We’re hiring another data developer to help wrangle our airport and navigation tooling! Lots of interesting problems to solve. Hit me up if you have any questions.
Time for a break, but made progress on recreating the classic poster of NACA airfoils 0006 to 6721 thanks to open source libraries vsketch, shapely, and airfoils.
While it’s important for news organizations to move their online presence forward, it’s sad to see LJWorld migrate away from the platform that we poured so much of ourselves in to.
Fifteen years ago
@yarnhedgie
and I exchanged vows on the best day ever. Today we celebrated with burgers for dinner with our two amazing kiddos. They’re now playing Minecraft together, of course.
Feeling good about my 2017 in aviation: passed the Sport checkride, took my kids flying, got my Class B endorsement, and handled carb ice at 500 feet AGL like a champ.
Greetings from 81C! This is my first time on the 747-8 and my first time on the upper deck. Thanks
@jtahmase
for showing me the ways of the Star Alliance upgrade!
New in
#ForeFlightVoyager
- Tune in to live radio comms at supported airports thanks to a new integration with LiveATC.🎙️✈️
Voyager on Apple Vision Pro takes you to airports near and far with stunning 3D views and live traffic displays.
Happy Birthday ForeFlight! 15 years ago today
@vectorstofinal
and I threw ~$4500 in a pot and started a remarkable company that transformed the way we all fly. It’s been one heck of an adventure.
For years, you’ve been told by brokers and intermediaries what multiples are fair for startup acquisitions.
Today, we’d like to share with you
@microacquire
's 2021 analysis of acquisition multiples in the first of our biannual multiple reports.
Details below. Let's dig in.
It's
#ForeFlight
release day! Flight Delay Notifications (another benefit to filing with ForeFlight), declutter the Aeronautical Map with feature toggles, door-to-door planning with Trip Assistant, new Europe region (👋 🇪🇺!), and more - available now.
It's ForeFlight release day! Improved Traffic Alerts now warn you of converging traffic earlier with two different alert levels, Procedure Advisor lets you specify an altitude minimum for quick reference during final approach, and more!
We’re thrilled to announce that the
@CloudAhoy
team will be joining ForeFlight, adding their innovative flight analysis and debriefing solutions to our product offerings for flight training, as well as business, general and military aviation. Learn more:
It’s 8pm and I’m 20 for 20 on my stand goal for the day. Today most of your aviation charts, plates and data were updated. With Automatic Downloads enabled, you may not have even noticed.
We've helped 1000+ startups get acquired.
Now implementing a 4% commission.
So we can invest in more services.
So we can invest in better tooling.
Helping more startups get acquired.
Appreciate everyone's support!
Full
@acquiredotcom
details below.
Senior prank, class of 2022: retrained the neural net to classify students as teachers and teachers as students. Classes halted until teachers regain access via adversarial clothing.
Me, writing an absence note for one of the kiddos:
Me: Oh man this is pretty good!
Brain: You can do better.
Me: <revises letter>
Brain: Have you considered your audience?
Me: <another round of revisions>
Brain: ...
Me: <hits print>
Brain: Are you *sure* about that typeface?