Gaël
Aero & civil engineer. Planner. | VP & Tech Fellow at WSP. Groupe ADP alumnus. | Skeets reflect personal opinion. Following, likes & reskeets ≠ endorsements. | Talk about #airports, #aviation, #engineering, #infrastructure, #mobility & #transportation 🚁🛩️✈️🚀
- When did we normalize mediocrity, intellectual laziness, and their justification? ☹️
- Reposted by GaëlThe first members of a planned fleet of more than 185 Boeing F-47s fighters that feature advanced stealth, a top speed over Mach 2 and a combat radius greater than 1,000 nm could be “operational” between 2025-29, USAF Chief says aviationweek.com/defense/airc... via @thedewline.bsky.social
- Reposted by GaëlSpace debris crisis: the national security threat we’re ignoring Today, Earth's orbits carry over 100 million debris objects, which have already resulted in nearly 400 debris-generating events, according to NASA. In the last six months alone, space debris has crashed into Poland, near Turks and…
- #NextGen implementation like:
- New on Cranky: The US Government Tries to Fix Air Traffic Control… Again crankyflier.com/2025/05/12/t...
- Reposted by GaëlDecongestion pricing in Manhattan is working. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by GaëlULA’s been quietly building up a very large stockpile of vehicles during the past year, as far as they are concerned as soon as each payload shows up, they can move straight into launch flow. 📸 @torybruno.bsky.social
- That door screams stay away from me...
- Reposted by GaëlPhysical buttons are finally coming back to cars. 🤌 It’s not just an aesthetic choice, though—it’s a safety-conscious one. Research shows that reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high.
- Reposted by GaëlOur new report lays out how the U.S. can enhance understanding of #contrails in order to reduce climate-warming contrails and ensure the nation's commercial #aviation industry can continue to compete globally. Learn more: buff.ly/E2suZE7
- Read books.
- #OTD in 1884, Harry S. Truman was born. CVN-75 was named in honor of the 33rd president of the United States.
- Reposted by GaëlArmy’s Future Tiltrotor Gets Heavier So It Can Rapidly Convert Into Special Ops Variant Turning UH-60s into Night Stalker MH-60s is a complicated process, and the hope is to avoid that with the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft. Story: www.twz.com/air/armys-fu...
- You who have been working in #aviation for years... Aren't you still excited like a kid every time you are in a plane? And aren't you proud of enabling the coolest mode of #transportation ever? I am! ✋😊✈️ #airtravel #avgeeks #engineering #infrastructure #mobility #stem
- Reposted by GaëlNew on Cranky: American Turbocharges DFW Growth with Terminal F Takeover crankyflier.com/2025/05/06/a...
- Reposted by Gaël🛰️⏩🔴 L’Europe travaille sur un remorqueur réutilisable appelé LightShip, qui vise à permettre de baisser le coût de missions vers Mars. L'ESA lance un appel à propositions pour des charges utiles scientifiques susceptibles d’embarquer à bord du véhicule propulsé par le remorqueur. Plus d'infos👇
- Interplanetary transfer service, anyone? 🙋♀️ 🛰️⏩🔴 Europe is working towards a reusable tug called LightShip to open low-cost missions to Mars. 📣 @esa.int calls for proposals for science payloads to travel on the propulsive tug and its passenger spacecraft. 🧵 Open thread to submit your proposal.
