A silhouette of a Pilatus PC-24 executive jet is parked on what appears to be a flat farmer's field. The airstair is deployed at the front of the aircraft. A large cargo door is open at the rear of the aircraft. On the left side of the frame, there is a silhouette of a horse and rider quite close to the camera position. The rider is wearing a round cowboy hat. Between this element and the aircraft, in the distance, are silhouettes of two people who appear to be farmhands. To the right of the jet (although somewhat obscured by the BluFly logo, described below) is another silhouette of horse and rider at roughly the same distance as the farmhands. The horse and rider are immediately to the left of a silhouette of an agricultural rotary windmill, also at the same distance. To the immediate right of the windmill, and on the right side of the frame, is a small 'dog house' which may be connected to the windmill in some way. All these elements are backlit by a spectacular sunset or possibly sunrise. Superimposed on the bottom right corner of the photo is a grey, BluFly logo consisting of the words « Blu » on one line and then « Fly » on the next line. Both words are contained within a grey box. The former is shaded blue and the latter is shaded white. The logo letters are 'see through' such that elements of the photo can be seen through them. Below the logo are the words « April, 2025 » in a similar typeface in white. (📸 Jon Davison | Eye in the Sky Productions)
A Pilatus PC-24 ‘super versatile jet’ photographed in Garah, New South Wales, Australia in 2013. Or is it? Check out Trompe L’Oeil below. (📸 Jon Davison | Eye in the Sky Productions)1
April, 2025
« For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. »  —  Richard Feynman
By Terence C. Gannon
In The Air

Iam a fool who loves foolish things. That’s why I love this time of year and in particular this day: April Fools’ Day. It’s the one day of the year when being a fool — or acting like one — is considered an asset as opposed to some sort of liability. It’s a day when practical jokes — pranks, if you prefer — are popular. I’m not a fan because at some level they involve having fun at somebody else’s expense. At their core, they’re mean. But any sort of joke where I don’t have to think too much, I’m the guy to have in your audience. Kramer’s crazy antics on Seinfeld still make me laugh so hard I can’t breathe. Puppies and kittens doing foolish things are a surefire hit with me. Bugs Bunny singing opera or playing baseball? They never get old.

A small child rides a blue tote bin down a baggage belt as would be found at an airport. The child is waving to somebody not pictured in the frame. (📸 WestJet)Of course, there are well-funded and richly produced corporate April Fools’ jokes, mostly on video these days, which sometimes land as intended but just as often come off as trying a little too hard or trying to be a little too hip. Instead, they end up seeming contrived. Alternatively, they are thinly veiled sales pitches for something they really want to sell me — an absolute no-no on April Fools’ as well. If the company simply focuses on making me laugh, and succeed, they may just win me over as a prospective customer somewhere down the road.

However, there is one company — WestJet — that consistently and seemingly effortlessly knocks out winners year after year. One of my personal favourites is Kargo Kids,2 which, I suppose, tells you something about WestJet’s sense of humour. It certainly tells you something about mine, too.

Now that you know Kargo Kids is an April Fools’ joke, you can likely guess its punchline. It’s still worth watching, though. Kudos to WestJet for keeping the pacing tight and the production values high. I can’t wait to see what their creative minds conjure up this year.

Build It and They Will Come

Trolls, that is. Well, not exactly trolls but those who might try and spoil the nice little party we all have going here on Bluesky. Please let me exemplify this with a recent experience of mine, prefaced with a little background.

Avgeeks — who are the lifeblood of the BluFly community — seem to be growing here in numbers by leaps and bounds. Fantastic! If you’re one of the recent arrivals, I would like to add yet another hail and hearty welcome to the many you have undoubtedly already received. Based on my firsthand experience over the past year or so, I believe you will be pleased at what you find here.

An image of the rear portion of a Southwest Airlines 737 fuselage which has been painted with a Trolls 'Band Together' motif from the DreamWorks animated film franchise. The registration number « N406WN » of the aircraft is painted in white block letters. In the foreground are two mascot-sized versions of the Poppy and Branch characters from the movie. (📸 Brianna Juda, Southwest Airlines)That said, it’s also vital to the long-term future of this community to attract legitimate aerospace industry players as well. Nothing quite grinds my gears like seeing corporate heavyweights and aviation startups alike still using Twitter and its poxy ilk to get their message out — as if it were their only alternative. That's a losing proposition unless, of course, there is some vast, undiscovered market for F-35s which consists of porn bots, conspiracy theorists, angry people, and accounts not touched in ten years.

