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My Happy Place
@goodnrg.bsky.social
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❤️ to explore this beautiful 🌍 with my camera in hand. Mountains 🏔️(climber). Airplanes 🛩️ (pilot). Oceans 🌊 (sailor/diver). Critters of all shapes (especially birds 🪶❤️)! 🇨🇦
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Recently spent the afternoon at a stunning cascada in the land of Pura Vida 🇨🇷

So much beauty and wonder to be found on this little rock we rent. 😊

#CostaRica #Nauyaca #ArtYear #PhotoHour #Photography #Explore
A photograph of people enjoying a beauty waterfall in the jungle.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Three minutes of four blissful Curtiss-Wright R-3350 engines purring as FIFi arrives into AirVenture 2024.

One of only two flying B29s flying, it is a joy to witness her (and/or Doc) anytime one has the privilege to be in the same airspace.

🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek #Warbirds #EAA #Boeing #B29 #CAF
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Finding some Pura Vida tonight as I watch the world slowly turn.

#Photography #ArtYear #PhotoHour #CostaRica #Explore #Sloth #Peace
A photograph of a sloth enjoying the sun.
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Honoured to be part of BluFly’s November letter - especially one that pays tribute to those who served to protect our futures. 🫡 🙏

For aviation writers - check out the Avergreen project. A visionary way to share your work online without all the “noise”.

Feliz domingo from 🇨🇷 🛩️ #Aviation #Avgeek
blufly.media BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 18d
The November issue just dropped. 💥 It kicks off with an essay on remembrance appropriate for this time of year, triggered by the photo of this magnificent Lanc. Thence onwards to Avergreen, a new feature for viewing article photos and an adorable 🐸 little green frog. (📸 @goodnrg.bsky.social) | 🛩️ ⚔️ 🥇
November, 2025
A humans-in-the-loop feed for the aviation community — if made by people and flying up to the Kármán Line you'll find it on BluFly 🛩️.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Wow….

🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek
PRESS RELEASE - Carbon Cub UL Soars to Record Altitude of 37,609 ft - CubCrafters
Factory-stock Carbon Cub reaches new heights … Literally! Pilot Jon Kotwicki at 37,609 feet, the unofficial new service ceiling for the Carbon Cub UL. San Luis Obispo, CA — October... Read more »
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October 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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What dream to shoot…. A beautiful airplane with the stunning background of Kilimanjaro…. And a cool story to top it all off 😊

Looking forward to Part II 🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek #Photography
blufly.media BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 23d
We can't think of a better way to launch our recently announced, brand-new Avergreen imprint than with this great story by Jon Davison from 2016. Here's Part I of four parts featuring Jon's spectacular photography and eminently entertaining writing. Follow us for Part II, coming soon. | 🛩️ 🌲 🥇
Under African Skies
The first of four parts where Pilatus air-to-air photographer Jon Davison talks about shooting a PC-12 in the skies over Tanzania.
blufly.media
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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The soothing purr from a Ford Tri-motor flight over the EAA’s Sea Plane Base on Lake Winnebago.

Happy Sunday.

🛩️ #EAA #AirVenture #FordTrimotor #Aviation #AvGeek #AviationHistory #Flying #Flight #TheWonderofFlight
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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What a wild story!!!

🛩️ #Beaver #Relocation #AvGeek #Aviation #History
Idaho’s Great Beaver Airlift
World War II-era surplus parachutes were used to put beavers in the backcountry of Idaho.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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A beautiful red-eyed tree frog hanging out next to a jungle pond. I have waiting a long time to capture these magnificent amphibians. A wait well worth the experience! 🐸🇨🇷📸

#Frog #ArtYear #Photography #PhotoHour #CostaRica #PudaVida #GreenFrog
A photograph of a red-eyed tree frog.
October 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Looking for a bird with #character for #BirdOfTheDay - let me introduce this gregarious Yellow-throated Toucan chowing down some breakfast bananas 😎

🪶 #PhotoHour #ArtYear #birds #photography #EastCoastKin #EcoLodge #CostaRica #PuraVida
A photograph of a yellow-throated toucan eating a banana.
October 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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An overhead snapshot of Kennedy Space Centre. Vehicle Assembly Building, lower center - KMXR airport, upper right and a Falcon Heavy sitting on Launch Complex 39A, center left.