- If you see this, post a sword!! ⚔️
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- Reposted by GaëlMEGATHREAD™ the Star Wars original trilogy movies are strewn with objects that are aeronautical in origin. let's try and round up as many as we can not covered: prequels, sequels, spin-offs main credits/links at the end 1/
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- 🚨 Avgeek #unboxing alert 🚨 If you appreciate Ukrainian #aerospace #engineering and you want to treat yourself, take a look at the www.nauport.com.ua online shop created by graduates of the Ukrainian National #Aviation University. (1/3) ✈️🇺🇦 #avgeeks #engineering #SlavaUkraini
- Reposted by GaëlA Ukrainian maritime drone (USV: uncrewed surface vessel) has achieved a world-first, shooting down a Russian jet. The Flanker fighter was downed on May 2. It is the first time a fast jet has been shot down by an uncrewed vessel 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 By @covertshores.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
- Read the column of my WSP colleague Paula Hammond in Informed #Infrastructure: informedinfrastructure.com/100433/trans.... #Transportation Troubleshooting: Enhancing the #PaxEx at American #Airports. Many thanks to Paula for inviting me to sit with her for this discussion! ✈️ #airtravel #aviation
- So maybe today is a good moment to mention Mongolian folk metal band The Hu: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4xZ.... 😉✈️🇲🇳 #airtravel #aviation #mongolia
- Happy “New air service to Mongolia day” to all who celebrate! United Airlines is launching flights to Ulaanbaatar, via Tokyo. fr24.com/UAL7/3a234281
- Advanced tech for #airports is great. But don't underestimate the power of "lower tech" & best practices esp. at smaller facilities where the biz case for pricey systems might be hard to make: www.eurocontrol.int/publication/.... Flight deck alerting systems are (part of) the future. ✈️ #safetyfirst
- Operators Turn to Advanced Tech and Training to Counter Rising Runway Incursions - https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-... More on hype.aero
- Non-CO2 contribution to climate change is not yet entirely understood. But we're getting there. A couple of years ago, @eurocontrol.bsky.social held a great conference on contrails generation and how this could be mitigated: www.eurocontrol.int/event/sustai.... ✈️ #airtravel #aviation #STEM
- Contrails do real damage. skift.com/2023/09/01/a...
- Reposted by GaëlAmen. My old boss said, if 10% of your additions don’t fail, you’re not taking enough risk Then again, we have margins in the mid teens so…
- French startup developing space weapon to defend satellites and clean orbital debris: spacenews.com/french-start.... Hey, I know that tech... I saw it in the great documentary You Only Live Twice! 😜🚀 #aerospace #defense #orbitaldefense #space
- Reposted by GaëlThe last day of the month can only mean one thing: time for another one of @cessnateur.bsky.social's excellent rare aircraft retrospectives, which appeared recently in @flyingmagazine.bsky.social. We think this jet has puppy-like cuteness coupled with some seriously good ideas. (📸 Saab AB) | 🛩️ 🥇
- Reposted by GaëlDrone captures majestic view of Lancaster poppies. ▶️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
- Don't forget to get your REAL ID! 😉✈️ #airtravel #paxex
- The REAL ID deadline is one week away. Here’s what TSA wants you to know. www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/t...
- Reposted by GaëlCongrats to my friends at #FlightGlobal for this excellent headline: www.flightglobal.com/air-transpor...
- The export story of the Dassault #Rafale had a very slow start. But there are now 8 countries + France flying it or awaiting deliveries! ✈️ #aerospace #aviation #defense
- Reposted by GaëlThe Indian Navy will become the first international user of the French jet's naval variant, underscoring the strategic ties between the two countries.
- Aircraft owner back in the days: I want a tail number that is easy to remember. Brazilian Ministry of Defense: Hold my cachaça...
- 🛩️ ATC: “Say tail number again?” Pilot: “Papa Papa, Papa Papa Papa.” ATC: “...Roger, PP-PPP. Cleared for takeoff.” 😄 📸© Daniel Popinga - Portaldoaviador.com #PiperMalibu #PPPPP #AvGeek #GeneralAviation
- Reposted by GaëlBoeing CEO Kelly Ortberg (1Q earnings) says the company expects to reach 38 737s each month "in the next few months" and plans to ask DOT/FAA to go past 38 to 42 later this year. Plans to reach 7/mo on 787 later this year, too.
- Reposted by GaëlWith the preliminary accident report from the Toronto CRJ crash now out - expert analysis of a 'miracle' evacuation from an inverted fuselage. #avgeek www.aerosociety.com/news/an-evac...
- Reposted by GaëlICYMI - This August, offshore operator Bristow is set to trial an electric cargo aircraft as part of its phased roll-out of advanced air mobility #avgeek ow.ly/bqxB50VCOMs
- Indeed, the NAC-60 was North American's submission for the U.S. SST program of the 1960s and it was derived from the XB-70. Another but smaller supersonic-bomber-derived SST design was the Convair Model 58-9 based on the B-58 Hustler (was not part of the SST competition).
