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Spin Zone / When has SARS-Cov-2 mutated so much it is not the same virus
« on: January 02, 2022, 12:06:20 PM »
Question that perhaps @steingar or other posters can help with.

What is the defining characteristic for a virus to be called SARS-Cov-2 or a variant thereof?

Presumably with all these variants eventually after enough mutations the virus should not have the same name. I have looked around a bit, and while I find lots of discussions of variants and the effects of different sequence changes, I cannot find an answer to this definitional question.

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Spin Zone / WSJ article on how the futility of lockdowns and masks was well known
« on: December 19, 2021, 06:53:33 PM »
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lockdown-science-pandemic-imperial-college-london-quarantine-social-distance-covid-fauci-omicron-11639930605

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Pilot Zone / The “Little Puffer”
« on: November 29, 2021, 06:22:51 PM »
The “Little Puffer” - first purpose built crop duster.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-little-puffer-that-could-and-did-change-an-industry-180979100/

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Accident Review/Never Again (I hope..) / BAC 111 crash - Hamburg - 6 Sept 1971
« on: November 28, 2021, 05:06:23 PM »
Sort of a mis-watering accident. Older but very unusual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VIRhCptCYY

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Pilot Zone / Bessie Coleman
« on: November 27, 2021, 08:09:19 PM »
The road O’Hare airport is on is named for the the first US black woman pilot.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-flashback-bessie-coleman-chicago-20211125-rcluoqh7srbujeq26oc72zr7qe-story.html

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Pilot Zone / Ok to demolish Wright Bros shop
« on: November 27, 2021, 04:28:11 PM »
Hard to believe it is not on the National Register of Historic Places.

https://apnews.com/article/3fa45f2548bbce928eb7732a70abb57f

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Pilot Zone / B-pass to head of security line ?
« on: November 27, 2021, 09:25:12 AM »
Does anyone know what they are doing to bypass the Toilet Safety Administration matching your id to your ticket?

https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/passengers-at-laguardia-airport-can-purchase-a-pass-to-skip-the-security-line

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Pilot Zone / A340 landing in Antarctica
« on: November 27, 2021, 09:21:06 AM »
Apparently a very bright and white landing - http://www.intecaerospace.com/?p=2815

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Accident Review/Never Again (I hope..) / Baron crash - Ocala, FL - 31 October 2019
« on: November 24, 2021, 09:30:13 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpDxse3juv4

Older accident. Starts out with a barrage of bad radio calls and poor situational awareness even before the wheel leave the ground.  but the shadow of the plane just before impact is gut wrenching.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2019/10/beechcraft-58-baron-fatal-accident.html?m=1

https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100509

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Pilot Zone / More about unhappy violent airline passengers
« on: November 23, 2021, 10:14:36 AM »
Maybe just get rid of the mask mandates and things would go back to just the usual level of misery on flights?

https://19thnews.org/2021/11/flight-attendants-unruly-violent-passengers/

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Accident Review/Never Again (I hope..) / Mooney down in water - Tampa, FL - Nov 10, 2021
« on: November 19, 2021, 05:01:24 PM »
Rescued by an Icon A5

https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/icon-a5-serves-well-as-a-rescue-plane-for-ditched-mooney-in-florida/

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Accident Review/Never Again (I hope..) / Island Airways -Beaver Island crash - Nov 13 2021
« on: November 17, 2021, 07:00:43 PM »
Not much for details, but apparently an Island Airways plane crashed last Saturday on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan. All but a young child dead.


https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/...-crash-leaves-child-only-survivor/8608355002/


Possibly this one: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N866JA/history/20211113/1901Z/KCVX/6Y8

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.petoskeynews.com/amp/8608355002

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Accident Review/Never Again (I hope..) / C172 crash - Hampton Township NJ - November 11, 2021
« on: November 12, 2021, 07:02:27 PM »
De Vries, who went to space recently, killed in a C172 crash with flight instructor.

https://apnews.com/article/4bdcaaed52d0e8a529c65401729ad43a

Instructor appears to have been Thomas Peter Fischer. Apparently a well regarded instructor - https://www.njherald.com/story/news/2021/11/12/hampton-plane-crash-victims-idd-thomas-fischer-glen-de-vries/8587506002/

Aircraft may have been N90559, a G1000 equipped C172. FlightAware track https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N90559

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Pilot Zone / New rigid airships
« on: November 10, 2021, 02:02:14 PM »
Seems like it would be a fun ride. And maybe if there are more companies doing this obtaining a airship rating would be in reach of more pilots…

https://www.airspacemag.com/airspacemag/airships-rise-again-180978682/

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Pilot Zone / The BOAC terminal at JFK
« on: November 08, 2021, 10:03:52 PM »
Neat article at airporthistory.org about this terminal at JFK. This site has many good historical articles and photos.

https://www.airporthistory.org/kennedy-boac.html

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