Planefag checking in. So, today was a real mixed bag. C-40s, Venus Gulfstreams, Boeing 757s doing weird stuff over Harrisburg, a 747 but not AF1, with some odd round trips.

Part 1

Part 2

VM101 out and about and three E-6 Mercury planes in the air at one point.

Part 3

Whatever was on PAT008 must have been important, to have a P-8 Poseidon and LOBO474 providing cover for it.

Part 4

Gulfstream VENUS67 went to LaGuardia Airport and didn't stay very long, then returned to Andrews. I wonder who was on board?

Part 5 (Yes, I do have a Part 5, unlike Q)

At the moment, I am concentrating on command & control aircraft, (C560s and GLFs, along with E-3, E4-B. E-6 and B350 SIGINT planes). Helicopters get capped if they grab my attention, particularly H-60 Blackhawks where you wouldn't normally expect them to be.

I posted this earlier but the Baker appeared to ignore it. I can't think why that would happen, it's about the Jewish media, after all.

The Jewish Chronicle and Jewish News are to close and their staff made redundant, according to sources at the outlets, after their parent company ran out of money as the coronavirus pandemic devastates the media industry.

While some news outlets have furloughed journalists in the hope of riding out the crisis, sources at the Jewish Chronicle say staff were informed the parent company had run out of cash and could not continue trading.

The timing is particularly grim for staff as it is the start of the festival of Passover.

Last summer, the Jewish Chronicle – first published in 1841 – received new funding from its owner, the charitable Kessler Foundation. The money was provided by 20 individuals, families and charitable trusts.

In February, the Jewish Chronicle agreed to merge with its rival title Jewish News in an effort to secure the financial future of Jewish media in the UK. The deal had yet to be finalised, but sources said both outlets were effectively being treated in the same manner with staff laid off.

Management told staff they were in negotiation with the Kessler Foundation to possibly secure the future of Jewish Chronicle in some form, potentially involving rehiring a number of people, although this would require new funding.

Following the publication of this story, the Jewish Chronicle confirmed the news, which is likely to leave creditors out of pocket: “Despite the heroic efforts of the editorial and production team at the newspaper, it has become clear that the Jewish Chronicle will not be able to survive the impact of the current coronavirus epidemic in its current form.”

They said every effort is being made to continue publication while efforts are made to save the outlets.

Sauce: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/08/jewish-chronicle-and-jewish-news-to-be-liquidated-and-staff-laid-off

Charitable funding then liquidation stinks of giving with one hand, then taking back with the other. Maybe a dig on the Kessler Foundation is in order, to see why they make tax-deductible charity donations?

VENUS41 from Asheville NC on final into Andrews.

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Is Jewish News not newsworthy? Censoring it might be seen as being anti-Semitic…*

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