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Typically found behind a camera. Twitter’s not a real place. #GodBlessTexas 😎

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5 years
After an all-out assault lasting 461 days, it's over. Student debt time of death ... 12:11 am CDT. "All discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11 #FinancialPeace
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Heartbroken. The lives of several aviators and two pieces of aviation history have been lost in the skies over Dallas today. The P-63 King Cobra collided with the B-17 Flying Fortress during the Wings Over Dallas airshow, destroying both planes. Neither aircrew survived.
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That’s a wrap for tonight’s #LunarEclipse in Houston! Here’s my contribution for the evening. #Astrophotography
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I promise to eventually stop spamming you with Starship pics, but not today! 🤣 33 for 33 ... the full bank of #SpaceX Raptors propel the world's largest launch vehicle towards space, generating a blue and pink flame all the way as the Metha-LOX combination combusts in the
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Still can't believe this is real. The entire beach at SPI was going crazy and for good reason. #Starship #IFT5
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As we set up remotes 1,300 feet from the pad on Saturday, I told myself that even one useable image would make it worth the effort. Well, that's exactly what I got. Under the power of three Raptor engines, each capable of generating 500,000 lbs of thrust, the Starship Super Heavy
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Pics are from the Wings Over Houston airshow two weeks ago. Both of the accident aircraft performed that day. Gut-wrenching knowing that they're both gone now.
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Booster 12's mega-mach diamond visible in the pinkish plume as #IFT5 heads uphill. #Starship
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@Vivixen20191 @WomenPostingLs Cheaters never believe they’re at fault for their decisions. They’ll always blame the person on whom they cheated.
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A launch is memorable by itself, but the people you meet on the journey are what make it truly special. Grateful for those who've been inspirations, helpers and teachers along the way! 😎🚀 #Starship #IFT5
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It’s a @NASASpaceflight reunion at #Starbase !
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Ship 30 & Booster 12 ... Thanks for the memories! 🫡🇸🇴🇵🇱 #Starship #IFT5
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Super Heavy landing burn ... lighting 13 Raptors to arrest the rate of descent, then reducing to just three Raptors for the catch. #Starship #IFT5
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Testing done for the day. And what a day it was! #777X #AvGeek
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@kevinnbass @DrJBhattacharya This is why this can’t come back. It gave the worst among us license to be horrible towards those around them and feel righteous in doing so. Aldus Huxley had some very wise words warning us about this.
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Truly one of the more iconic views of our time. Beautifully done, @SpaceX ! #FalconHeavy
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After 11 years of spotting at KIAH, I now have a mishap under my belt in the form of an off-roading United 737 MAX 8. United 2477 from Memphis went full Tokyo Drift while vacating Runway 27 today, resulting in a taxiway excursion. The left main gear collapsed and at least one of
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In the history of the Boeing 767, over 1,100 airframes have been built and only seven have crashed. Of those seven, four were due to hijacking, one was due to mechanical failure, one was due to pilot error and one (today’s) is TBD. Very safe aircraft. #AvGeek
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@stillgray When the limits aren’t enforced, the results can be fatal. Happened to a 14-year-old football player at Icon Park a couple of years back. He was healthy but a very big guy. Tragically, he lost his life when he slipped from his seat restraint.
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@Geek4MAGA @libsoftiktok When I was in college, I passed a buddy and his girlfriend in the hallway of our dorm. He said “Sup”. I said “Sup”. We kept moving. His girlfriend dragged him back to me, thinking he’d been rude. I explained to her that that’s how simple guys are. She was completely bewildered 😂
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The #777X looks absolutely stunning in flight! Her 235' wingspan is wider than the length of a 747-400, and her twin #GE9X power plants are capable of generating a combined 268,000 lbs of thrust to push this behemoth through the air. #AvGeek
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@galopujacy_jez It wasn’t a fatigue crack, but a damaged section of fuselage skin from a tail strike in 1980. The cracks weren’t repaired and were, instead, just covered with a doubler plate. They spread for 22 years and the plane fell apart at 35,000 feet in May 2002 (CI611). 225 fatalities.
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Since y'all are having fun with the #777X pics, here are a few more of her sunset arrival Saturday evening 😎📸✈️ #AvGeek
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@AeroMarcos320 “We pay for whole runway. We use whole runway.”