- Reposted by GaëlConstruction du Concorde en 1970, usine de Weybridge. 1er plan: G-BOAC (ajd à Manchester) 2è: F-BTSC (crash de Gonesse) 3è: G-BBDG (ajd à Weybridge) 4è: F-WTSB (ajd à Toulouse, Aeroscopia)
- Reposted by GaëlCapital Airways L1049 at Gander 1967. Capital was the last company to operate a Super Constellation through Gander on a regular basis. The Super Connie, a most familiar sight at Gander airport for over 20 years.
- Reposted by GaëlYesterday, Istanbul Airport (IST) became the first airport in Europe to conduct simultaneous triple parallel takeoffs. More operations means more passengers as the airport pursues a goal of 200M passenger/year. See playback: www.flightradar24.com/multiview/20...
- Supersonic #airliners are trendy these days! XB-1 flew M>1.0 this year. COMAC is studying low-boom techs. Is there a future for #supersonic air #transportation? And how could they fit in tomorrow's airport context? Read our analyses in #TheFutureOfAirports: www.alumni.enac.fr/en/publicati.... ✈️
- Reposted by GaëlBlade CEO Rob Wiesenthal doesn't expect to see eVTOL air taxis flying in New York City until late 2027 or early 2028. But eVTOL companies are actively staking their claims in the market, as evidenced by today's route announcement from Archer and United: theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...
- Reposted by Gaël📢 PR | Gulfstream announced the all-new G800, the world’s longest-range business aircraft, has earned type certification from the FAA along with certification from the EASA and has done so with even greater performance capabilities than originally anticipated. glf.aero/G800-CERTIFIED
- Reposted by GaëlWent to Goose Island for a beer. Stayed for the split-flap board. 🔊🔊🔊
- Reposted by GaëlAprès le Rafale, l’Inde achète officiellement sa version marine New Delhi valide le contrat d’achat de 26 Rafale dont 22 en version marine, qui armeront son dernier porte-avions. Par @clementmachecourt.bsky.social @lepoint.fr Publié le 11/04/2025 à 16h02 www.lepoint.fr/monde/apres-...
- New FAA SAFO on Risks Associated with Visual Approaches: content.govdelivery.com/attachments/.... ✈️ #airports #airtravel #aviation #flightsafety #safetyfirst
- *But safer, lower OPEX, higher #aircraft availability, and waaaaay quieter. 🚁 #airtravel #aviation #mobility #verticalflight
- What eVTOL is trying to recreate… #pec2025
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- Reposted by GaëlINBOX: Republic Airways and Mesa Air Group to Combine, Creating America's Regional Airline of Choice The 2 largest independent regional airlines in the US plan to merge.
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- Pre-booked, shared #aircraft on busy routes? Yes, they could. BLADE does it already with helicopters. "Ridehailing" with a cabin just for you? It's very unlikely it can get that cheap at least at the visible horizon: www.nationalacademies.org/event/848_02.... 🚁 #aviation #mobility #verticalflight
- Well... UAM is very exciting. But it's not made for and will never replace mass public transit. Completely different pricing and cost structures. We did talk about this in our 2024 @trb.org webinar on UAM. Recording and slides are available here: webinar.mytrb.org/Webinars/Det....
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- Do you enjoy the many reports, tools, and other products coming from the FAA-sponsored Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)? ✈️ You can help spread the world by becoming an ACRP Ambassador! 🛩️ More info about the program and how to apply at this link: www.trb.org/ACRP/ACRPAmb.... 🚁 @trb.org
- Reposted by GaëlUnited's HKG mini-hub is back! The carrier will fly daily to both BKK and SGN from HKG beginning in October, providing onward connections from SFO/LAX. SFO-ADL will also fly from 11 December, operating 3x weekly. SFO-MNL gets a second daily flight from October. #AvGeek
- According to A4A, >50% of Americans reported taking at least one airline trip over the past 12 months: www.airlines.org/news-update/.... #Aviation is an affordable mass #transportation mode used by regular people to visit family, go enjoy some time off, or do their job. ✈️ #airtravel #paxex
- At this point... A high-rise #building can be called "portable" because it can be raised and moved with the right equipment. 😉 #engineering
- I finally was able to pull together this post for Doomsday Machines, describing the first “portable” digital nuclear weapons effects computer, the WEDS MOD II… with “portable” definitely being a bit of a stretch (if you consider a trailer portable)… open.substack.com/pub/doomsday...
