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While I do like the sentiment, unfortunately, manure is hazardous and lethal. https://extension.psu.edu/reducing-risks-from-animals-and-manure#:~:text=Animal manure is a significant,potential source of Salmonella bacteria.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guest-bloggers/newly-restored-messerschmitt.html Newly restored Messerschmitt Bf109G flies again: Test pilot shares his experience

Good Morning Upper Deck I'm not attaching anything to the story, draw your own conclusions. I am just using to illustrate that one family rolled the dice and came out at least $300K in debt.

Lots of money in, not much out... https://www.charitydata.ca/charity/pathy-family-foundationfondation-de-la-famille-pathy/857688428RR0001/

This is the first story I have seen that shows the consequences of travelling in a pandemic. https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/nova-scotia-snowbirds-face-large-medical-bill-after-contracting-covid-19-in-florida-545262/#Echobox=1611700059 Nova Scotia snowbirds face huge medical bill after contracting COVID-19 in Florida A Kings County couple are facing hefty medical bills after they both became ill with COVID-19 while in Florida. Debbie Mailman of Aylesford says she and her husband, Wayne, travel annually to Florida for six months of the year because their arthritis, muscular issues, fibromyalgia and other existing conditions would leave them in in pain if they stayed in the cold Canadian winter. “If we stayed home we'd be in agony all the time,” she said. “We just come here for the warm weather.” They were booked to go to their Florida home, in a park for snowbird retirees in Largo, on Jan. 1. But, a good deal on airline tickets came up so they booked those and left on Dec. 5. After they arrived, Mailman said, they weren't feeling well, but they chalked it up to a combination of their jet lag and existing health issues. “When we fly, we're sick for the first week or so here,” she said. “We didn't realize we were as sick as we were.” Sometime around Dec. 21, she said, she realized that their annual insurance for their stay was still booked for Jan. 1, so she called the insurance provider and rescheduled it to start that day, getting a new policy number. On Dec. 22, Wayne fell and couldn't get up, and she couldn't help him because she felt so weak. An ambulance was called and took them both to hospital, where they tested positive for the virus. “He didn't look right, he looked awful,” Mailman said of her husband, who until that day told her he felt fine. Mailman said she was hospitalized for eight days and on oxygen, but her husband's condition was worse. He was on a ventilator for a time, and remained in hospital until he was airlifted back to Nova Scotia last week. He remains in a 14-day quarantine at Valley Regional Hospital, where he is on oxygen and still unable to walk. Mailman, though, is still in Florida. “They wouldn't let me on the ambulance with him, because I hadn't had a recent negative COVID test,” she said. “I've been going everywhere to try to get one.” The Canadian government requires Canadians returning here to have a negative test within 72 hours of a flight. She has a test booked for Wednesday, and a flight for Thursday. She said they don't know how or when they contracted the virus. “I have no no clue,” she said. “We only bought groceries and wore a mask. We didn't go anywhere without a mask and mostly stayed in the park.” She doesn't remember anything of her first three days in the hospital, but was told that within an hour Wayne went into cardiac arrest and suffered a collapsed lung. He was put on the ventilator that day. When she got back to her Florida home after the hospital stay, she heard from the insurance company. It said it isn't going to cover their medical costs. “I argued, but they wouldn't listen to me,” she said. The company told her the policy was null and void because the couple already had COVID-19 when they updated the policy. Nor would it honour the Jan. 1 policy, when her husband was already in hospital, because the virus was also a pre-existing condition. “That's what I've been fighting,” she said. She said the company did arrange the air ambulance to bring Wayne back to Nova Scotia so he wouldn't keep accumulating hospital bills there. But, she said, she's been told the bill for her husband's stay could be upwards of $300,000. She doesn't yet know what the cost of her stay will be. “Right now I just can't even think about it, upsets me so much and I get a migraine,” she said. “I've decided to put it on the back-burner for now, until I get home and see what kind of condition Wayne's in. I'm just going to concentrate on him.” After the couple was hospitalized, Mailman didn't see her husband again until he was being prepared for the air ambulance because he had been in isolation. “He's lost a lot of weight, he's very sick,” she said. She said she had talked to him four times a day since he arrived in Kentville, and she can tell from his voice that he's getting better and stronger. But, she said, he's still on oxygen and needs to learn to walk again.

