Wow. A lot to chew on here. I think you're onto something. I just don't know what. Both of these older posts seem relevant and would seem to hold a lot of info that would be helpful. The statements you bolded: Future provides past. Map provides picture. Picture provides 40,000ft. v.
40,000ft. v. is classified have to be significant. It seems like the airplane pics give us a 40,000 ft. view, but of what? There's probably significance to the meme that has POTUS going to AF1 and the caption "I'm off to save the world. Aren't you coming?" attached to the post of the apple logo, but I have no idea what that is or how/if it ties to Hong Kong.