- Something a bit of an oddity for your excellent VTOL database, @vtolsociety.bsky.social... 😉 #aviation #verticalflight #verticaltuktuk #vtols
- Reposted by GaëlVideo of the Isar Aerospace "Full Spectrum" Launch at Andøya. 📸 video: @isaraerospace / @AndoyaSpace
- This was long overdue... We're in 2025!! 😱 Can I also control the video settings from my phone? 📲 And please, Delta, make sure that all of these smart IFEs enable earbud pairing. 😜 #airtravel #aviation #cx #paxex #travel
- How Delta Sync seatback demonstrably improves PaxEx runwaygirlnetwork.com/2025/03/how-... A special Delta Sync-focused trip report by @airlineflyer.net #nosetotail #paxex #avgeek #ife
- Reposted by Gaël« From April to August 2025, H55 will deliver real-world electric flight demonstrations with VIP guests — stopping at key aviation events including SUN ’n FUN in Florida and EAA AirVenture in Wisconsin … Targeted at flight schools, aero clubs … » Read their press release with link. | 🛩️ ⚡️ 🥇 📅 📍 🇺🇸
- Reposted by GaëlA must-read. Yet another instance in which the non-public military accident investigations uncover troubling technical problems and the public report just blames the pilot.
- NEW: A decorated Marine colonel speaks out about how ejected from an F-35 and how the top Marine threw him under the bus afterward. @longreads #military www.postandcourier.com/news/special...
- Reposted by GaëlA Lone Two-Seater: The Story of the YA-10B Warthog Designed for all-weather, night attacks, the two-seat YA-10B was meant to counter Soviet Cold War armor tactics, but only one was built. Story: theaviationist.com/2025/03/30/y...
- Another fun comparison is between the size of the largest high bypass ratio engines vs the cross-section of narrowbody aircraft. For instance: General Electric GE9X vs A320. 😁 #aircraft #aviation #engineering
- Straightforward chart showing the clear takeover of this market by the A320 family. Curious to see how the A321 is doing, specifically. The A321 is the new MoM. Deliveries of the LR & XLR versions will further strengthen its domination over the Pond for the narrowbody segment. ✈️ #airtravel #aviation
- While we're out here playing with weird plane data today, here's a chart showing how Airbus took over the TATL single-aisle market from Boeing. Maybe that's a win, maybe not. But it definitely happened. #AvGeek
- Reposted by GaëlThe U.S. research community has been significantly affected by recent federal actions impacting government agencies that fund science. @nasonline.org President Marcia McNutt discusses recent challenges and how the National Academies are responding: buff.ly/2ir4sTE
- You can try with your favorite tablet computer... But not sure that you'll get the same soft feeling. 😜
- This is the kind of breakthrough #innovation we need for nextgen #airliners. Btw if you're interested in these evolutions, I can't recommend these reports enough: ✅ On greener #aircraft techs: www.alumni.enac.fr/en/publicati.... ✅ On the future of #aviation: www.alumni.enac.fr/en/publicati....
- Airbus is investigating the use of counter-rotating open turbine wheels for its A320 replacement. This technology could deliver up to 20% fuel savings compared to current engines, aligning with industry trends towards more sustainable aviation. - More on hype.aero
- South Lake Tahoe is a nice little airport but also a very important facility for emergency management in the region. We interviewed its director for our ACRP #Research Report 229: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2609.... ✈️ #aviation @trb.org
- South Lake Tahoe, A-frame terminal (opened 1959). 📷 SDASM archives. #airportarchitecture www.instagram.com/p/B0l2xEEhhv0/
- Reposted by GaëlMy interview w/ Electra Aero CEO Marc Allen reveals how/why the company focused early on hybrid. They didn't assume that electrifying aircraft required replacing fossil fuel entirely. The result: A focus on benefits of blown lift, short takeoff & landing. aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/electras-ceo...
- Reposted by GaëlEuropean manufactured aircraft for aerial fire fighting. In 2011, Neptune Aviation became the first operator in North America to operate a the BAE-146. Now seeking to update that jet, the company has announced their replacement aircraft, the Airbus A319 neptuneaviation.com/case-studies...