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My first 747 flight will be aboard D-ABYG! She's the 1,470th Queen ever built and one of nineteen 747-8s in Lufthansa's fleet. She's the subject of some of my favorite 747-8 pics, as she departed off 15R at sunset on 06 January 2020. Absolutely beautiful! #AvGeek
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A few more goodies from the #777X test flights yesterday, including their final arrival of the day. The aircraft returned to KPAE this afternoon. #AvGeek
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Absolutely spectacular. Can’t wait to see this bird carrying passengers! #777X #AvGeek
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It hasn't been an airside heavy year, but 2024 still yielded one of my favorites to date ... watching the 777X being put through the paces at KLBB. It was incredible seeing this monster beat up the pattern for crosswind testing. #AvGeek
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Great to meet up with the @NASASpaceflight team and see them hard at work covering the goings-on at #Starbase yesterday!
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The world's longest airliner with the world's largest aircraft engines ... Boeing's 777X was a sight to behold for spectators at the Lubbock Airport yesterday as she took part in the crosswind landing test portion of the 777X's flight certification program. #777X #AvGeek #GE9X
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So wild that we're already deep into the processing flow for Flight 6 when we're less than two weeks out from the epic flight of Flight 5. How was this only 13 days ago?? #Starship #IFT5
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Local spotters captured Southwest departing KHOU. #Harvey #AvGeek
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Can't believe it's already been a week since the #777X adventure in Lubbock. Hope to see this mighty jet in service next year! #AvGeek
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Having way too much fun to stop. #Starbase
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@nypost And yet I was told that *any* criticism of Fauci was an attempt to stir up death threats against him and his family.
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Just realized I got the chine fragments emanating from the booster as well as the start of the leak from the QD! Probably won't see that again when 13 flies but neat identifying moments for 12's flight 😎 #Starship #IFT5
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Well that’s unfortunate. 33-year-old MD-87 (N987AK) overran runway 36 at KTME this morning. Hearing no fatalities (thank goodness … hope that’s confirmed) but ouch. #AvGeek Screenshots from @KPRC2
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@SciGuySpace Technically, it did go backwards all the way to a soft landing 😜
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Let’s. Freaking. Go. #AvGeek
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Whoops … United MAX 8 ran off the runway at KIAH. Looks to be UA2477 from KMEM. Plane is intact but she’s well and truly stuck in a ditch with her nose in the air. Pic courtesy a friend at the airport. #AvGeek
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🇺🇸 #AvGeek
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@cverdict Indeed. Glad you got to experience her in the air! Definitely a great loss for aviation.
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Side note ... a little comparison between Flight 3 and Flight 5. A little upgrade in equipment and skill made a difference. Also, the Flight 5 shots were taken at six miles out as opposed to Flight 3's five miles out. #Starship #IFT3 #IFT5
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The past and present of Thermal Protection Systems. #Discovery #Starship
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@JimmySteier @APhilosophae I saw someone riding a bike in houston a few weeks back … no helmet … but wearing a mask.
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Progression of #Starship Flight 5 as Booster 12 and Ship 30 climbs off the pad. #IFT5
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@stillgray Textbook soccer dive.
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So the 777X is an absolute beast of a jet. #AvGeek
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May 25th is just special. In 2022, it marked the day I finally caught my favorite 748i on the ramp along with a few other slick-looking jets 😎✈️ #AvGeek
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@ywomendeservles My ex-wife demanded 75% of my income in court. She got 0% and ended up paying child support (relative pocket change, but still) for 15 years 😂
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Launch viewing MVP award goes to my wife for grabbing me this shirt. She says the landing was her favorite part of the entire experience 😎🚀 #Starship #IFT5
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It's been over two weeks and I still can't stop playing with these images. For anyone who wonders what the equipment was, here you go ... Canon EOS R6 EF 800mm f/5.6L EF 2x Extender II Mounted to an Oben gimbalhead and CF tripod. Shot six miles from the pad. #Starship #IFT5
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@PJB43034868 @APhilosophae Bingo. I spent 2020 outdoors … exercising, getting vitamin D, fresh air, etc. Kept my immune system strong (much to the consternation of the Covidians) and, three years later, I still haven’t had Covid.
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What a beast of an engine. #AvGeek
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Something I could never pull off again if I tried ... departing Boeing 757 with the 747-8 (coincidentally D-ABYT) between the tail and trailing edge. Bonus 737 on the downwind. #AvGeek
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@tomselliott "Covid is just a season. This is just the now-normal." Those words may have been true, but the damage done during that time period is permanent. Never, ever forget how these people behaved towards those around them.
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N779XX basks in the warm glow of the west Texas sunrise yesterday morning. Lubbock's @SilentWingsWWII Museum sits behind the massive airliner. #777X #AvGeek
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@michaeljknowles @CHSommers "Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future" - Oscar Wilde
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@AnarchoBlaze Gonna have to go with team Canon on this one 😎 📸: @chanelkoehl
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747-8F vs 747-8i #AvGeek
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Terrible shot but best I could manage with the extender. Virgin Orbit's Launcher One 747-400 (N744VG) overflies #Houston earlier today. Notice the rocket mount just inboard of the number two. #AvGeek
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May the Fourth be with you! #AvGeek
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@ClownWorld_ Mask outside. No surprise.
