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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson flew his vintage P-51 Mustang over Washington D.C. despite FAA safety objections. This isn’t a minor rule violation—it’s a window into a government culture where high-ranking officials operate with de facto immunity, eroding the very principle of accountability that regulation is supposed to enforce.
The US Navy flight-tested 3D-printed composite parts on an F/A-18 Super Hornet using forward-deployed printers. This isn’t about cost savings—it’s the death of centralized inventory. If the military can trust printed jet parts, every industry should reimagine its supply chain.
CoCom regulations on GPS receivers were designed to keep sensitive technology from adversaries, but today they’re easily bypassed by cheap hardware and open-source software. The rules only burden honest hobbyists, while bad actors remain unaffected. This article explains why the regulation is counterproductive and how it actually accelerates the circumvention it aims to prevent.
The EasyJet takeover headlines focus on price tags, but the real battle is over scarce airport slots at Gatwick and Geneva. For travelers, this means potential fare hikes and reduced service if the airline loses its low-cost DNA. For investors, it’s a land grab for the most constrained resource in European aviation.