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Travolta’s Pilots Charged With Embezzling Almost $800,000
A gutsy and ultimately unsuccessful attempt to rob actor John Travolta
Two pilots are charged with embezzling close to $800,000 from actor/pilot John Travolta’s production company. The Marion County (Florida) Sheriff’s Department confirmed to AVweb that Jean Paul Lacruz-Romero is in custody. Local news outlets have reported that Lacruz-Romero is charged with organized fraud, grand theft and money laundering. The second pilot, identified as Jorden David Coursey, is being sought for similar charges. Both have since been terminated by Constellation Productions, which lists Travolta as president.
Russia currently refuses international commission to investigate Il-76 crash
An international commission is needed to establish the cause of the Russian Il-76 transport plane's crash, but Moscow currently rejects this option
Russia has alleged that the military aircraft that crashed in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on Jan. 24 was destroyed by Ukrainian forces and that it was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs).
Ukraine has called Russia's narrative into question and demanded an international investigation.
"Concerning specific causes of the plane's crash, the request to create an international commission is logical and well-founded," Yusov said. Such an investigation could examine the wreckage of the plane and uncover its black box, he noted.
"At the moment, as we hear, Russia rejects the possibility of such a commission."
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianWarCrimes #crash #POWs #aircraft #investigation #StandWithUkraine
This article feels like it should be just the preface to a much longer piece, but it's a start. More analysis of how Boeing was previously successful as a boring, steady, reliable company would be nice as well as the predictable (but accurate) narrative of 'corporate greed run amok' explantation for the fall.
Walmart-Google Linkup Adds Drone Delivery To 60,000 Households
Last month, a supermarket news report detailed a recent partnership between Walmart and Google-owned drone delivery firm Wing centered on the Dallas area, adding drone delivery capability to some 60,000 households. A Wing Supercenter in Frisco, Texas, could be followed up early this year with a second Supercenter in the region.
The comments on this article (generally written by pilots) are worth reading, like this one:
Basically they’re just saying that today, the general public, is just too lazy to do their own shopping. With door dash, Uber eats, and grub hub, American families will be getting ever more lazy.
And fatter and even less healthy. I could put in an order for Bourbon, have it flown to me, and claim that I am just protecting the general public by not driving drunk. But the reality would be completely different….
Diversity Naysayers Make Labor Crisis Worse
A good article by Russ Niles on #AVweb. The story deals with #aviation, but is widely applicable and well argued.
One of the most interesting, frustrating, entertaining and occasionally frightening tasks of the modern-day editor is monitoring the comments on the stories we run. Most outlets have disabled comments because it’s just too much damn work to filter out the mean, hateful and irrelevant missives that inevitably appear no matter what the topic. It must be all Trump’s fault. Or wait, maybe it’s Biden’s.
#diversity #minorities #airline #airlines #aircraft #flying #bigots #bigotry
The jet set: 200 celebrities’ #aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since #2022 | #Travel and #transport | The Guardian
#Billionaires #Oligarchs #Aviation #PrivateJets #Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange
US #military asks for #help to find missing #F-35 fighter jet after ‘mishap’ sees pilot eject
#usa #news #marine #SouthCarolina #NorthCharleston #aircraft #lost
Yeah, Fear Of Crashes Keeps More People Out Of Aviation Than We Admit By Paul Bertorelli
Very interesting article by a great writer. Essentially the issue is media sensationalism.
Chris Edwards - Chief Justice of Nuremberg 2.0
#NikolaTesla's #Electric #Arc #Aircraft - #Directed #Energy #Weapons Used on #911 & #Maui? (TeslaLeaks.com) https://www.bitchute.com/video/LW4NKqhDwJwy/
#Tesla Leaks - WIKILEAKS OF #NIKOLA_TESLA
This has been lurking at the back of my bookmarks for a very long time. Finally got around to watching it and it's captivatingly insane - up until the 12 minute mark, where it goes off a cliff.
An advance in aerospace technology, an airliner designed by Stable Diffusion AI!! Yes that wing is on backwards, among other things. The choice of company "Snail Airlines" sounds about right, though.
#AI #art #stablediffusion #airline #airliner #aircraft #aviation #airplane
