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  1. also, you won't be doing much skiiing if you stay in denver and attempt to commute to loveland morrison is a denver suburb https://www.summitdaily.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-skier-traffic-makes-interstate-70-a-nightmare/ https://www.denverpost.com/2025/01/03/colorado-ski-traffic-i70-avalanche-danger/ https://www.cpr.org/2019/02/25/i-70-mountain-traffic-remains-the-bane-of-weekend-skiers/ also i would recommend a first-time or first-in-forever skiing attempt at a lower altitude than loveland's base elevation of 10800' altitude sickness is kind of overblown but the symptoms are real above 8000' and effect everyone differently a cunning plan would be to forget loveland and do echo mountain which doesn't require i70 and is 1800' lower base elevation it's small, low-key, and less expensive that summit county (or loveland/a-basin) but you are still looking at $150/day/adult and $100/day/kid/senior w/ rentals: https://echomtn.com/lift-tickets#discounted
  2. also investigate lift tickets for loveland valley ONLY - that's the green-only section more when you respond
  3. starting from where depart what day of the week what day of the week do you have to be home back at the starting place vehicle make #pax
  4. i35 from georgetown to dallas is "finished" (at least 3 lanes with continuous frontage) with 1 exception being the last waco segment which is now underway the valley mills replacement intersection will be a "california" diverging diamond
  5. i'm planting tomatoes
  6. overland operations remain unlikely pending some unforeseen breakthrough
  7. great article on boom's current status https://jdasolutions.aero/blog/booms-xb-1-passed-mach-1-122-what-we-learned-and-what-we-didnt-hear/ attention now turns to the bespoke engines boom had a deal with rolls-royce which collapsed 3 years ago at the end of 22 they announced "florida turbine technologies" a subsidiary of "kratos defense and security solutions" (NASD:KTOS) would build a clean-sheet bespoke powerplant that didn't need afterburners and would run on green fuel the most recent update i see on the engines is from july: https://boomsupersonic.com/press-release/boom-supersonic-accelerates-overture-aircraft-and-engine-development Symphony engine advances to hardware testing; engine core to be operational in 18 months Boom revealed in June that it is already building and rig-testing Symphony hardware, starting with a full-scale test of combustor aerodynamics. The first 3D-printed parts have been produced for Symphony, including fuel nozzles and turbine center frames. These hardware tests began just 18 months after the initial announcement of Symphony, demonstrating Boom’s rapid development approach. As part of this strategy, the company will conduct more than 30 engine hardware rig tests, allowing for validation and optimization of all key engine components, ranging from fan and nozzle acoustics to combustor fuel efficiency. Boom also announced that it has accelerated development of a full-scale engine core, which will be operational in late 2025. Engine core testing will analyze performance of the compressor, combustor, and turbine section. Data gathered will further refine engineering and expedite production of a fully certified engine. Following this rapid development approach, Boom expects to build and test multiple iterations before certifying the final refined engine. Boom also expanded its existing MRO partnership with StandardAero to include the production of Symphony. StandardAero will assemble and test Symphony engines at its facility in San Antonio, Texas. The Symphony assembly line will scale to produce 330 engines annually within a footprint projected to total over 100,000 square feet of production space. “We are excited to expand our role to include the assembly and testing of Symphony engines, further supporting the development of next-generation flight with Boom,” said Russell Ford, Chairman and CEO of StandardAero. “Our collaboration is a testament to StandardAero’s world-class engineering capabilities and dedication to delivering solutions that power the future of air travel.” Additionally, Boom announced it is teaming with aerospace leader ATI, Inc. for advanced high-temperature materials and components for Symphony’s high pressure compressor integrated blade and disk stages and for its turbine assembly. These advanced nickel-based superalloys will enable Symphony to achieve high performance and reliability in sustained supersonic operation. Overture remains on target to achieve FAA and EASA certification by the end of the decade.
