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Town to the left and the Greater Cumberland Airport straight ahead.

Yamchun Fortress is located in the Pamir mountains at over 10000 feet asl, it was built in 3 century to protect the caravan of the Silk Road along the Wakhan Valley

Birds eye view

GE Aerospace announced today a new industry first to advance hybrid electric flight, demonstrating the viability of more electric aircraft engine systems for commercial aviation.

In collaboration with @NASAaero, @beta.aircraft, and @Boeing, GE Aerospace recently conducted the first hybrid electric flight above 30,000 feet, reaching the same altitude levels of passenger commercial aircraft.
The record-breaking test campaign was enabled by GE Aerospace's fully integrated, megawatt-class, and multi-kilovolt hybrid electric propulsion system developed through NASA's Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project

Very curious about this place? is it worth to travel to? How safe is it?

Mountain lake

Hi, has anyone had the aftermarket Rear Display? is it worth it? any problems with warranty? here is an example Ebay

around 14k feet, Pamir mountains

Guess the location?

population 30k. Elevation 7000ft

This pilot project should start here in Maryland.

If we layout tracks following **I-97** down from Baltimore, sweeping onto **US-50 East**, crossing the **Chesapeake Bay Bridge**, and tracking Route 50 all the way down through Easton, Salisbury, and into Ocean City, the one-way distance stretches to about **125 miles**. For a round trip, that is a total of **250 miles**.

To make this realistic, we have to break the trip down into phases, assuming a top-tier train like a modified Shinkansen or Eurostar:
* **Acceleration / Deceleration:** The train needs time to ramp up to 219 mph leaving Baltimore, slow down for the Bay Bridge, ramp back up on the Eastern Shore, and slow down for the terminus.
* **The Bay Bridge Curve & Span:** High-speed trains must slow down significantly on tight curves and long over-water spans due to crosswinds and structural tracking limits. We will budget a restricted **90 mph** for a 6-mile stretch across the bridge and its approaches.
### The Round-Trip Timeline
A realistic, non-stop operational run looks like this:

1. Baltimore to the Bay Bridge Approach
   ~24 miles
   Leaving Penn Station, the train navigates the Baltimore tunnels and accelerates to its 219 mph cruising speed down the I-97/US-50 corridor.
   Time: 8.5 minutes
2. Chesapeake Bay Bridge Crossing
   ~6 miles
   The train decelerates smoothly to 90 mph to safely cross the suspension span, giving passengers a brief, sweeping view of the bay.
   Time: 4 minutes
3. The Eastern Shore Sprint
   ~95 miles
   Clearing Kent Island, the train punches back up to 219 mph, screaming parallel to Route 50 past Easton, over the Choptank River, through the Salisbury bypass, and straight to the coast.
   Time: 27.5 minutes
4. Ocean City Arrival & Turnaround
   Deceleration
   The train brakes firmly as it approaches the Harry W. Kelley Memorial Bridge structure, coming to a full stop at a hypothetical terminal just outside downtown Ocean City.
   Time: 2.5 minutes
   ### The Final Tally
   * **One-Way Time:** \approx **43 minutes**
   * **Total Round-Trip Travel Time:** \approx **1 ohour and 25 minutes**

** Even with the real-world routing and a major slowdown for the Bay Bridge, a round-trip commute that normally takes drivers 5 to 6 hours on a summer weekend shrinks to less than an hour and a half.