by Matt | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog
I’ve got a couple of interesting job openings to pass on today. These are very interesting opportunities for people with the right backgrounds (i.e. not me). If I thought I had an ice cubes chance in hell of getting either job I would apply for both these jobs,...
by Matt | Apr 12, 2011 | Aircraft, Blog, Photos
BAE Systems have added another item to the long list of items that they have produced for the F-35 Lightning II, otherwise known as the Joint Strike Fighter–a new ejection seat. The seats will be installed in all F-35s. For interested parties, they’ve put...
by Matt | Mar 31, 2011 | Aircraft, Blog, Photos
I’d like to start out by saying that I hope everything works out as best it can for everyone that is actually at Sun ‘n Fun. From what I understand, some severe storms and potentially a tornado tore through the airport there earlier today. According to the...
by Matt | Nov 24, 2010 | Aircraft, Blog
I get the Flightaware email newsletter and periodically it includes images of aircraft that strike a particular chord with me. Recently, I was presented with a rather interesting looking aircraft. It was a tilt-rotor, like an V-22 Osprey, but obviously civil. It...
by Matt | Sep 27, 2010 | Aircraft, Blog, Fun Flying
The centuries-old dream of a human-powered ornithopter, such as the one sketched by Leonardo Da Vinci, has until recently been quite elusive. Early in August, an engineering student at the University of Toronto made history in his own creation. Todd Reichert, a Ph.D....