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@ClownWorld_ Worked at Target as a teen 20 years ago. Customers were just as goofy then as they are now 😂 So many TVs and futons we’re refunded and repurchased later when they returned with their friends’ trucks.
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Just a few short days remain. Which bird will it be ... YA, YC, YD, YF? #AvGeek
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@esherifftv You’ve landed in a humid environment. Just the ECS air condensing as cold air meets warm air. More visible with the humidity is up. Seen a cabin turn to mist before in the Houston summer.
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Still processing some shots from #Norway . SE-ROJ shooting the final for 36 at TOS. Still in awe of the fact I got to go spotting in the Arctic Circle. #AvGeek 🇳🇴
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Productive day ends with a 41-year-old Antonov 26! #AvGeek
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Revamped a few favorites from the airside adventure of May 2016. And to think it all began with a busted tire. #AvGeek
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Amazing flight patterns over #Houston as aircraft perform SAR ops and survey the damage left by #Harvey . #AvGeek
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My 3yo daughter just saw the @Space_Station for the 1st time & is completely amazed. She's sitting outside hoping it comes back. So special!
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@Timcast I mean ... they want to bite the hand which feeds, so ...
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Finally crossed 82-8000 off my plane spotting list! #AvGeek
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@SciGuySpace Bingo. I’ve done pad work with both NASA and SpaceX and this sort of restriction was never part of it.
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@LionsWatson @stillgray It’s a zero-zero seat. They’re designed for that.
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@stillgray If only “mind your business” had been their stance two and three years ago. But they accosted and even assaulted people for not wearing them, so while I don’t treat maskers that way, they can’t complain when their own tactics get turned around them. What goes around …
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Gotta say ... the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS Mk II is worth every. Single. Penny. I never knew that “USAF” was painted on the horizontal stabilizer of the VC-25A. #AvGeek #TeamCanon
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Yeah … 2024 has been the best year of my life so far. Bar none. From Lubbock to Orlando, from Starbase to Norway. And we still have a couple of months left 😎
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Progression of Booster 12 returning to the Mechazilla arms at Starbase. Just insane that this worked on the first try. #Starship #IFT5
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@stillgray They like can't handle adulthood like ... I like don't get it. Like I've been like doing this since I was like *in* college.
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Old livery, new desktop 😎📸✈️ #AvGeek
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Huge thanks for all the love on the #Starship pics, folks. It was an amazing trip! More pics to come and I'm looking forward to going back. #IFT5
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@TheAviationBeat Thought I was seeing an ad for a new Star Trek series at first glance 😎
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@DefiantLs NEVER. Except when they did …
@kevinnbass
Kevin Bass PhD MS
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Why did world leaders lie about the COVID vaccine? In clinical trials, it did not reduce infections 100%, but leaders said it did. And decades of research showed weak vaccine immunity for coronaviruses. Why do censorship advocates ignore misinformation from the government?
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@RGVaerialphotos I saw it, too 😂
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@VickiBryanTX Yep. They were unmistakable. Breaks my heart.
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@Timcast The best part is that she's wearing a mask because she clearly cares about her health.
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When an aviator friend requests pics of her 747 check ride, the answer is "Yes ma'am. Two Six Left, please." 😎📷✈️ #AvGeek
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Sounds like #Starship 25 has been lost as it neared orbit, but one heck of a test and they got WAY farther than last time. Successful first stage flight on all 33 Raptors, good hot-staging and partially-successful second stage ascent (all from Texas, no less 😎🇺🇸). #Starbase
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Teach your kids to love #photography so they’ll never have enough money for drugs.
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Dreamt of capturing images of a rocket lifting off with remote cameras since the days of the space shuttle. Finally pulled it off today. Booster 12 pushes #Starship 30 towards space with 15 million lbs of thrust from her 33 Raptor engines. #IFT5 😎🇸🇴🇵🇱
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#TBT ... My four catches of the VC-25As at EFD over the years. Caught 82-8000 once in 2021, and 92-9000 twice in 2018 and once in 2024. They've been carrying Presidents 41, 43 and 46. Always a joy seeing these incredible pieces of aviation history! #AvGeek #Boeing747
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Reminiscing about the UA 747s which visited Houston in 2016/2017. These were epic catches for us, as they were never scheduled from Intercontinental. As of today, only one of these airframes is relatively intact. The other three have been scrapped. #AvGeek
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Nathan Moeller 🇺🇸
6 years
@benshapiro Even better would've been "Plaque doesn't care about your fillings." #MissedOpportunity
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