- Two important studies on US #airports just released by ACI-NA: ➡️ #Infrastructure needs study: airportscouncil.org/intelligence... ➡️ Economic impact study: airportscouncil.org/intelligence... 🚁🛩️✈️ #airtravel #aviation #mobility #transportation
- Reposted by GaëlIntroducing the Civil Aviation Decarbonization Organization. CADO is a not-for-profit organization to manage the upcoming IATA-developed SAF Registry with an open and global approach that supports the scrutiny needed to build trust among all stakeholders. More: www.iata.org/en/pressroom...
- Reposted by GaëlMorning apron action at YYC 😎 🛩️ | Aviation | AvGeek | WinterOps | United
- Post a ship that’s not Star Wars or Star Trek.
- Reposted by GaëlTIL Air France and USAir had a partnership in the early 1990s. The airlines planned "reciprocal seat blocks" on USAir's Philadelphia-Paris route plus two to the US routes operated by Air France. This pact was almost certainly replaced by the USAir-British Airways pact that began in 1993. #AvGeek
- Reposted by GaëlAvelo Airlines since launch in 2021: • Added 80 cities, 26 of which have been canceled (32%) • Added 161 routes, 65 of which have been canceled (40%) Avelo reached its first pre-tax quarterly profit in 4Q23 partially thanks to its nimble strategy. But will this be sustainable long-term? 🤔
- Reposted by GaëlBoeing secures future as fighter maker after the White House announces it will develop and build the F-47 for the U.S. Air Force, trumping Lockheed Martin aviationweek.com/defense/airc...
- Reposted by GaëlCheck it out! We updated #TheImpossibleAirplane website with photos of the build progress. Special thanks to Jeff at EAA Chapter 898 for taking so many pictures! zurl.co/b5exa #aviation #rv10 #vansaircraft #eaa #experimentalaviation
- Just someone on a ramp somewhere in Russia taking the liberty of deviating a tiny bit with SAE #aircraft ground de-icing procedures... ❄️😱✈️ #airtravel #safetyfirst
- Don't forget also The Wind Rises. Very different mood, of course, with a poetic introspection into the dual nature (and use) of #aviation.
- Studio Ghibli airships are all awesome but if you haven't seen PORCO ROSSO, you can't really call yourself a fan of aviation. (Well, you could but you must watch it!) Also - watch this! #aviation
- Reposted by GaëlSad news today on John Hemingway. Not only the last of the few but I have only ever heard lovely stories about John. His portrait is currently showcased in our Art Gallery and we recently digitised his BofB combat reports collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/o... @rafmuseum.bsky.social
- Brood XIV cicadas come out of the ground once every 17 years, and they aren’t shy about letting you know of their presence. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...
- True! And there is also a French startup working on a (smaller) clean sheet waterbomber design.
- There’s also the AVIC AG600 that’s more in the size category of the Martin Mars. ;-) www.avic.com/jtwz/cn/xwzx...
- Reposted by GaëlArriving in the US from an international flight is about to get a little bit easier. If you're connecting in Atlanta or Dallas-Fort Worth from Heathrow, the TSA's One-Stop Security pilot is set to launch sometime this summer. Read my latest in The @washingtonpost.com (gift link).
- Are you too experiencing symptoms such as Martin Mars nostalgia because USSOCOM didn't follow through with the MC-130J floatplane concept? ☹️ This ATR 72 conversion idea may help you... 👍 And yes, it's a waterbomber! ☺️ #aerialfirefighting #aircraft #aviation #engineering #stem
- Not on my bingo card for 2025. A company named Positive Aviation proposing to place floats on an ATR72 aircraft. positive-aviation.com
- Reposted by GaëlThe wind on Saturn's largest moon is strong enough to blow rocks of up to half a metre diameter around, which could put NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission at risk.
- Reposted by GaëlThe FAA issued a charting notice today, revising the available helicopter routes in Washington DC. The new chart removes route 4 and 6 in the vicinity of DCA airport. www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-...
- Reposted by GaëlWe head up into the skies over Los Angeles in honor of the Goodyear Blimp's 100th. Come join us ... there's room for eight.