Just an interesting picture...

Video of the birth of Kip's new boat!!!

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-011921a-mobile-launch-platform-2-demolition.html

One can only say... WOW! World's fastest RC aircraft hits a stunning 548 mph – without a motor (newatlas.com)

Just throwing up one of many of the hottest memes right now...

I know it isn't aviation, however, you have to appreciate the engineering!

Open up and say 'ahhh'...

https://jalopnik.com/canadian-airline-uses-hacked-up-neons-as-baggage-tracto-1846034558 Canadian Airline Uses Hacked-Up Neons As Baggage Tractors Photo: Cody / Twitter (Other) Watching an airport operate can help pass the time while you’re waiting for a flight. As you watch the orchestra of people and vehicles prep a plane for its flight, a baggage tractor will certainly join the effort. Bearskin Airlines at Thunder Bay International Airport in Ontario, Canada, has a very weird way to haul baggage around: It hooks baggage carts to hacked-up Neons, an econobox sold with Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth badges — all the same car, though. These appear to be from the 1996-99 generation. These pictures come our way from an epic Twitter thread from the airline’s passengers. If you need a good laugh today I highly recommend it. I’m used to seeing hacked up Dodge Neons doing stupid stunts on a Gambler 500, not doing serious operations at an international airport. Yet here we are. Photo: Dave / Twitter (Other) I love it! Aside from the Neon that’s clearly missing its roof and doors, the airline appears to have two others with golf cart service bodies grafted onto the back. Woah. Once I stopped laughing, I realized this actually makes some sense. Hear me out. 00:05/01:02SKIP AD A decent baggage tractor like this TUG MA-50 costs a lot of money. These are heavy-duty machines meant to withstand big loads, a lot of abuse and years of service. Photo: Legacy GSE Sales (Other) A Neon — especially a beat up one — costs a tiny fraction of the price of a baggage tractor. These are cars an airline can buy for $500. Wrecked ones are probably even cheaper. Take a reciprocating saw to the roof and install a tow hitch on back: Boom! You have a baggage tractor. This is airline cost-cutting to the absolute extreme. A cut-up Neon isn’t nearly as strong or as robust as a real baggage tractor, but passengers of the airline have reported seeing a small fleet of the things over the years. So, apparently they do the job. I love seeing regular passenger vehicles adapted for aviation use, though seeing a Neon haul around baggage is definitely a first for me. These sort of remind me of those 4x4 pickup trucks cut in half and adapted to tug float planes around.

2 meter accuracy at a range of 43 miles! https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a35059608/army-extended-range-cannon-artillery-system/

https://www.blogto.com/music/2021/01/man-who-screamed-why-are-you-closed-outside-toronto-eaton-centre-gets-metal-remix/

Air New Zealand Re-Routes North American Flights So Crews Won’t Have To Overnight In LA Or San Francisco – CBS Los Angeles (cbslocal.com) Air New Zealand Re-Routes North American Flights So Crews Won’t Have To Overnight In LA Or San Francisco California’s COVID-19 situation is so bad, Air New Zealand will re-route its North American flights so their crews can overnight in Honolulu, rather than Los Angeles or San Francisco. Starting Monday, all of Air New Zealand’s cargo flight crews traveling to the United States will overnight in Honolulu. Flight crews on the airline’s passenger flights will be routed via Honolulu starting on Feb. 2. The airline says one set of crews will fly between Hawaii and California, while another set of crews will fly the route between Hawaii and New Zealand. Re-routing Air New Zealand’s North American flights allows its employees to overnight in a lower-risk destination, the airline said. “While it’s important to keep trade routes open and passenger services operating for our customers, looking after our people is our first priority,” Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Greg Foran said in a statement. New Zealand has had one of the best responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the world and has had fewer than 2,200 total cases since it began.

Don't remember if it was posted before, but worth a second look...

Ordinary Day - Canadian Physicians Virtual Choir - YouTube

Now that the Festive season is over, y'all need to relax... Got me a Giblet Jacuzzi! - YouTube

X-15 fastest flight ever. https://youtu.be/4p30E3LGIaM

Acemaker Airshows and the Erickson Air Collection flying over Oregon on Vimeo