  8. @wood & @C-Man those are spectacular you are both awarded the triple cross of the legion of courage
  9. surviving an inverted tumbling impact in to any surface at 161mph (140kts, landing speed of this machine) is unpossible
  10. AND HERE WE GO: “At the request of the family, the name of the third Soldier will not be released at this time,” the Army said. Though the third soldier’s name is not being released at the request of her family, CNN was told she was co-piloting the Black Hawk and had about 500 flight hours.
  11. army has officially released names of eaves & o'hara 3rd name not announced at all
  12. punt to faa punt to ntsb punt to faa punt to feds punt to feds punt to faa & congress confidence in location of remaining bodies: "we think we know where they are", "believe when they remove the aircraft they will get clarity", "hasn't been decided how they are going to get the wreckage out" 23 bodies not yet recovered
  13. most of the presser so far has been dca dudes questions 50% on bodies/recovery 50% on heliroutes 1 & 4 and resumption of ops, the 2 shorter crosswind strips 4/22 & 15/33 are closed, movements reduced, probably for a week "most recovery options today focused on the mh-60" "staffing of tower faa" "closure routes 1 & 4 is faa"
  14. quashed A trans National Guard pilot was falsely accused of flying the helicopter in the fatal plane collision Liam Reilly By Liam Reilly, CNN 4 minute read Published 2:20 PM EST, Fri January 31, 2025 https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/media/trans-pilot-black-hawk-crash/index.html
  15. the comments from mccormick in my prior post are concerning in several ways but lets see how things play out this afternoon dca presser starting now
  16. does it really matter? the training program to be a controller is long, and rigorous no one gets hired much less gets in the chair without being qualified and that includes the chemical and psychological testing regime that pilots go through, plus background checks, an initial deployment or 3 to a bfe tower before getting assigned to a tower at a large field, etc. it's a meritocracy and no one in the chair was "hired" in to the job; even ex-military controllers have to re-train and re-calibrate for civilian ops regardless of race, religion, sex, non-sex, whatever, every controller has been through the same program and they didn't start training before clearing all of the same hurdles to even get admitted obviously the rj crew have no complicity and don't form one of the holes in the cheese that leaves...... mh-60 crew for "dei blame" and, well, we're missing 1 name...... +++ 2 hr 27 min ago Air traffic control is a “meritocracy,” says former FAA air traffic manager From CNN’s Zoe Sottile The air traffic control profession is a “meritocracy,” according to Michael McCormick, a former FAA air traffic manager and associate professor in air traffic management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “Only the best can go through the rigorous selection program, the screening program and then one-to-five-year training program prior to receiving their certification,” McCormick told CNN Friday morning. McCormick’s comments come after President Donald Trump blamed DEI policies for the collision. McCormick, who shut down New York City air traffic on 9/11, also said it was common practice for one air traffic controller to work two different tower positions. “In this instance, it was actually a good thing, because now you have one controller who’s actually talking to and controlling both of the aircraft,” he said. “Otherwise, if it was a separate controller, then the two controllers would have to constantly coordinate back and forth about what is happening and what they’re choosing to do.”
  17. the 3rd name is fluid
  18. cnn pentagon reporter natasha bertrand on air just now eaves had 1000 hours o'hara had 500 hours cnn says they don't yet have the 3rd name
  19. canadian counterstrike options https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93qnk92174o
  20. dca local entities presser within the next hour
  21. new video on x https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1885299737567396077?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1885299737567396077|twgr^f609330014fa73261ada72b4ca18f0e55a929832|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fviewfromthewing.com%2Ffaa-bans-helicopters-from-low-flying-in-landing-path-at-washington-national-airport%2F&mx=2
  22. ntsb briefing at 3 central
  23. CNN BREAKING NEWS!!! The names of Eaves and O'Hara were just announced on the air in a 30-second segment, no pics. does anyone have the 3rd name?
  24. heliroutes 1 & 4 closed by faa "inside the bridges"
  25. i stand corrected, fox did report this yesterday; can't find a link to it on their main page: https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-plane-crash-disaster-crew-chief-1-pilot-doomed-army-black-hawk-helicopter-identified they appear to have suppressed it on their main site "cnn.com" "andrew eaves" returns null
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