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Chinese EMALS
by mgbrattland＠gerlecreek.com 07 Nov '25

07 Nov '25

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Aviation Week ::Flight Friday: The Fading Resilience Of The MD-11
by mgbrattland＠gerlecreek.com 07 Nov '25

07 Nov '25

From: Harold Brattland <habrattland(a)arvig.net> Sent: Friday, November 7, 2025 1:03 PM To: Brattland, Mike * <mgbrattland(a)gerlecreek.com> Subject: Aviation Week ::Flight Friday: The Fading Resilience Of The MD-11 -- Flight Friday: The Fading Resilience Of The MD-11 Share Daniel Williams <https://aviationweek.com/author/daniel-williams> November 07, 2025 <https://aviationweek.com/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/20…> UPS MD-11F Credit: Aviation Visuals / Alamy With the recent news concerning the tragic MD-11F accident at Louisville <https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/safety-ops-regulation/ntsb-analyzing…> , Kentucky, this week’s Flight Friday <https://aviationweek.com/term/flightfriday> looks at flight cycles of the last tri-jet aircraft built for commercial service. The last delivery of an MD-11 was a freighter-built aircraft for Lufthansa Cargo in early 2001, 11 years after the first MD-11 delivery, which was a passenger aircraft to Finnair. Two hundred MD-11s were delivered by McDonnell Douglas, later Boeing <https://aviationweek.com/term/boeing> , and almost 70 remain in service today, with some additional aircraft in storage. Looking at utilization since 2019, the freighter MD-11 utilization was unfazed by the COVID pandemic, bucking the trend of similarly sized widebody equivalent passenger aircraft. The data shows that utilization remained consistent through to the end of September 2021, which was the end of the Northern Hemisphere’s summer season, and Lufthansa Cargo removed its remaining MD-11s from service. <Numbers chart not copied Sorry> The end of the summer 2021 season saw FedEx and UPS, the two largest operators of the MD-11, also begin to remove the expensive, less efficient, tri-jet from service, as replacement twin-engine 767s and 777s entered service. The MD-11 maintains an important role for these operators, but now the jets are used to do some of the shorter trunk routes, and act as part of their “flex fleets.” FedEx had originally planned to remove the MD-11 from its fleet before the end of this decade. However, due to difficulties in getting new aircraft, the MD-11 was given a small reprieve, and it will be phased out in the early 2030s. UPS had started retiring some of the oldest MD-11s and it is considered that these, likewise, will fly until around the end of this decade. This data was put together using Aviation Week’s Tracked Aircraft Utilization database. <https://pgs.aviationweek.com/TrackedAircraftUtilization?CODE=STAUPGBS> <https://aviationweek.com/sites/default/files/styles/author_thumbnail/public…> Daniel Williams <https://aviationweek.com/author/daniel-williams> Based in the UK, Daniel is Director of Fleet Data Services for Aviation Week Network. Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2017, Daniel held a number of industry positions analyzing fleet dat

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Juan Brown Update
by mgbrattland＠gerlecreek.com 07 Nov '25

07 Nov '25

https://youtu.be/JqmkB3bby8s?si=AZUVo3hOM5SR0WtV

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FW: SH-60B LAMPS MK III assistance
by mgbrattland＠gerlecreek.com 07 Nov '25

07 Nov '25

From: Randy Doyle <randydoyle27(a)icloud.com <mailto:randydoyle27@icloud.com> > Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 2:05 PM Subject: SH-60B LAMPS MK III assistance Randy Doyle here, I am a former H-2 pilot, did a couple of tours at HSL-37 in the 80’s and 90’s. I volunteer on the USS Midway Museum where we are updating the DESRON ASW room. I am looking for anyone who remembers flying the SH-60B, and would be able to put some plain language to the attached wiring diagram. For example, ASN-123 TAC/NAV SYSTEM - is the onboard mission computer for ASW (or whatever it really is). Any help your membership could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your assistance. Warm regards, Randy Doyle 614 427-8204 Sent from my iPad

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ISW on Iraqi elections
by Marc Liebman 07 Nov '25

07 Nov '25

https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/post-iraqi-election-disun… Marc Liebman https://www.marcliebman.com https://www.facebook.com/marcliebmanauthor/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_sDoFQM5wupNaCeGIvKL1g Author of: Cherubs 2 Raider of the Scottish Coast Big Mother 40 Carronade Render Harmless Death of a Lady Forgotten Last Battles Inner Look For a Few Francs Moscow Airlift Predators The Simushir Island Incident Flight of the Pawnee Failure to Fire Insidious Dragon The Red Star of Death Member of: The Author’s Guild Military Writers Society of America Association of Texas Authors North American Snowsport Journalists Association --

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Latest from ISW
by Marc Liebman 07 Nov '25

07 Nov '25

https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-november-6-20… Interesting developments that are good for peace in the Middle East and bad for Iran. Marc Liebman https://www.marcliebman.com https://www.facebook.com/marcliebmanauthor/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_sDoFQM5wupNaCeGIvKL1g Author of: Cherubs 2 Raider of the Scottish Coast Big Mother 40 Carronade Render Harmless Death of a Lady Forgotten Last Battles Inner Look For a Few Francs Moscow Airlift Predators The Simushir Island Incident Flight of the Pawnee Failure to Fire Insidious Dragon The Red Star of Death Member of: The Author’s Guild Military Writers Society of America Association of Texas Authors North American Snowsport Journalists Association --

