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On this day in 1968, Soviet tanks invaded Prague - the Soviets could not forgive the people of #Czechoslovakia for wanting to build "socialism with a human face" rather than the Kremlin's Gulag Speaking of the #Soviet invasion of #Prague in 1968, we should be mentioned how it happened: A Soviet transport plane requested an emergency landing at Prague airport, #Czechs allowed the landing - and Soviet paratroopers poured out of the plane and captured the airport. The paratroopers wore blue caps for the first time, so that the Czechs would mistake them for "UN blue helmets". The characteristic feature of any Soviet invasion is meanness and deceit. Stalinists and Putin's Soviets deny these images and try to remove them from everywhere. Let's make them known.

On this day in 1968, Soviet tanks invaded Prague - the Soviets could not forgive the people of #Czechoslovakia for wanting to build "socialism with a human face" rather than the Kremlin's Gulag Speaking of the #Soviet invasion of #Prague in 1968, we should be mentioned how it happened: A Soviet transport plane requested an emergency landing at Prague airport, #Czechs allowed the landing - and Soviet paratroopers poured out of the plane and captured the airport. The paratroopers wore blue caps for the first time, so that the Czechs would mistake them for "UN blue helmets". The characteristic feature of any Soviet invasion is meanness and deceit. Stalinists and Putin's Soviets deny these images and try to remove them from everywhere. Let's make them known.

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JFK was shot and murdered by a communist. Lee Harvey Oswald was a pro-Soviet, pro-Cuba freak, basically the Tyler Robinson of his time. Just as in the case of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, idiots immediately dreamt up a bunch of conspiracy theories in order to try divert blame away from the far-left. I believe that the American deep state most likely invented conspiracy theories surrounding the shooting of JFK in order to muddy the waters and divert blame away from the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. I think that’s literally what happened. The guy who shot JFK had literally defected to the Soviet Union and spent years living there. Can you imagine how crazy that is? A literal defector to the Soviet Union shot and murdered the President of the United States at the height of the Cold War. The American establishment had to defuse the tension. There was overwhelming pressure on them to try divert blame away from the Soviets. I went to the LBJ Presidential Library yesterday. I listened to LBJ call up Senator Dick Russell and ask him to serve on the Warren Commission - he said that right wing agitators were trying to blame the shooting of JFK on the Soviet Union and that he needed Dick Russell on the Warren Commission to help prove it wasn’t the Soviets, because 40 million Americans would die in one hour in the event of a nuclear exchange. I love LBJ cause I read the full 4,500 page Caro series and it’s the best thing I’ve ever read. But you could hear their desperation to make sure the Soviets weren’t blamed. A communist shot JFK. The American establishment feared it would mean war. So we’ve had 60 years of industrial scale propaganda telling us that we don’t know the full story. That Lee Harvey Oswald was just a patsy. Communists killed JFK. They destroy everything they touch. Don’t let them get away with it. God bless America on the 250th and forever death to communism.

JFK was shot and murdered by a communist. Lee Harvey Oswald was a pro-Soviet, pro-Cuba freak, basically the Tyler Robinson of his time. Just as in the case of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, idiots immediately dreamt up a bunch of conspiracy theories in order to try divert blame away from the far-left. I believe that the American deep state most likely invented conspiracy theories surrounding the shooting of JFK in order to muddy the waters and divert blame away from the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. I think that’s literally what happened. The guy who shot JFK had literally defected to the Soviet Union and spent years living there. Can you imagine how crazy that is? A literal defector to the Soviet Union shot and murdered the President of the United States at the height of the Cold War. The American establishment had to defuse the tension. There was overwhelming pressure on them to try divert blame away from the Soviets. I went to the LBJ Presidential Library yesterday. I listened to LBJ call up Senator Dick Russell and ask him to serve on the Warren Commission - he said that right wing agitators were trying to blame the shooting of JFK on the Soviet Union and that he needed Dick Russell on the Warren Commission to help prove it wasn’t the Soviets, because 40 million Americans would die in one hour in the event of a nuclear exchange. I love LBJ cause I read the full 4,500 page Caro series and it’s the best thing I’ve ever read. But you could hear their desperation to make sure the Soviets weren’t blamed. A communist shot JFK. The American establishment feared it would mean war. So we’ve had 60 years of industrial scale propaganda telling us that we don’t know the full story. That Lee Harvey Oswald was just a patsy. Communists killed JFK. They destroy everything they touch. Don’t let them get away with it. God bless America on the 250th and forever death to communism.

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NEW: TMZ alleges there was a fifth plane on 9/11 that was covered up by the FBI. In a new documentary, TMZ interviewed 3 flight attendants and the pilot who were on United Flight 23. After being evacuated from the plane, the pilot says they later found that the hatch on the bottom of the plane had been opened. "The airplane was locked and sealed when I left the airplane, so something else was going on that I couldn't explain." The flight crew said there were four "Arabs" on the plane who demanded that the flight take off when flight attendants tried giving them food. One of the men had requested to see the cockpit before takeoff. The crew says they were interviewed by the FBI, but never heard back, and never found out if the men were questioned or not. "We have requested information about Flight 23 ... we did not get a reply," TMZ said.

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14,665 views • 2 months ago

One of the biggest hoaxes in American History was the report from the feds on 9/11 that stated that they “found the passports of the hijackers” that just somehow miraculously flew out of the plane and survived the crash. This report led America into a 20-year war with thousands of dead American soldiers. Bravo to Cenk for having the spine to call this out.

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35,952 views • 10 months ago

Back in the summer of 2023, I drove with my family in a RV to the battle site of Khalkhin-Gol (also known as "Nomonhan") on the border between China and Mongolia proper. I took this video back then 👇 We spent the night right there, on the battle site. Yes, this is our idea of a nice family vacation 😅 It is probably the most important WW2 historical site most people have never heard of: it's where the Soviet Union defeated Japan in 1939, which changed the course of the war. Japan and Nazi Germany may have won WW2 were it not for the battles that happened right here during 135 days. Incredibly, this episode of the war is virtually untaught in the West, which shows how self-centered our version of history is. During WW2 Northeast of China had been invaded and annexed by Japan, transformed into a puppet state called Manchukuo. This place is in the extreme West of this former puppet state (which is now back to being Northeast China), on the border with Mongolia and the former Soviet Union (now the Russian border). At the time, 1939, Japan's basic strategy for the war was "Northward Advance" (Hokushin-ron), i.e. seizing Siberia for its resources as far as Lake Baikal. The USSR obviously begged to differ and Stalin sent General Zhukov, one of his best men (the future Marshal of the Soviet Union) on site to fight the Japanese back. Long story short, the battles that ensued - with 200,000 soldiers on the battlefield - lasted 135 days and were the earliest large-scale 3-dimensional warfare in military history. It ended in a humiliating Japanese defeat which some Japanese historians call "the greatest defeat in the history of the Japanese army", with 54,000 casualties (79% of frontline troops, as mentioned below). The most important consequence of the battles that were fought here is that the Japanese completely shifted their strategy from "Northward Advance" to "Southward Advance", favoring seizing the resources of Southeast Asia instead of those of Siberia. Masanobu Tsuji, the Japanese colonel most instrumental in these battles became "the most determined single protagonist in favor of war with the United States" and one of the strongest proponents of the attack on Pearl Harbor inside the Japanese army (according to postwar testimonies), having been traumatized by his experience of fighting the Soviet Union. The US was of course the biggest power the Japanese would have to confront by pursuing the "Southward Advance" strategy since only the US Pacific Fleet stood in the way of seizing the oil-rich Dutch East Indie. In fact the Khalkhin-Gol battles traumatized the Japanese so much that they didn't dare fight the Soviet Union again for the remainder of WW2. Even when their ally Nazi Germany opened the Eastern front the Japanese army adopted a resolution "not to intervene in German Soviet war for the time being", leaving Hitler to fight the Soviet Union on his own, which would ultimately prove to be his demise. So it's no exaggeration to say that had the battles here not been fought or had the Japanese won, WW2 would have most likely turned out dramatically different. Pearl Harbor wouldn't have happened, and Japan would have likely helped Nazi Germany fight the Soviet Union by opening a front to the East. Khalkhin-Gol may in fact have been the most consequential battles of WW2!