Therefore, whenever I see such an industry player arrive on Bluesky, I’m thrilled. Wingcopter showed up relatively recently, for example, as did Heart Aerospace, amongst others. Given they are, to date, not using their domain names as their handles,3 I independently made contact with both of them to make sure they are actually that which they claim to be. Other, similar players have also arrived and are using their domain names as handles, which also qualifies them as ‘trusted’, at least in an informal sense.

When an organisation along these lines shows up, I like to help spread the good news with a post and also mark the occasion by adding it to the BluFly 🛩️ Verified Aviation Starter Pack.4

Now, back to the trolls: I was recently dismayed to see a helicopter manufacturer — the name of which you would likely recognise — arrive here on Bluesky only to discover they’re likely not what they first appear to be. The clue was the domain name they were using as their Bluesky handle: it was ever so slightly different than the actual domain name for that manufacturer. You really have to look closely to see the difference. The slightly tweaked domain name being used on Bluesky, of course, points to a junky, completely irrelevant, parked domain. It’s a good thing it’s nothing worse than that.

Furthermore, their header details and posts are such that they really make you think, at first, you’re looking at a legit profile for the helicopter manufacturer. It really comes off as an unrepentant intent to deceive, which makes it particularly sinister. I have followed up with the manufacturer to alert them but have not heard anything back to date.

Here are the action items for us all: I urge you to be on the lookout for both new, legitimate aerospace players who have recently arrived here on Bluesky. When you find them, make sure you follow them, like and repost their posts, and also make sure your followers know about them. However, equally important, I also urge you to pay close attention to those who are trying to fool you into believing they are something they are not and take action appropriately.5

Trompe L’Oeil

This past month, I had the good fortune to stumble across the exquisite air-to-air photography of Jon Davison as featured on his Eye in the Sky Productions website. As a result, we featured his Hail Storm6 story on the 25th, which describes a photo shoot of an absolutely immaculate Gloster Meteor over Australia. If you didn’t take a look at it then, do yourself a favour and take a look now. You’ll be glad you did.

I was so taken with Jon’s photography, I approached him about the April cover, the exquisite results of which you can see above. As I said to Jon when I found this shot in his portfolio: “ I simply love the juxtaposition of the very modern jet with artefacts which could easily be turn-of-the-(last)-century. I also like the sunset, which connotes the Australian autumn.” The latter makes the image timely, as well.

In the spirit of the classical trompe l’oeil, turns out this photo is not what it first appears to be. I’ll let Jon take the story from here:

A silhouette of a Pilatus PC-12 aircraft is parked on what appears to be a flat farmer’s field. The airstair is deployed at the front of the aircraft. A large cargo door is open at the rear of the aircraft. On the left side of the frame, there is a silhouette of a horse and rider quite close to the camera position. The rider is wearing a round cowboy hat. Between this element and the aircraft, in the distance, are silhouettes of two people who appear to be farmhands. To the right of the jet (although somewhat obscured by the BluFly logo, described below) is another silhouette of horse and rider at roughly the same distance as the farmhands. The horse and rider are immediately to the left of a silhouette of an agricultural rotary windmill, also at the same distance. To the immediate right of the windmill, and on the right side of the frame, is a small 'dog house' which may be connected to the windmill in some way. All these elements are backlit by a spectacular sunset or possibly sunrise. (📸 Jon Davison | Eye in the Sky Productions)“The Pilatus PC-24 ‘super versatile jet’ was launched to the world’s press in May 2013. At the time, Pilatus wanted it pictured in some real-life type scenarios, not 3D renderings — they needed a total of nineteen images of their new aircraft in a variety of conceivable future applications. The trouble was the aircraft did not exist, and did not until at least 2014. Only the fuselage had been made as a sales mock-up for the Geneva launch. I still had to create realistic depictions photographically, not rendered in 3D.

So, I shot a 50 cm plastic model they had constructed. The model was photographed with lighting that had to match the lighting of existing backgrounds of mine or ones Pilatus had supplied. In this particular frame, I had previously photographed one of their PC-12 aircraft at a farm in Garah, New South Wales, Australia. I took the shot of a PC-12 and replaced it with the image of the PC-24 model. In Photoshop, I matched the lighting and angles, created aerials, flaps, stairs, and all the rest. The end result depicts a scenario into which their new PC-24, with its off-road capability, could easily fit.”

I love the result, as I do other eighteen from the same series. 7 Now keep in mind, folks, this is long before the blessing and the curse of artificial intelligence (AI). Just as those of the 17th century painted to ‘fool the eye’, Jon used the modern equivalent of the artist’s paints and palette to painstakingly create something unique, evocative, and truly beautiful to behold. I feel privileged to have his work grace our April cover and hope it will be the first of many in the future.

