Piccolo Seaplanes
@wildblueponder.bsky.social
PT PhD student by night - interested in the representation of military aviators in popular culture. A librarian for the USAF by day. Easily distracted at all times by biathlon, geopolitical arguments, rugby, murder mysteries, or livestreams of airfields.
Drop something ELECTRIFYING
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Drop something ELECTRIFYING
If you see this (and wish to) post four female characters you love
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If you see this (and wish to) post four female characters you love
You're assembling Kaldra or whatever but I'm double-sleeving my US Air Force Over Kosovo Aircraft and Armament Collector Cards. We are not the same.
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You're assembling Kaldra or whatever but I'm double-sleeving my US Air Force Over Kosovo Aircraft and Armament Collector Cards. We are not the same.
If you see this, post a chef
October 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
If you see this, post a chef
Women don't like the vehicle
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Women don't like the vehicle
Post you from a different era
Early 80s central Queensland, visiting a friend's cattle station where they let me ride a small horse called Freckles ;)
Early 80s central Queensland, visiting a friend's cattle station where they let me ride a small horse called Freckles ;)
October 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Post you from a different era
Early 80s central Queensland, visiting a friend's cattle station where they let me ride a small horse called Freckles ;)
Early 80s central Queensland, visiting a friend's cattle station where they let me ride a small horse called Freckles ;)
I think it's the Girl's Own Annual from 1889. It's tatty, but has lovely illustrations, highly pompous and moralising Victorian stories, and an 'Answer to Correspondents' column in each issue included that is a combo of facts, advice, & obscure answers worthy of espionage communications ;)
October 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I think it's the Girl's Own Annual from 1889. It's tatty, but has lovely illustrations, highly pompous and moralising Victorian stories, and an 'Answer to Correspondents' column in each issue included that is a combo of facts, advice, & obscure answers worthy of espionage communications ;)
I'd read Jack D. Hunter's novel The Blue Max, but just got around to watching the 1966 movie (loosely!) based on the book. Biggest similarity was how unlikeable the characters are, although why they're unlikeable varies from book to movie! Different people die. Aircraft are wrong (but oh well). 4/10
October 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I'd read Jack D. Hunter's novel The Blue Max, but just got around to watching the 1966 movie (loosely!) based on the book. Biggest similarity was how unlikeable the characters are, although why they're unlikeable varies from book to movie! Different people die. Aircraft are wrong (but oh well). 4/10
Needed something to read with the comfort of a happy ending.
September 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Needed something to read with the comfort of a happy ending.
USN recruiting must have been so conflicted when their slogan got really popular yet also sarcastic ;)
September 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
USN recruiting must have been so conflicted when their slogan got really popular yet also sarcastic ;)
I'm having a day off work as I'm meant to be writing, so of course that means I'm doing anything BUT write. Instead I'm finally getting to try what the UK is calling a 'lamington'!
September 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I'm having a day off work as I'm meant to be writing, so of course that means I'm doing anything BUT write. Instead I'm finally getting to try what the UK is calling a 'lamington'!
From the VFA-154 wiki...uh...LT Dolla Bob?
September 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
From the VFA-154 wiki...uh...LT Dolla Bob?
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
(Bizarrely my show is also Ultraviolet, but NOT the same one as the person I'm reblogging this thread from!) 😆
What's yours?
(Bizarrely my show is also Ultraviolet, but NOT the same one as the person I'm reblogging this thread from!) 😆
September 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
(Bizarrely my show is also Ultraviolet, but NOT the same one as the person I'm reblogging this thread from!) 😆
What's yours?
(Bizarrely my show is also Ultraviolet, but NOT the same one as the person I'm reblogging this thread from!) 😆
Post the TV character you most identify with
September 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Post the TV character you most identify with
I've been reading the novelisation, a fairly hefty critique (!) by Rogin, and some academic articles & chapters that reference the movie. So far my main outrage is that all the big fighter attacks in the novel are by the mighty F-15, unlike the preference for Hornets in the movie version ;)
September 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I've been reading the novelisation, a fairly hefty critique (!) by Rogin, and some academic articles & chapters that reference the movie. So far my main outrage is that all the big fighter attacks in the novel are by the mighty F-15, unlike the preference for Hornets in the movie version ;)
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement at 2?
September 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement at 2?
This might be my lack of wealth or culture showing, but how do you even know what to buy? What are you typing into Google or Ebay or Etsy or whatever? "Gold drippy things with no purpose (for walls)"? "Gold ceiling accoutrements"? "Knobbly gold things to paste on other things"?
August 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This might be my lack of wealth or culture showing, but how do you even know what to buy? What are you typing into Google or Ebay or Etsy or whatever? "Gold drippy things with no purpose (for walls)"? "Gold ceiling accoutrements"? "Knobbly gold things to paste on other things"?
Today in "Rabbit Holes Everyone Else Already Knew About" I'm spending hours reading about Floyd Bennett Field after spotting its gardens on a Google screensaver. Oh? Just Doolittle breaking a Rickenbacker record in an airframe later in the Spanish Civil War
www.thisdayinaviation.com/14-15-januar...
www.thisdayinaviation.com/14-15-januar...
August 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today in "Rabbit Holes Everyone Else Already Knew About" I'm spending hours reading about Floyd Bennett Field after spotting its gardens on a Google screensaver. Oh? Just Doolittle breaking a Rickenbacker record in an airframe later in the Spanish Civil War
www.thisdayinaviation.com/14-15-januar...
www.thisdayinaviation.com/14-15-januar...
Drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future.
August 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future.
If you see this, post a newspaper movie shot...
August 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you see this, post a newspaper movie shot...
Today's murder is via Channel 4 showing "Détective Surprenant." Not only is it a solid police procedural so far, but it's set in the Magdalen Islands, a part of the world I know nothing about. So far it's like Shetland but for the Québécois ;)
July 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today's murder is via Channel 4 showing "Détective Surprenant." Not only is it a solid police procedural so far, but it's set in the Magdalen Islands, a part of the world I know nothing about. So far it's like Shetland but for the Québécois ;)
What athlete's expression will stay with you for the rest of your life?
July 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
What athlete's expression will stay with you for the rest of your life?
If you see this, post a vampire
July 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If you see this, post a vampire
Gutsy and strong of heart, Georgia! They need to be in a regular top-tier comp to nail that full 80min against teams like South Africa. Make it the Seven Nations ASAP :) What a great effort. #Rugby #Georgia
rugby.ge/en
rugby.ge/en
July 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Gutsy and strong of heart, Georgia! They need to be in a regular top-tier comp to nail that full 80min against teams like South Africa. Make it the Seven Nations ASAP :) What a great effort. #Rugby #Georgia
rugby.ge/en
rugby.ge/en
This is where I post from
July 19, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This is where I post from