Back in the summer of 2023, I drove with my family in a RV to the battle site of Khalkhin-Gol (also known as "Nomonhan") on the border between China and Mongolia proper. I took this video back then 👇 We spent the night right there, on the battle site. Yes, this is our idea of a nice family vacation 😅 It is probably the most important WW2 historical site most people have never heard of: it's where the Soviet Union defeated Japan in 1939, which changed the course of the war. Japan and Nazi Germany may have won WW2 were it not for the battles that happened right here during 135 days. Incredibly, this episode of the war is virtually untaught in the West, which shows how self-centered our version of history is. During WW2 Northeast of China had been invaded and annexed by Japan, transformed into a puppet state called Manchukuo. This place is in the extreme West of this former puppet state (which is now back to being Northeast China), on the border with Mongolia and the former Soviet Union (now the Russian border). At the time, 1939, Japan's basic strategy for the war was "Northward Advance" (Hokushin-ron), i.e. seizing Siberia for its resources as far as Lake Baikal. The USSR obviously begged to differ and Stalin sent General Zhukov, one of his best men (the future Marshal of the Soviet Union) on site to fight the Japanese back. Long story short, the battles that ensued - with 200,000 soldiers on the battlefield - lasted 135 days and were the earliest large-scale 3-dimensional warfare in military history. It ended in a humiliating Japanese defeat which some Japanese historians call "the greatest defeat in the history of the Japanese army", with 54,000 casualties (79% of frontline troops, as mentioned below). The most important consequence of the battles that were fought here is that the Japanese completely shifted their strategy from "Northward Advance" to "Southward Advance", favoring seizing the resources of Southeast Asia instead of those of Siberia. Masanobu Tsuji, the Japanese colonel most instrumental in these battles became "the most determined single protagonist in favor of war with the United States" and one of the strongest proponents of the attack on Pearl Harbor inside the Japanese army (according to postwar testimonies), having been traumatized by his experience of fighting the Soviet Union. The US was of course the biggest power the Japanese would have to confront by pursuing the "Southward Advance" strategy since only the US Pacific Fleet stood in the way of seizing the oil-rich Dutch East Indie. In fact the Khalkhin-Gol battles traumatized the Japanese so much that they didn't dare fight the Soviet Union again for the remainder of WW2. Even when their ally Nazi Germany opened the Eastern front the Japanese army adopted a resolution "not to intervene in German Soviet war for the time being", leaving Hitler to fight the Soviet Union on his own, which would ultimately prove to be his demise. So it's no exaggeration to say that had the battles here not been fought or had the Japanese won, WW2 would have most likely turned out dramatically different. Pearl Harbor wouldn't have happened, and Japan would have likely helped Nazi Germany fight the Soviet Union by opening a front to the East. Khalkhin-Gol may in fact have been the most consequential battles of WW2!

Arnaud Bertrand

153,259 views • 8 months ago

September 2, 1945. On the deck of an American battleship anchored in Tokyo Bay, under a grey morning sky, representatives of Japan sign a single document, and the Second World War is over. Not the fighting, which had stopped weeks earlier, but the war itself, formally, legally, finally ended. Six years and one day after German tanks crossed the Polish border, the deadliest conflict in human history comes to its close. The setting was chosen with care and meaning. The ceremony was held aboard the USS Missouri, a mighty American battleship that had fought at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, anchored in the bay right off the enemy capital, surrounded by the vast Allied fleet, hundreds of warships filling the water where, a few years earlier, Japan had reigned supreme. General MacArthur presided. The deck was crowded with Allied officers and sailors and the world's press. The Japanese delegation came aboard in formal dress, the foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, who had lost a leg to an assassin's bomb years before and climbed the gangway painfully on his cane and his artificial leg, and General Umezu for the army, and their small party, defeated men in a sea of their conquerors, faces set, enduring the moment. There were small, deliberate touches everywhere. On a bulkhead nearby hung the very American flag that had flown over Washington on the day of Pearl Harbor. And there was another flag on display, a faded, 92-year-old American flag that Commodore Perry had brought into this same Tokyo Bay in 1853 when he first forced Japan open to the world, brought out of a museum and flown across the ocean for this day. MacArthur opened with a short speech, and it was not a gloating one. He spoke of a better world to be built out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world founded on faith and understanding, and he called for justice and tolerance rather than revenge. Then Shigemitsu was directed to the table, and he sat, and signed the Instrument of Surrender for Japan. Umezu signed for the army. Then MacArthur signed for the Allied powers, and one after another the representatives of the Allied nations who had fought Japan, the United States, China, Britain, the Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, and the rest, added their signatures. The whole ceremony took only about twenty-three minutes. And then it was done. MacArthur said simply, these proceedings are closed. As the Japanese party departed, the clouds were said to have broken, and a great formation of Allied aircraft, hundreds and hundreds of planes, roared low over the bay and the battleship in a final, overwhelming display, the sound of it rolling across the water. That was the end. The war that had begun in the fog on the Polish frontier on September 1, 1939, and had spread to consume the entire world, killing somewhere between 70 and 85 million people, laying waste to nations, and bringing the Holocaust and the atomic bomb into history, was over at last. Six years and one day. It began with a lie and a battleship's guns at Westerplatte, and it ended with a signature and a battleship's deck in Tokyo Bay. Across all these weeks I have walked you through what happened in between. This is where it stops.