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No foolin’ — that’s it from me for now, thank goodness. Have any thoughts on April Fools — or any other kind of fool — you would like to share? Please let me know, or let me know what you think about what the rest of BluFly has on offer this month.8 Thank you so much for reading and also for engaging with BluFly’s posts on Bluesky and LinkedIn.9 It’s always a delight to hear from each and every one of you.

Fair winds and blue skies.

Terence C. Gannon
Managing Editor

This Month's Stories

This is what we managed to put together for you for this month, with most recent at the top:

The last day of the month can only mean one thing: time for another one of @cessnateur.bsky.social's excellent rare aircraft retrospectives, which appeared recently in @flyingmagazine.bsky.social. We think this jet has puppy-like cuteness coupled with some seriously good ideas. (📸 Saab AB) | 🛩️ 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM

These were a fixture at the Abbotsford International Airshow in the 1970s, and they were impressive. What we didn't know at the time was that the 'Voodoo' was what Canada bought *instead* of the Avro 'Arrow', after it was cancelled. To think we could have been watching *that* instead. | 🛩️ 🥇 ⚔️ 📍 🇨🇦

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM

New from Michaela Jarvis writing for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University News: « Embry‑Riddle Student Team Creates a Life-Saving Aircraft for Emergency Response » Excerpt: « The alternative proposed by the Embry‑Riddle team is … | 🛩️ 📡 ⚡️ 📰 🥇 | 🧵 1/3 | 🔗 news.erau.edu/headlines/em...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM

A gem on which we stumbled a while back is the Robert Kemp Collection of the San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives hosted on Flickr. Kemp was chief illustrator at General Dynamics (and predecessors) from 1952 to 1987. Browse with the link. (📸 Robert Kemp) | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🎨 🥇 | 🔗 www.flickr.com/photos/sdasm...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM

Recently, from NTT Group: « World’s First Successful Lightning Triggering and Guiding Using a Drone ▫️ Protecting cities and infrastructure with a lightning drone — toward a society free from lightning damage. » Continue reading their press release with link. | 🛩️ 📡 ⚡️ 📰 🥇 | 🔗 group.ntt/en/newsrelea...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM

Last week, we left our protagonist Aviator Sargeant Gwen Stone to explore the unnamed secret base of the Misfit Squadron located 'somewhere in Britain'. A repurposed holiday camp, it has both the familiarity of a typical Royal Aviator Corps base but … | 🛩️ 🎭 📚 | 🧵 1/5

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM

We're wondering if the term 'broadcasting' has its roots in the dropping of leaflets from aircraft? This airshow photo is April's Friday Fédèle feature. (📸 Fédèle Azari [1895-1930] | Digital image courtesy @gettymuseum.bsky.social's Open Content Program) | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🥇 | 🔗 www.getty.edu/art/collecti...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM

A great story from @nbaaonline.bsky.social: « FlyteCo … was launched six years ago by entrepreneurs Eric Serani, Jason Slingsby and Morgan O’Sullivan. Its two locations … offer craft beers and more, amid a theme that celebrates the founders’ deep love for aviation … » More with link. | 🛩️ 🏫 📍 🇺🇸 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Okay, we've seen a lot of aviation-oriented esoterica, but this piece really takes the cake: a unique coffee table and now an honorary member of our lottery wings list. Read all about it with the link or see/follow @benhamdesignconcepts.com right here on @bsky.app for a great build log. | 🛩️ 🎨 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM

New from Teresa Whiting writing for NASA Armstrong: « [E]ngineers began using a network of ground sensors in March to collect data from an experimental air taxi to evaluate how to safely integrate such vehicles into airspace above cities – in all kinds of weather … » Read more with link. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 🚁 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM

From Esha Mitra writing for @cnn.com: « Drones Can Deliver Supplies on Mount Everest This Year, and It May Change Climbing Forever ▫️ [C]ombined with the Sherpas’ decades of mountaineering knowledge, they can make it safer to be on the roof of the world. » | 🛩️ 📡 ⚡️ 📹 🥇 | 🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/04/20/t...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM

If there is one thing able to capture the attention of the home office staff almost as much as aviation, it's NBA basketball. So, with the playoffs underway, we were looking for some sort of tie-in between the two for our Story-of-the-Day. This was one suggestion … | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🧵 1/3

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM

Last week, our protagonist Aviator Sergeant Gwen Stone was in detention barracks at RAC Didchurch and left to contemplate her wingmates who were ambushed and killed in a recent aerial battle. What played on Gwen's mind was whether the very thing … | 🛩️ 🎭 📚 | 🧵 1/5