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Under Takaichi, Tokyo Becomes a Partner of Conviction for Washington
by mgbrattland＠gerlecreek.com 06 Nov '25

06 Nov '25

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2025/11/06/under_takaichi_tokyo_be comes_a_partner_of_conviction_for_washington_1145626.html

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UPS More From Juan Brown
by mgbrattland＠gerlecreek.com 05 Nov '25

05 Nov '25

https://youtu.be/mHW6HaS5mnc?si=N59fMy9NgpDDMA8m

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Fwd: UPS Plane That Crashed Was 34 Years Old-and Repaired in September
by Brian Miller 05 Nov '25

05 Nov '25

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Brian Miller <brianjmiller1977(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [Helobubbas] UPS Plane That Crashed Was 34 Years Old-and Repaired in September To: <mgbrattland(a)gerlecreek.com> Once again, no idea if this is relevant, but here is a good video of Flight 191 at Ohare in 1979. This was a DC-10 (now MD-11) and it remains the worst air disaster in history. So far, a lot of similarities. I don’t know if the engine is still designed to to fail up and over the wing structurally, but if that is the case, it is not hard to imagine a scenario like this. Quite possibly an engine structural failure that led to perhaps a fod issue on one or both remaining engines, perhaps with accompanying hydraulic issues. The OHAre accident was found to be maintenance malpractice. They used an unauthorized procedure (forklift) in the engine removal process. https://youtu.be/F6iU7Mmf330?si=a6vO2ut4-rmHyNaE Given the fact that the engine was thrown clear, it at least seems a place to start. On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM <mgbrattland(a)gerlecreek.com> wrote: > > https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/ups-plane-that-crashed-was-34-years-o… > > > > *CDR Mike Brattland, USN (Ret.) mgbrattland(a)gerlecreek.com > <mgbrattland(a)gerlecreek.com> * > > *mgbrattland(a)brattland.org <mgbrattland(a)brattland.org> * > > *Admin/Moderator SanDiegoCarGuys List & Calendar of Events* > > *sandiegocarguys(a)brattland.org <sandiegocarguys(a)brattland.org> * > > *619 454-0496 ’38 Willys 2 Dr Sedan* > > *Webmaster for **www.brattland.org <http://www.brattland.org/> > www.overthehillgang.com <http://www.overthehillgang.com/>* *www.overdrivehotrodnews.com > <http://www.overdrivehotrodnews.com/>** www.gerlecreek.org > <http://www.gerlecreek.org/> ** www.helobubbas.com > <http://www.helobubbas.com/>* > > *www.prowlers.org <http://www.prowlers.org/>* * www.gerlecreek.com > <http://www.gerlecreek.com/>* *www.ford6vcarburetion.com > <http://www.ford6vcarburetion.com/>* > > *www.westcoastwillysclub.com <http://www.westcoastwillysclub.com/> > www.nssha.org <http://www.nssha.org/> www.nhahistoricalsociety.org > <http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/> > https://sh60fhoas.nhahistoricalsociety.org/ > <https://sh60fhoas.nhahistoricalsociety.org/>* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Helobubbas mailing list -- helobubbas(a)helobubbas.com > To unsubscribe send an email to helobubbas-leave(a)helobubbas.com >

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UPS Plane That Crashed Was 34 Years Old-and Repaired in September
by mgbrattland＠gerlecreek.com 05 Nov '25

05 Nov '25

https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/ups-plane-that-crashed-was-34-years-ol dand-repaired-in-september-9b4828db?st=usXu2G <https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/ups-plane-that-crashed-was-34-years-o ldand-repaired-in-september-9b4828db?st=usXu2G&reflink=desktopwebshare_perma link> &reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink CDR Mike Brattland, USN (Ret.) <mailto:mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> mgbrattland(a)gerlecreek.com <mailto:mgbrattland@brattland.org> mgbrattland(a)brattland.org Admin/Moderator SanDiegoCarGuys List & Calendar of Events <mailto:sandiegocarguys@brattland.org> sandiegocarguys(a)brattland.org 619 454-0496 '38 Willys 2 Dr Sedan Webmaster for <http://www.brattland.org/> www.brattland.org <http://www.overthehillgang.com/> www.overthehillgang.com <http://www.overdrivehotrodnews.com/> www.overdrivehotrodnews.com <http://www.gerlecreek.org/> www.gerlecreek.org <http://www.helobubbas.com/> www.helobubbas.com <http://www.prowlers.org/> www.prowlers.org <http://www.gerlecreek.com/> www.gerlecreek.com <http://www.ford6vcarburetion.com/> www.ford6vcarburetion.com <http://www.westcoastwillysclub.com/> www.westcoastwillysclub.com <http://www.nssha.org/> www.nssha.org <http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/> www.nhahistoricalsociety.org <https://sh60fhoas.nhahistoricalsociety.org/> https://sh60fhoas.nhahistoricalsociety.org/

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