September 2, 1945. On the deck of an American battleship anchored in Tokyo Bay, under a grey morning sky, representatives of Japan sign a single document, and the Second World War is over. Not the fighting, which had stopped weeks earlier, but the war itself, formally, legally, finally ended. Six years and one day after German tanks crossed the Polish border, the deadliest conflict in human history comes to its close. The setting was chosen with care and meaning. The ceremony was held aboard the USS Missouri, a mighty American battleship that had fought at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, anchored in the bay right off the enemy capital, surrounded by the vast Allied fleet, hundreds of warships filling the water where, a few years earlier, Japan had reigned supreme. General MacArthur presided. The deck was crowded with Allied officers and sailors and the world's press. The Japanese delegation came aboard in formal dress, the foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, who had lost a leg to an assassin's bomb years before and climbed the gangway painfully on his cane and his artificial leg, and General Umezu for the army, and their small party, defeated men in a sea of their conquerors, faces set, enduring the moment. There were small, deliberate touches everywhere. On a bulkhead nearby hung the very American flag that had flown over Washington on the day of Pearl Harbor. And there was another flag on display, a faded, 92-year-old American flag that Commodore Perry had brought into this same Tokyo Bay in 1853 when he first forced Japan open to the world, brought out of a museum and flown across the ocean for this day. MacArthur opened with a short speech, and it was not a gloating one. He spoke of a better world to be built out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world founded on faith and understanding, and he called for justice and tolerance rather than revenge. Then Shigemitsu was directed to the table, and he sat, and signed the Instrument of Surrender for Japan. Umezu signed for the army. Then MacArthur signed for the Allied powers, and one after another the representatives of the Allied nations who had fought Japan, the United States, China, Britain, the Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, and the rest, added their signatures. The whole ceremony took only about twenty-three minutes. And then it was done. MacArthur said simply, these proceedings are closed. As the Japanese party departed, the clouds were said to have broken, and a great formation of Allied aircraft, hundreds and hundreds of planes, roared low over the bay and the battleship in a final, overwhelming display, the sound of it rolling across the water. That was the end. The war that had begun in the fog on the Polish frontier on September 1, 1939, and had spread to consume the entire world, killing somewhere between 70 and 85 million people, laying waste to nations, and bringing the Holocaust and the atomic bomb into history, was over at last. Six years and one day. It began with a lie and a battleship's guns at Westerplatte, and it ended with a signature and a battleship's deck in Tokyo Bay. Across all these weeks I have walked you through what happened in between. This is where it stops.

Voices of WW2

15,861 views • 23 days ago

A Cessna 150H collided with a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407GX helicopter at Carlisle Airport on Wednesday. The helicopter was conducting a routine training exercise and had landed on the runway. The Cessna was landing after the helicopter and struck it from the rear. The pilot of the Cessna suffered fatal injuries. Corporal Bryce Corman was able to push out a window of the helicopter and assist Trooper Jason Mills, who had more severe injuries. A spokesperson with the FAA initially claimed that a Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter collided midair near the Carlisle Airport in the 200 block of Petersburg Road around 7 p.m. The NTSB said the wreckage will be documented and moved to a secure facility for further examination.

A Cessna 150H collided with a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407GX helicopter at Carlisle Airport on Wednesday. The helicopter was conducting a routine training exercise and had landed on the runway. The Cessna was landing after the helicopter and struck it from the rear. The pilot of the Cessna suffered fatal injuries. Corporal Bryce Corman was able to push out a window of the helicopter and assist Trooper Jason Mills, who had more severe injuries. A spokesperson with the FAA initially claimed that a Cessna 150 airplane and a Bell 407 helicopter collided midair near the Carlisle Airport in the 200 block of Petersburg Road around 7 p.m. The NTSB said the wreckage will be documented and moved to a secure facility for further examination.

