I'd like to lodge a complaint

I'd like to lodge a complaint

Recent events have gotten me thinking, and I’ve got to say I’m a little put out with this whole Presidential visit TFR thing. Especially since I receive a notice in my email inbox nearly every week. The problem, and source of my complaint, the notices...

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...

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...

Video: Supersonic Shockwave Phenomena

This video from AVweb ranks very high on my list of best videos on Youtube.  It packs a lot of visual punch in its 3 minute duration.  Don’t give up on it early or you will miss the best part: the shockwaves coming off the atlas rocket.