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Meet the mountain mules delivering critical aid to Hurricane Helene victims
The Post Millennial ^ | 10/2/24 | Katie Daviscort

Posted on 10/02/2024 11:04:24 AM PDT by CFW

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To: blackdog

They are now looking for tranny and gay/lesbian pilots.


41 posted on 10/02/2024 3:32:43 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT; CFW
I had not heard about "Direct to Cell" communications. I found the Starlink page for Direct to Cell. Very interesting. Thanks for letting us know about that.

"Seamless access to text, voice, and data for LTE phones across the globe. The Starlink Direct to Cell launch campaign is underway."

SpaceX: "On January 2, 2024, we launched to orbit our first six Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities. Launch and early tests of the technology were all completed without issue. On Monday, January 8, less than 6 days after launch, we sent and received our first text messages to and from unmodified cell phones on the ground to our new satellites in space using T-Mobile network spectrum. This validates that our link budget closes, and the system works! The Direct to Cell network will expand Starlink’s vision by providing ubiquitous connectivity and seamless access to text, voice, and data for LTE phones and devices across the globe. Text service begins this year, followed by voice, data, and Internet of Things (IoT) services in 2025."

Apple added satellite comms in the iPhone 14, but no satellite voice comms, just SOS, text emergency services, request roadside assistance, message friends and family, and share your location.

42 posted on 10/02/2024 3:41:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (May the soy boys, feminazis, and alphabet weirdos choke on the toxic fumes of our masculinity)
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To: Colt1851Navy
Got my license and ratings in 1979, 1980, and Sea Plane in 1995. I fly mostly after 10PM and had better be done by sunrise. I can't take what aviation has become. At least late at night the ATC Centers are much more relaxed and cooperating. Tower and ground have no management by large. Clearance delivery is usually the same person handling ground. Air is calmer and approaches are easier. No SID's or STAR'S usually. At 500' you're cleared to your airway direct except for noise abatement Hellholes.

Sea Planes, you stay low, slow, and follow rivers and lakes. All seat of the pants flying. No night ops of course.

The enjoyment in flying is fading from the trade or craft IMHO.

43 posted on 10/02/2024 4:10:55 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: lysie

Ping. Do you have a mule or am I mixed up?


44 posted on 10/02/2024 4:12:29 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
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To: lapsus calami

45 posted on 10/02/2024 4:52:54 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: CFW
Never EVER

EVER

avail them to big democrat cities!
46 posted on 10/02/2024 5:02:33 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: angry elephant

Mules have the smarts of a donkey and the height of a horse.

What is great about this is the American ingenuity of figuring out how to get supplies to their fellow Americans.

Feds/FEMA are worthless. Unless you are a coastal elite, you will be on your own when a natural disaster happens.


47 posted on 10/02/2024 5:11:58 PM PDT by Texas resident (Que Mala= Bad Juju.)
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To: vivenne
Hurricane Helene

So far 685+ missing. Hopefully, it's just that there's no way to reach them and that we'll find them eventually.

48 posted on 10/02/2024 5:15:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Texas resident
Feds/FEMA are worthless. Unless you are a coastal elite, you will be on your own when a natural disaster happens.

I notice the response is different compared to New Orleans. I guess mountain folks in Appalachia are self-reliant.

49 posted on 10/02/2024 5:16:55 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: SauronOfMordor

No kidding! The Army Corp of Engineers would love nothing MORE than to take on this assignment! Those guys and gals are jonesin’ to fire up the skid steers and front end loaders! They can build bridges ANYWHERE in ANY conditions! They’d have this taken care of in weeks - not months and years!

Hey, Brandon? Get you head out of your @ss and try to act just a little bit ‘presidential,’ could ya? *SPIT*


50 posted on 10/02/2024 8:03:03 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: ReformedBeckite

“ What is even funnier is they are might be delivering to place that have no electricity.”

If they can deliver some gasoline, a car’s battery will run one.


51 posted on 10/03/2024 6:27:48 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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