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249,135 views • 1 month ago

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists from the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda—founded by Osama bin Laden—hijacked four commercial passenger airplanes and carried out coordinated suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Within two hours, both towers had collapsed into rubble, demolishing a large section of lower Manhattan. A third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The passengers and crew of the fourth plane fought back, and the hijackers crashed the plane in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including the 19 al Qaeda terrorists. The shocking events of September 11 were televised globally and left much of the world reeling in horror. The administration of President George W. Bush responded by declaring a “war on terror” and launching the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan. The attacks also led to a sweeping reorganization of the federal government, including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. ...... On September 11, 2001, at 8:46 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 carrying thousands of gallons of jet fuel, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole between the 93rd and 99th floors of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more on higher floors. As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcast live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 17 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767—United Airlines Flight 175—appeared in the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center, and sliced into the South Tower between the 77th and 85th floors. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris onto surrounding buildings and onto the streets below. It immediately became clear that the United States was under attack. The hijackers were members of al Qaeda. Fifteen were from Saudi Arabia, two were from the United Arab Emirates, one was from Egypt and one was from Lebanon. The attacks were orchestrated by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who cited America’s support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War and its continued military presence in the Middle East as grievances. Some of the hijackers had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flight training at American flight schools. Others had slipped into the country in the months before September 11 and acted as the “muscle” in the operation. The 19 terrorists smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports—Logan International Airport in Boston, Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia and Newark International Airport in New Jersey—and boarded four early-morning flights bound for California, chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for long transcontinental journey. Soon after takeoff, the terrorists commandeered the four planes and took the controls, transforming ordinary passenger jets into weapons. As millions watched the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over Washington, D.C., before crashing into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:37 a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 ignited a devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the Pentagon's giant concrete building, which is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed at the Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the airliner. #archaeohistories

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists from the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda—founded by Osama bin Laden—hijacked four commercial passenger airplanes and carried out coordinated suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Within two hours, both towers had collapsed into rubble, demolishing a large section of lower Manhattan. A third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The passengers and crew of the fourth plane fought back, and the hijackers crashed the plane in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, including the 19 al Qaeda terrorists. The shocking events of September 11 were televised globally and left much of the world reeling in horror. The administration of President George W. Bush responded by declaring a “war on terror” and launching the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan. The attacks also led to a sweeping reorganization of the federal government, including the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. ...... On September 11, 2001, at 8:46 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 carrying thousands of gallons of jet fuel, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole between the 93rd and 99th floors of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more on higher floors. As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcast live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 17 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767—United Airlines Flight 175—appeared in the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center, and sliced into the South Tower between the 77th and 85th floors. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris onto surrounding buildings and onto the streets below. It immediately became clear that the United States was under attack. The hijackers were members of al Qaeda. Fifteen were from Saudi Arabia, two were from the United Arab Emirates, one was from Egypt and one was from Lebanon. The attacks were orchestrated by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who cited America’s support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War and its continued military presence in the Middle East as grievances. Some of the hijackers had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flight training at American flight schools. Others had slipped into the country in the months before September 11 and acted as the “muscle” in the operation. The 19 terrorists smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports—Logan International Airport in Boston, Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia and Newark International Airport in New Jersey—and boarded four early-morning flights bound for California, chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for long transcontinental journey. Soon after takeoff, the terrorists commandeered the four planes and took the controls, transforming ordinary passenger jets into weapons. As millions watched the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over Washington, D.C., before crashing into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:37 a.m. Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 ignited a devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the Pentagon's giant concrete building, which is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed at the Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the airliner. #archaeohistories

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That night SpaceX put everything on the line. December 21, 2015. Nearly 11 years later and it hits just as hard. Return to flight after a rocket failure six months earlier. First Full Thrust Falcon 9. First attempt to land an orbital-class booster on land. They had tried the droneship and failed. They had never successfully landed anything. In mission control it was a tense count. They went for it. Nine minutes later a rocket that had just thrown satellites toward orbit dropped out of the Florida dark. A camera on the back of the booster caught the engines lighting, still one of the most insane images in spaceflight. Legs out. The Falcon has landed. That was the peak of everything they had been working toward. The whole industry said it was impossible. They bet the company on that night anyway. Spaceflight has never been the same.