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM

« Last year, two young French pilots – Christophe Lamand and Lenny Marcaud, aged 19 and 20 respectively – set off on a multi-stage European flight which they hope will inspire other youngsters to take to the skies. » Their story with link. (📸 Ailes de Demain) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🔗 www.fai.org/news/wings-t...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM

Sticking with the vintage restoration theme from yesterday, we last featured this AirCorps project back in February. It's great to see it's still making steady progress. As previously reported, this article is also lavished with high-resolution photos and detailed captions. | 🛩️ ⚔️ 📍 🇺🇸 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM

New from Vintage Aviation News by Moreno Aguiari: « This flight marks a significant milestone following years of dedicated restoration work by the volunteers of the CAF A-26 Invader Squadron … to return the aircraft to flying condition … » Story and more images with link. (📸 Karolina Marek) | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM

We return to OSAKAKO Vertiport during the currently ongoing Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, Japan, for yet another eVTOL demonstration flight: in this case, LIFT Aircraft's collaboration with Marubeni with their 'HEXA' advanced aerial mobility (AAM) vehicle. Their press release with link. | 🛩️ 🚁 ⚡️ 📰 📍 🇯🇵

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM

« Corendon: World’s First Fully Tattooed Aircraft Takes Flight, a Milestone in Aviation History » While not quite the Wrights at Kitty Hawk or other milestones in aviation history, it is eye-catching, for sure. So, folks, what do you think? Hot? 🔥 Not. 🧊 | 🛩️ 📰 | 🔗 www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM

« In the Blue Condor project, Airbus, the Perlan team and the German Aerospace Center (@dlr-de.bsky.social) have, for the first time worldwide, measured contrails of a hydrogen turbojet engine in flight. The three-week flight test campaign took place in December 2024 in Minden, Nevada … » | 🛩️ ⚡️ 🪽 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM

From AAM Middle East: « The research is part of the ongoing project Virtual Acoustic Twin of Distributed Propulsion (VIRLWINT), which focuses on understanding and reducing tonal noise—particularly in fan stages that use fewer stator blades than rotor blades. » Read with link. | 🛩️ 🚁 ⚡️ 🥇 | 🧵 1/2

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM

Full points on the 'meta' scale: « Key advantages of our approach include improved safety, contactless cleaning, and last but not least significantly faster than traditional methods. While there is still room for improvement, we’re excited to continue exploring new applications … » | 🛩️ 📡 📹 📍 🇩🇪 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM

Another excellent 'Behind The Wings®' podcast episode hosted by Rick Crandall, this time with Nicole Malachowski, the first woman pilot to be a member of the US Air Force Thunderbirds. A crisp, focused interview you'll only wish lasted longer. | 🛩️ 🎙️ 👩🏻‍✈️ ⚔️ 🥇 | 🔗 wingsmuseum.org/resources/po...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM

Last week, in the Prologue to @simonbrading.bsky.social's new novel 'The Battle Over Britain', main character and protagonist Aviator Sergeant Gwen Stone had only just managed to nurse her shot-up 'Harridan' back to RAC Didchurch … (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 🎭 📚 | 🧵 1/5

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM

It's hard for us to imagine climbing *one* 4000-metre peak in the Alps, let alone paraglide back down. However, last summer Chrigel Maurer and Peter von Känel not only did *that* but did it for *all* 82 peaks over 4000 metres in the Alps, and in just fifty-one days. What. A. Story. | 🛩️ 📹 🪽 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM

What catches our attention are the similarities and overlaps with the Electra project we've featured quite extensively to date. The respective aircraft differ considerably, but the opportunity they're chasing seems similar. The new Væridion white paper is detailed and well worth reading. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM

The unspeakably awful weather most wise aviators do their utmost to avoid, the brave folks at @noaa.gov fly towards, and into, with intention. The cozy-sounding 'bumpiness' belies what we mortals would undoubtedly find terrifying. 😱 We're in awe of their work and truly thankful for it. | 🛩️ 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM

Another entrant into the busy eVTOL space has just completed an unpiloted, public demo flight of their newest aircraft at the OSAKAKO Vertiport during the currently ongoing Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, Japan. There's video of both the event itself and their recent development program. | 🛩️ 🚁 ⚡️ 📹 🥇 📍 🇯🇵

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM

For Vertical Magazine, noted journalist @elanhead.com writes: « The technology demonstrator replaces the Lycoming IO-540 piston engine on a conventional R44 with two low-temperature proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, a lithium-ion booster battery pack, and MagniX electric motor. » | 🛩️ 🚁 ⚡️ 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM

