filed. Q3 lands tonight against
research.33fg.com/analysis/s…
Nick JetJockey retweeted
The Marine Air Wing is ready to fly aboard!
4 x F-35B
2 x MV-22 Osprey
4 x CH-53 Super Stallion
4 x AH-1Z Viper
Ready to deliver maximum hate & discontent, and turn the bad guys into piles of hair, teeth, and eyeballs!
Nick JetJockey retweeted
Stacked, packed and ready to blast.
Seriously, can it get any cooler than this? Four F22 Raptors heading to the active to depart RAF Lakenheath back in March of this year 🇬🇧🇺🇸
@48FighterWing
Nick JetJockey retweeted
SpaceX's Starfall capsule flies again on Bandwagon-5, now targeting Tuesday 20 October.
It's a return ticket from orbit. About 2 hours 48 minutes after liftoff it separates from the rocket, and later it comes back down with what it carries.
It can bring home up to 1,000 kg.
Most things sent to orbit never come back.
Starfall can wait up there as long as needed, then come home with whatever was made or tested on board.
Nick JetJockey retweeted
Data Patterns says a programme slipped 18+ months, then got a 6-month extension, with 2 more sought, because the customer's inspection team didn't turn up.
Inspection exists so you follow process always, not just when someone's watching 😂
Any guesses on customer 😂😂
Nick JetJockey retweeted
They are working round the clock there.
A look at how SpaceX’s 444-acre property near the Port of Brownsville has evolved over the past two months.
#spacex #brownsville
Nick JetJockey retweeted
While you were sleeping....
3:30am this morning @kevinelliott and I were working on code and the feeders from my Satcom ground stations. (Both Inmarsat and Irdm).
We are both 110% in on getting Airframes.io API up and accurate.
Will you help or build your own network?
Nick JetJockey retweeted
#SeductiveSunday #SundayFunday #avgeek #Planes: Pick your favorite beauty queen or nominate another...
Nick JetJockey retweeted
In 1972, Jean Boulet broke the world altitude record for a helicopter (which still stands today).
At the controls of an SA 315B “Lama”, he reached a record altitude of 12,442 metres above Istres.
At that altitude, the cockpit was completely iced over, with temperature at -62°C.
