As expected, some of the early announcements have already filtered out of Oshkosh. There have been some pretty exciting things coming out so far. There are a handful of them that I've come across that are personally very exciting. The Sonex Onex, the Cobalt 50, and the TV series The Aviators. At its most basic,... Read more »
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Now I'm Getting Excited
It's Tuesday, day 2 of Airventure 2010 in Oshkosh. We depart tomorrow and now I'm getting excited. I'm getting so excited I just watched the same 3 videos about 5 times. I will post them here just in case someone else is interested. The first one is a trailer for some of the more exciting... Read more »
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Can't Make it to Oshkosh?
It's that time of year. Next week is the aviation event that we all look forward to -- Airventure in Oshkosh. I'm trying to get my own little pilgrimage together for the last half of the week. I will be closely following the event all week though. As a matter of public service, I would... Read more »
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Video: Hook Down, Wheels Down
Something that has always intrigued me is the aircraft carrier. This idea that there are floating airports, potentially out in the middle of nowhere, just really gets me going. What's even more crazy, is that the aviators manage to find these small boats and land on them. I recently came across a movie on Archive.org... Read more »
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Why I Love the Cessna 172
The 172 as a model has been around since the mid 1950s. In the more than 50 years since surprisingly few things have changed. The Cessna 172 is arguably one of the most popular training aircraft around and you'd be hard pressed to find an airport that isn't home to at least one.... Read more »
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Southeastern Aircraft Expo
Yesterday after lunch I made my way to DKX for an open house. A sales group from Atlanta (PDK I believe) brought a number of aircraft to show. They also had representatives on hand to discuss and for those so inclined buy the aircraft. Planes interest me in general, but I am exceptionally interested in buying planes so I set out for the airport after lunch.... Read more »
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Hello, my name is Matt Everett and as of 1/1/2010 I am a private pilot ASEL. I started this blog early in my training and used it primarily as a place to keep notes of my lessons. Since then it has grown to much more than that, but my main focus is still on aviation experiences.
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