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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by ourmandave on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:18PM (#50396135)
It was bad enough in 1986 when F-16 pilots had to bring their own cassette players on missions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVHEFiLQ3GU

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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by myrandomcomment on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:12PM (#50400295)
The old man in me says this is a reference to the movie "Iron Eagle", without clicking on the link. :)
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