Part-time flight instructor, full-time aerospace engineer. Founder & MD of @AirborneEngLtd. 🚀🔧 Warning: my tweets may contain traces of RF Engineering.
Joined June 2011
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James Macfarlane retweeted
15 Jul 2022
Another mesmerizing capture from @Dustin_Farrell. @ztresearch
14 Jul 2022
I captured this strange phenomenon recently in SE Colorado at 1000FPS. Check out how the bolt actually follows the turbine blade at the end. If the blade was spinning faster would it draw a lightning circle?? Would love another @LaurelCoons analysis! @WorldAndScience
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James Macfarlane retweeted
16 Jun 2022
1/ So I wasn't exaggerating when I said the storm in Kansas the other night was probably the pinnacle of my chasing so far. Experts confirm a very high likelihood that I did capture multiple gigantic jets - more precisely, very rarely captured positive gigantic jets.
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James Macfarlane retweeted
14 Jun 2022
There's a limit to how "dynamic" you can get with a tethered test, but we're pushing the envelope as much as we can with the latest test of Gyroc, our VTVL rocket. Thanks to @esa and @spacegovuk. Video here: youtube.com/watch?v=WAMXIBng…
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6 Jun 2022
Genius way of encouraging bar tips at a hacker conference
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4 Jun 2022
Hello to all the additional people who have followed me since I last said “hi” from @emfcamp
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James Macfarlane retweeted
22 Feb 2022
This year will see a historic milestone as a space launch company launches a payload into orbit from UK soil. Update on Britain's return to the launcher business ow.ly/kw8u50I0Xmw
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James Macfarlane retweeted
22 Apr 2021
This one is a bit niche perhaps, but it was the perfect mix of educational, weird, and original that it made me laugh harder than perhaps all the rest
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4 Feb 2022
Whenever I see a quantum computers, it always seems they are made almost entirely out of SMA connectors.
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James Macfarlane retweeted
1 Feb 2022
Rocket development company @AirborneEngLtd is set to reach new heights after landing major funding from the @esa for its VTVL rocket Gyroc bit.ly/3uhkDxA @RocketEngines #rockets #technology #propulsion #space #businesspark #Buckinghamshire #PR
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James Macfarlane retweeted
21 Dec 2021
We're pleased to announce that our VTVL rocket "Gyroc" has received funding from @esa (via @spacegovuk) for a development and test programme which will allow us to refine the control system and design a larger-scale vehicle. Here's a test from last week: youtube.com/watch?v=Kzl64BYY…
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James Macfarlane retweeted
19 Sep 2021
new version of captcha just dropped
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James Macfarlane retweeted
4 Sep 2021
#ISS routine observation 2021-07-19. 10 inch telescope, fully manually tracked in fair seeing conditions.
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James Macfarlane retweeted
5 Aug 2021
First detail images NOSS satellite USA-229 were frames on top and bottom seem to confirm detail. This is the preceding satellite of this NOSS pair. NOSS satellites are very difficult targets for backyard telescopes due to the high altitude of over 1000 km.
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