« The problem of accurately capturing both the qualitative and quantitative features of the air flows out across the ground below a hovering helicopter or eVTOL is one of the most challenging faced by aerodynamicists – and is one that places huge demands on their numerical tools … » | 🛩️ 🚁 📹 🖥️ 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Interesting and inspiring aviation stories can quite often be found in the most unexpected places. To wit, Pat Ashworth writing about the humanitarian Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) for the UK-based @churchtimes.bsky.social. We weren't aware of MAF, but we are glad we are now. | 🛩️ 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM

It's the weekend, which is a great time for some leisure-time fiction. 🎭 We're here to help with that, as we present the Prologue from @simonbrading.bsky.social's new novel 'The Battle Over Britain'. In it, we're introduced to the main character and protagonist … | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🎭 | 🧵 1/4

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM

With Greenland 🇬🇱 much in the news these days, we thought there was some room for a story about some interesting *science* going on there at the moment. This @instaar.bsky.social led study was recently written up by Yvaine Ye for UC Boulder. (📸 Kevin Rozmiarek | @colorado.edu) | 🛩️ 🏫 📡 ⚡️ 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM

« Chilean wingsuit pilot Sebastián ‘Ardilla’ Álvarez has completed a breathtaking flight, submitting preliminary claims for multiple FAI World and South American records. » Distance: 53,448 m; time: 661 s; altitude: 12,639 m. Their press release with link. | 🛩️ 🪽 📰 📹 🥇 | 🔗 www.fai.org/news/sebasti...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM

« Organized … by student leaders within Purdue University's School of Aviation & Transportation Technology, Purdue Aviation Day … seeks to bring the industry and the Greater Lafayette community together in one big celebration of aviation … » Info with link. (📸 @techpurdue.bsky.social) | 🛩️ 🏫 ⚔️ 📅 📍 🇺🇸

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM

Of all the flying car projects we follow, this one looks most like the way we imagined they would look when we were kids. CycloTech has just reported the first flight of their 'BlackBird' demonstrator aircraft. Their press release with link. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 📡 🚁 📰 🥇 | 🔗 www.cyclotech.at/blackbird-de...

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM

« NASA’s Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) project … to test and validate a new, portable system that can provide reliable airspace management under poor visual conditions, one of the biggest barriers for aerial wildland firefighting … » Read more with link. | 🛩️ 📡 📹 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM

It may be April Fools' Day, but we would never fool you about a new issue which is out today. Read @terencecgannon.com's 'In The Air' editorial, and then stay tuned for lots of exciting stuff coming up this month. (📸 Jon Davison | Eye in the Sky Productions) | 🛩️ 🥇

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— BluFly 🛩 Media (@blufly.media) April 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM

Note that the embedded posts above are from the Bluesky 🛩️ Custom Feed 10 which is the reference feed for BluFly. Check out said feed if you want to see whatelse we posted about this month.

1Here's where you can find Jon's Eye in the Sky Productions website. In addition, Jon has also added behind-the-scenes stories to his account on Medium which is also well worth checking out.

2The Kargo Kids video is the one referenced above, but there's the entire collection in a playlist.

3Our Managing Editor, Terence C. Gannon, recently wrote about this subject in more detail in his article Why You Should Choose Bluesky which is further subtitled Spoiler alert: it's about account authenticity and freedom from unaccountable algorithms.

4All of these verified accounts can be found in BluFly 🛩️ Verified Aviation Starter Pack. The latter is a really easy way to make sure you're following them all.

5So what does “act appropriately” mean in this context? It's hard to say, precisely. If it looks like it could be an innocent mistake, contacting the company being spoofed to let them know is likely a good idea — let them handle it. If the spoof is sufficiently offensive — such as linking to objectionable material — you want want to report the account to Bluesky so they can follow up in a more deliberate way.

6This is our post Bluesky post to Hail Storm. As noted above, this photo essay is well worth checking out.

7The full complement of the other eighteen images of the Pilatus PC-24 can be found on Jon's website.

8Rather than splitting comments onto multiple channels we are collecting them on the Bluesky post for this article. Please leave your comments as a reply 💬 to this post, where they will get prompt attention. Note, however, that will require you to sign up for Bluesky — not a particularly onerous task and of course, free of charge.

9Yes, of course we're on social: here's where you can find us on Bluesky and Linkedin.

10The BluFly 🛩️ Custom Feed is the reference for the index above. For more on this concept, check out First Things First: What's a Bluesky Custom Feed? in our Guide for Followers and Trusted Contributors.

 

Thanks for reading. 🛩️