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  1. Midland Int'l Airport #KMAF (between Midland and Odessa in Texas) was the first airline-served airport to apply for an FAA spaceport license. The industry watched closely, anticipating difficulties with proximity of airline & spaceflight operations. Interestingly, it was not more difficult. Actually, for FAA requirements on fire departments at spaceport facilities, MAF mostly already complied due to their airline emergency response capability. #aviation #avgeek #travel #spacegeek #NewSpace

  2. XCOR deleted their YouTube videos upon going out of business. I think mgmt was shortsighted, and should have preserved their history. A few copies remain via a tourism company who worked with them. Mike Massee updated XCOR's animation of what a suborbital space flight on Lynx could have been like, previously with Mojave CA scenery, updated for Midland TX with airliners at #KMAF. (disclosure: I worked at XCOR on Lynx flight hardware.) youtube.com/watch?v=T4S51_Q_rfU #aviation #avgeek #spacegeek #NewSpace

  3. Attention avgeeks in Midland/Odessa, Texas: Boeing 777-9 prototype N779XW is on its way from Seattle Boeing Field #KBFI to Midland Int'l Air & Space Port #KMAF. The reason isn't obvious yet, like crosswinds were for a recent flight to Amarillo. The test pilots could just be picking anywhere three hours away to let the plane be seen while performing FAA-required certification testing. On the radio they'll be "Boeing Zero Zero One Heavy". flightaware.com/live/flight/BO #aviation #travel #avgeek