#Aircraft

Thread: Travel experience from Delhi to Tamil Nadu.Booked my flight ticket to Coimbatore from Delhi on 23rd. As per the existing rules I must get an e-pass to enter TN.
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I repeatedly say nothing is new. I have posted 100 years of history here. Here is one closer to home.People keep saying SARS doesn't travel through the air.Here is Booth
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The closure of GermanWings is an indication of the dire situation the travel and tourism sector will face coming out of the pandemic.There is a consensus in the field that
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Obscure African conflict THREAD #1: The Toyota WarWhat do you get when you square up a ragtag army of Chadians in pickup trucks against a more powerful and better armed
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Day 99 since the lockdown - I'm flying out of Bangalore, back home.Thread of my experience flying from BLR to JAI After 2 flight cancellations I'm finally on my way
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ThreadHOLY CRAP.Chinese military hardware is GARBAGE.This is stunning.Watch.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxzYjMTQ75c When their most advanced tank fires, the GUN ROCKS UP AND DOWN.It isn't stabilized.That means it's a deathtrap.
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Today is the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe. I always think of my Grandpa Bill on this day. He is pictured here in 2003 with his wife of 57
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[Stares in historian.]https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1316003676918513664 Has Amy Coney Barrett ever read interpretations of the constitution from, say, 1910? Or 1850? Does she think those past jurists just got the Constitution wrong
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IN DEFENCE OF THE HUMBLE FULMAR: At the request of @TsukaimaQuest here is a thread attempting to identify the place in history earnt by Fairey's fleet fighter, the Fulmar: “Perhaps
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We now interrupt your regularly scheduled taco Tuesday for this important story time. Gather round...quickly, quickly!Late 1989 I was a senior in high school. My main mentor in those days
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Do you ever sit in an exit row when flying? Do you respect the responsibility given to you for protecting safety of other passengers and crew? @Qantas @IATA 1/ Do
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Short history thread: #OnThisDay Operation Retribution (Unternehmen Strafgericht) took place: Nazi Germany & its allies bombarded and then invaded Yugoslavia for refusing to side with them in WWII. 1/8 My
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Eyes on Libya during the coming hours #UPDATE: LNAAF MIG-29s reported active over the Sirte area. #UPDATE: This comes after reports that Russian Wager Group PMCs withdrew 3x battlefield
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Battle of Dwarka (part 1)This is a historical event mentioned in Mahabharata, read and try to compare with modern day warfare. Shalva attacked Dwarka when he heard about killing of
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1/ This is video from Salt Lake City. The way the man with the cane is knocked down is awful. Notice in the back drop - that's some heavy duty
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GROUND SUPPORT & STRATEGIC BOMBING High-altitude precision strategic bombing first started gaining momentum in the mid-1920s at the @USArmy Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), which was at Langley Field in
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