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El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] panchobarnes@lemm.ee 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The IMF wouldn't give them a credit unless they stopped forcing people to accept Bitcoin as payment, which almost no one was using anyway.

officials ensure that the government will continue betting on this cryptocurrency, whose price currently exceeds $100,000.

Learjet crash in Philadelphia - medical flight in c/aviation@lemmy.zip
[–] panchobarnes@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

Shoot I didn't have audio on

Learjet crash in Philadelphia - medical flight in c/aviation@lemmy.zip
[–] panchobarnes@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

Thank you, fixed.

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Learjet crash in Philadelphia - medical flight (youtu.be)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by panchobarnes@lemm.ee to c/aviation@lemmy.zip
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Sorry for the awful thumbnail on the video but it does seem to have the most camera angles.

Flight track https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight ... /KPNE/KSGF

Local weather Freezing levels 9kft, raining, ceilings 400 to 800ft.

ATC recordings https://youtu.be/1kicO-xXMBk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 31, 2025

Contact: Shai Gold sgold@jet-rescue.com 1.786.543.3471

Today at approximately 19:25 EST, Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, experienced a crash. The aircraft XA-UCI, Learjet 55, crashed after take off from Philadelphia.

There were four (4) crew members and one (1) passenger (pediatric patient) on board. No further information is available at this time.

At this time, we cannot confirm any survivors. No names are being released at this time until family members have been notified.

Our immediate concern is for the patient's family, our personnel, their families and other victims that may have been hurt on the ground.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

[Scott Manley] Why Do Planes Still Use Lead In Fuel 30 Years After Cars Stopped? in c/aviation@lemmy.zip
[–] panchobarnes@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They have been selling unleaded Avgas at Reid Hillview since at least 2022. Not sure why it's thought to be recent.

Edit: Oh it's the first time they have 100 octane.

Disney sued for $10billion over Moana 2 in c/movies@lemm.ee
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Pancho Barnes was a wild pilot in the early days. (archive.org)
 

Pancho Barnes was a wild person that was involved in many of the big events in early aviation.

It makes you realize how small that community was.

In the movie The Right Stuff, when Chuck Yeager breaks his arm just before breaking the speed of sound, that was at Pancho's bar/brothel.

This book was an interesting read.

Volocopter Files For Bankruptcy in c/aviation@lemmy.zip
[–] panchobarnes@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

Wow I thought they had a much better shot than many of the EVTOL companies. They kept their design super simple and practical, not just playing to investors.