That night SpaceX put everything on the line. December 21, 2015. Nearly 11 years later and it hits just as hard. Return to flight after a rocket failure six months earlier. First Full Thrust Falcon 9. First attempt to land an orbital-class booster on land. They had tried the droneship and failed. They had never successfully landed anything. In mission control it was a tense count. They went for it. Nine minutes later a rocket that had just thrown satellites toward orbit dropped out of the Florida dark. A camera on the back of the booster caught the engines lighting, still one of the most insane images in spaceflight. Legs out. The Falcon has landed. That was the peak of everything they had been working toward. The whole industry said it was impossible. They bet the company on that night anyway. Spaceflight has never been the same.

DogeDesigner

516,300 views • 8 days ago

Another end to another crazy theory. The pilot who ejected from the F-35 aircraft landed in a person's backyard. He went into the home and had the homeowner call for help. Below is the audio recording between the homeowner, the dispatcher and the pilot. It's amazing how calm and collected the pilot remained. Much of the debris from the plane have been found. This seems to put to bed another crazy bunch of theories that circulated on social media, right?

Another end to another crazy theory. The pilot who ejected from the F-35 aircraft landed in a person's backyard. He went into the home and had the homeowner call for help. Below is the audio recording between the homeowner, the dispatcher and the pilot. It's amazing how calm and collected the pilot remained. Much of the debris from the plane have been found. This seems to put to bed another crazy bunch of theories that circulated on social media, right?

Ed Krassenstein

4,377,348 views • 3 years ago

“Probable Cause: The pilot's operation of the airplane while intoxicated, which resulted in a loss of airplane control on landing” (and at the wrong airport) July 18 2019: a private Citation II crashes in Nevada (US), no casualties. Jet left the runway on landing at Mesquite, lost its undercarriage, and was destroyed in a fire. The aircraft was on a ferry flight, and it was not intended to land at Mesquite: the pilot was later arrested on suspicion of flying while drunk (later confirmed) (Below is an exact quote of the accident report: I can imagine that when this came out, the pilot was busy printing CVs) “After authorities arrived on site, the pilot was arrested for operating an aircraft under the influence of alcohol. The pilot was found to have a blood alcohol level of .288, which exceeded the FAA's allowable limit of .040. This likely contributed to the pilot landing at the incorrect airport and his subsequent loss of airplane control during landing” More info here, from the NTSB report "The flight departed Pasco-Tri-Cities Airport, Washington, at about 16:25 on a ferry flight to Las Vegas-Henderson Sky Harbor Airport, Nevada. While approaching Class B airspace, air traffic control noted the pilot’s slurred speech and repeatedly asked if the oxygen system was working. About 85 miles from the destination, the pilot reported having a nearby airport in sight and requested a visual approach several times, despite being instructed to continue southwest. The airplane soon dropped off radar, landed at the unintended airport instead, and touched down hard about halfway down the runway before sliding to a stop on the left side, with the fuselage and wings largely destroyed by post-impact fire".

“Probable Cause: The pilot's operation of the airplane while intoxicated, which resulted in a loss of airplane control on landing” (and at the wrong airport) July 18 2019: a private Citation II crashes in Nevada (US), no casualties. Jet left the runway on landing at Mesquite, lost its undercarriage, and was destroyed in a fire. The aircraft was on a ferry flight, and it was not intended to land at Mesquite: the pilot was later arrested on suspicion of flying while drunk (later confirmed) (Below is an exact quote of the accident report: I can imagine that when this came out, the pilot was busy printing CVs) “After authorities arrived on site, the pilot was arrested for operating an aircraft under the influence of alcohol. The pilot was found to have a blood alcohol level of .288, which exceeded the FAA's allowable limit of .040. This likely contributed to the pilot landing at the incorrect airport and his subsequent loss of airplane control during landing” More info here, from the NTSB report "The flight departed Pasco-Tri-Cities Airport, Washington, at about 16:25 on a ferry flight to Las Vegas-Henderson Sky Harbor Airport, Nevada. While approaching Class B airspace, air traffic control noted the pilot’s slurred speech and repeatedly asked if the oxygen system was working. About 85 miles from the destination, the pilot reported having a nearby airport in sight and requested a visual approach several times, despite being instructed to continue southwest. The airplane soon dropped off radar, landed at the unintended airport instead, and touched down hard about halfway down the runway before sliding to a stop on the left side, with the fuselage and wings largely destroyed by post-impact fire".

Francisco Cunha

25,158 views • 2 months ago