Boat tour of the Isles of Scilly

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CHip on Intolerable Risk: Dangerous Design behind the Washington DC Mid-Air CollisionAnd sometimes people are just stupid: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/kite-plane-ronald-reagan-airport.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8E4.AsRr.lPEFYo_Fvvb8&smid=url-share (summary: someone was flying a kite where kite flying is explicitly prohibited, in…
Mendel on Intolerable Risk: Dangerous Design behind the Washington DC Mid-Air CollisionThey were flying across the airport, and according to ADS-B data, the minimum separation reduced to 100 feet vertical and…
Minz on How to tell a Russian Su-27 from a British TyphoonMy favourite was when reading coverage of Gulf War II, one Australian newspaper (I think it was The Australian) had…
CHip on Intolerable Risk: Dangerous Design behind the Washington DC Mid-Air CollisionThe beat goes on. Helicopters and their routes aren't the only problem: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/politics/faa-dca-delta-air-force.html (The story is very short on detail;…
Jerry on How to tell a Russian Su-27 from a British TyphoonOf course, the challenge here is that a lot of people are bad at choosing experts to trust as well.…
Steve DeGroff on Pitot Covers Left On Aircraft At Brisbane. Again.Safety Management will always be vulnerable to human error. Human error cannot be stopped by teaching, lecturing, scolding, fining, or…