Sailplane action over the alps

I was wading through my email today and this video was posted to one of the LinkedIn groups that I joined. I have to say that it is a pretty nice video. It’s got some great sailplane action over the alps. I think the best part is the break when the tow plane...

Reflections on my First Airventure

This past weekend was quite a ride. My dad and I drove 13 hours to Oshkosh, WI for Airventure 2010. It was quite an experience. We arrived just after sunset, which made finding a suitable campsite difficult to say the least. The rain earlier in the week caused quite a...

Sean D. Tucker

One of the performances I’m most looking forward to is Sean D. Tucker in the Oracle Challenger III. After the recent announcement of the Challenger III, I started eying air-shows for an opportunity to see Sean perform. He is one of the most talented aerobatic...

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...

Why I'm Going to Oshkosh

In case you didn’t know the general aviation event of the year is going on right now in Wisconsin.  I and my father will be driving up on Wednesday for the last half of the week.  In talking this over with my wife, she asked why I would even want to go.  She...

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....