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  1. Photo of the Day 2nd June 2026.

    On This Day 2nd June 2016. G-FBEF, Embraer ERJ-190-200LR, FlyBe, rolling for take-off on Runway 05 Left at Manchester Airport, with G-FBJH, ERJ-170-200LR, FlyBe, behind it taxiing out to the runway, 2nd June 2016, as seen from one of my favourite spots, between the runways. Tails Tuesday 2nd June 2026.

    mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/06/02/ph

  2. @funguy2playwith @kims

    Yikes. A great way to cut carbon emissions though.

    ‘For the US economy, much is at stake, with the inbound travel market a major revenue-earner worth $155 billion in overseas visitor expenditure, and with millions of Americans employed in the tourism industry.

    ‘In 2024, before the Trump administration took office and introduced its extreme version of enhanced vetting, more than 710,000 Australians visited the US, a nearly 17 per cent increase on the previous year.

    ‘Now the giant French hotel multinational Accor has warned that bookings from Europe to the US for this northern summer’s high season are down 25 per cent. Airlines such as the UK-based Virgin Atlantic are also sounding the alarm to investors.

    ‘Extraordinarily, in the past week, experts, via the pages of The New York Times and The Washington Post, have been recommending that foreign travellers at least delete “anything you wouldn’t want someone to read or see from your device before visiting the US”.’

    #USPol #Cruises #BorderSecurity #USTravelWarning #AustralianTravellers #MafiaDon #Accor #Traveller #Travel #GlobalHeating #ClimateEmergency #EUPol #VirginAtlantic

  3. Virgin Orbit’s first orbital test flight cut short after rocket released from carrier aircraft - On Monday, Virgin Orbit attempted the first full flight of its orbital payload launch system, which... more: feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcr #virginatlantic #virgingalactic #launcherone #spaceflight #virgingroup #virginorbit #california #outerspace #aerospace #spaceport #science #boeing #space #ceo #tc #vp