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Navigating the Skies: Weather's Dance with Aviation

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Hey, fellow sky enthusiasts!      Today, let us dive into a topic that keeps us grounded or sends us soaring  weather and its impact on aviation. The current event that caught my eye is the recent bout of extreme turbulence hitting the  aviation world. Why this event, you ask? Well, buckle up, because it is a wild ride! Imagine a day that seems to be peaceful, but above the air, Mother Nature is hosting a party to which pilots have not been invited. The air's roller coaster, turbulence, has assumed a leading role. Now, what makes this such a major issue? Friends, turbulence is more than just that rough ride we moan about when we fly; it is a complicated ballet of wind, air currents, and environment. You may be curious as to why turbulence is currently causing such a commotion in the aviation industry. The answer lies in one simple word: climate change. As the Earth's climate becomes increasingly erratic, so does the weather, leading to a more frequent and unwelcome appear
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4.3 Aviation Security Blog Discussion

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Aviation Security by: Juvan Rabago On November 6,2023, a man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for carrying a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag. The gun, a 9mm with 14 bullets, was the thirty-first firearm found at the airport's checkpoints this year, breaking the previous record. The TSA was alerted by the X-ray unit and the pistol was seized by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police. The man, a resident of Berryville, Virginia, claimed he had forgotten to lock up the gun at home. In the first three quarters of 2023, the TSA has already intercepted 5,072 weapons at airport security checkpoints, and if this trend continues, they will surpass last year's record of 6,542 firearms prevented from being onboard flights.                                                     Performing a job solely for financial gain is often viewed negatively compared to having a genuine passion for the work. This
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Ethics in Aviation

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  Ethics in Aviation   by Juvan Rabago In this blog I am going to talk about Lieutenant Commander Jonny Kim, former Navy SEAL, Naval Aviator, Naval Surgeon, Harvard Educated Doctor and NASA astronaut.  Jonny Kim in August 2017                    He served as the International Space Station's Increment Lead for Expedition 65 in 2021 and currently supports crew operations.    Kim completed his studies at Harvard in 2016, followed by a year who beat over 18,000 applicants to be a part of the 12 new astronauts making up "NASA Astronaut Group 22." In 2020, he was appointed as part of Artemis Team 1, the group that will form the crew of Artemis III, which became the first manned mission to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. The Artemis program is viewed as a stepping-stone toward future crewed missions to Mars, to take place in the 2030s.     As Kim returned to NASA to prepare for his first space mission, he reflected on his family and how they supported him to accomplish so
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