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A Chilling Reminder to Land Straight Out? | Flying Friday

No Comments 03 February 2012

I just saw the following story: Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash. According to the article, if they got their story straight, his plane was on fire when, based on ATC recordings, he stated his intentions to turn back just before crashing. Unfortunately, it didn't end at all well. I feel terrible for this gentleman's family... Read more »

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A Quick Request

No Comments 31 January 2012

I can see I'm running out of day, so I want to ask you to do me a quick favor. Will you fill out a brief questionnaire regarding this site? It will really help me develop some new content. I'll embed it here, or you can complete it over on SurveyMonkey. Create your free online... Read more »

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In-Cockpit Video of Concorde Take-off and Landing | Movie Monday

No Comments 30 January 2012

When I was a kid, my grandmother used to take me to the airport to watch planes and to airshows. A consequence of this was that I got pretty good at identifying aircraft. This was before September 11th, 2001, so airports were much more accessible than they are today. It's funny, I spent a lot... Read more »

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A Warbird. Sort Of… | Warbird Wednesday

No Comments 25 January 2012

Last week, while attempting to write, I was wasting time perusing Youtube when I came across the video above. It made me wonder, "how flexible is my definition of a warbird?" The aircraft in question is a Titan T-51 Mustang. It is a 3/4th scale replica of a P-51. Like any kit plane, it comes to you... Read more »

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Check Out This Crazy Mini Airport | Movie Monday

No Comments 23 January 2012

Did you ever have a model train set? I had a couple, but my brother and I always enjoyed trying to get the trains to fly off the tracks more than we enjoyed building. Still, I can appreciate the work that goes in to creating detailed dioramas. Sometimes people put in a little too much... Read more »

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New Year, New Content

No Comments 18 January 2012

It's that time of year, where I take a look back and decide what worked and what didn't and I usually set some goals. This year isn't going to be any different, but I've decided some changes are in order. On the whole, 2011 was an off-year. I basically accomplished 0% of every goal I... Read more »

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Spectacular 787 Dreamliner Air-to-Air | Movie Monday

No Comments 16 January 2012

I know it's been a while since I last posted since I took a bit of a winter break for the holidays. I did a lot of strategic thinking, which I will discuss in another post. For now, I want to share the first Movie Monday post of the new year. This video, which is... Read more »

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Nice Pitts S2S Routine | Movie Monday

No Comments 28 November 2011

If you live in the US, I hope you had a nice holiday last week, if not, I hope you had a nice week. We hosted the family for Thanksgiving, so I spent the week preparing for that. It was a nice get together, but I opted not to write last week in order to... Read more »

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A Case for Your “Aviation-Enabled” Tablet

No Comments 15 November 2011

So I was perusing the usual collection of techy blogs and websites when I came across an interesting video promoting a couple of iPad cases. If the question, "Ooh, and iPad case, why do I care?" sprang to mind, let me answer you directly--the ad features airplanes, skydivers, and free-falling iPads. Now I admit, the... Read more »

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Building a Maule on How It’s Made | Movie Monday

No Comments 14 November 2011

Today's movie is from a more mainstream source, so I ask that you ignore the over-simplification of the process. The video offers a little tour of the production process at the Maule factory down in Moultrie, GA. Maule's are tube and fabric, so you Cub flyers and Kitfox builders take note of the fabric covering.... Read more »