Plus all sorts of other launch complexes 🚀

🛩️ #Aviation #Space #Rocketships #Photography #PhotoHour #AvGeek #Florida
A high altitude photograph of Kennedy Space Centre.
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Big airplane zoomies at CYYZ 😊🇨🇦

🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek #PhotoHour #ArtWalk #Photography #Westjet #Toronto #380 #Airbus
A photograph of an Airbus 380 taxiing past a tower.
October 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Memories of summer at the EAA’s Seaplane base on Lake Winnebago, WI

🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek #PhotoHour #ArtWalk #Photography #Floatplane #EAA #AirVenture
A photograph of a floatplane on a dock in the summer.
October 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Don’t forget to check out the “candidates” and vote for your favourite….. 😎🧸
explore.org explore.org @explore.org · Sep 23
It’s Fat Bear Week, Islanders! 🐻

First up in the villa: 901 vs. 503. Two absolute units, but only one can move on. Who’s stealing your heart (and your salmon)?

Cast your vote now at fatbearweek.org and let the games begin!
September 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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robsonfletcher.com Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · Sep 25
The human heart is

The size of a

Fist

Clenched.

Indefatigable, and infallible

On pain of death.

And yet it skips

At the most curious

Times,

To remind us of its finite

Beats.

And perhaps to attend us

To use them both wisely

And with abandon.

— Darren Markland, August 2025
Darren Markland Obituary | Edmonton Journal Remembering
View Darren Markland's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 8 tribute posts from the community.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Sep 24
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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What a fantastic story!

❤️🇨🇦🛩️🇨🇦❤️
blufly.media BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · Sep 22
From @scribener.bsky.social, for Skies Magazine: « Her nearly two decades in the role have witnessed a major expansion of the organization’s capabilities, adding a paint facility, AMO-rated welding capability, and approval to manufacture and certify aeronautical products. » More below. | 🛩️ 🦆 👩🏻‍✈️ 🧰 🥇
The art of seaplane maintenance: Erika Nixon’s inspiring journey at Harbour Air - Skies Mag
After years of searching, Nixon found her calling as maintenance manager at one of the world’s largest seaplane airlines.
skiesmag.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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83 years ago today! It is extraordinary that two of these machines still grace the sky (Doc & FiFi).

Attached is a video of Doc’s home in Wichita (2/2) & my flight with FiFi in Kenosha, WI (3/3).

Hats off to those who commit their time & expertise to “keep em flying” 😎

1/3

🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek
September 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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The charming seaside hamlet of Quidi Vidi, NL takes one back in time.

So much to explore in this beautiful country called 🇨🇦

#Canada #Photography #ArtYear #PhotoHour #Travel #IslandLife #Islands #Newfoundland #Fishing
A photograph of a colourful seaside fishing community.
September 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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It was a lovely #BlueskyMonday a while back as we cruised up the west coast of Newfoundland.

The iconic cliffs of the Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne National Park are an amazing sight from any altitude!

🛩️ 📸 🇨🇦 #Canada #Aviation #AvGeek #Photography #Explore #Newfoundland
September 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Gander Lake Marine Air Base c.1953, dismantled in the 1960s, relocated to Deadmans Pond. Built as part of the original airport for water aerodrome flying boat services. Later used by the public as an R&R facility. Located at the end of the road leading to the Arrow Air Memorial
September 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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“We have a Race…”!

Best wishes to the participants and organizers for a successful event in Roswell this week.

🛩️ #Aviation #AvGeek #Racing #STOL
Roswell Running! The National Championship Air Races Take the Green Flag at Roswell - AvBrief.com
The first races since Reno are making a favorable impression so far.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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blufly.media
If this were a bird 🐦 story, it would officially be out of scope as defined by BluFly's tagline, above. However, it's really more of an aerial photography 📸 story, ably authored by Andrea DenHoed in 2018 and featured recently as part of the @newyorker.com's 100th anniversary retrospective. | 🛩️ 💺 🥇
The Turn-of-the-Century Pigeons That Photographed Earth from Above
An early-twentieth-century camera enabled, for the first time, the taking of pictures that afforded a bird’s-eye view.
www.newyorker.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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This will be a heartstring “activator” ❤️❤️‍🩹💔

He was such an amazing person that touched every human emotion.
September 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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A beautiful autumn morning in North Rustico, PEI, Canada ❤️🇨🇦❤️

#canada #explore #fishing #photography #seaside #ArtYear #travel ##maritimes
A photograph of fishing boats lined up in a harbour.
September 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM