Adventures in Aviation
By zach on Jun 9, 2009 in Business Aviation, Commercial Aviation, Military | 0 Comments
Can’t afford your learjet anymore? Take cover. Salon News has a great article about a man who’s responsible for stealing back big expensive aircraft from people that aren’t paying the bills . He’s the super repo-man.
“Popovich’s first rule of firearms is pretty simple: The man who tells you he’s going to shoot you will not [...]
By zach on May 29, 2009 in Aerobatics, Aviation History, Aviation humor, Military, Random musings | 0 Comments
The National Air and Space Museum has a wonderful interactive demonstration on the principles of flight called How Things Fly. Don’t forget to get your kids! For a more detailed explaination go here.
WikiHow’s take on How to Land an Airplane in an Emergency.
A huge list of aviation humor.
Fighter-Planes.com is a very informative and entertaining source [...]
By zach on Apr 18, 2009 in General Aviation, Random musings | 0 Comments
If you haven’t heard it yet, ATC Monitor has a great mp3 of a passenger landing a King Air 200 after the pilot passes out and dies in mid take-off.
By zach on Dec 28, 2008 in Business Aviation, Commercial Aviation, Corporate Aviation | 0 Comments
Here is cool but unsettling diagram of a commercial airliner showing your chances of survival depending on where you’re sitting during a crash. When I fly commercial I make it my duty to sit in the seats near the emergency exits in the aisle; be one of the first out of the plane and more [...]
By zach on Dec 26, 2008 in Experimental, Flight Training, General Aviation, Seaplanes | 1 Comment
Right around Thanksgiving I posted a cool video of the ICON A5 Seaplane from Icon Aircraft. Well, treat this post as a continuation of the former and direct yourself to these wonderful and exciting images of the ICON A5 from 2008. What a way to close out the year! Hope you enjoy!
By zach on Dec 18, 2008 in Above the atmosphere, Aviation History, Business Aviation, Corporate Aviation, Military | 0 Comments
Happy holidays everyone! I just had to post a little something about NASA putting their Space Shuttle fleet up for sale once the program is over in 2010. The shuttles will cost approximately $42 million plus $6 million for shipping and handling. I imagine that the only interested parties will be science/aviation museums and other [...]
By zach on Nov 22, 2008 in Experimental, General Aviation, Seaplanes | 0 Comments
Continuing on the video kick this was just way too cool to ignore. Check out the new ICON A5 Seaplane from Icon Aircraft.
By zach on Nov 21, 2008 in Above the atmosphere | 0 Comments
I marvel at the fact that I’ve never seen any of the Space Shuttle launches before. The program is scheduled to end in 2010 so I better take advantage. I didn’t know how big an event a launch was until I started watching some videos on You Tube. Seeing one defintely takes effort but the [...]
By zach on Nov 20, 2008 in Aerobatics, Military | 0 Comments
Definitely reserve 45 of your minutes to watch Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag by Stephen Low. The IMAX film is about a fighter pilots experience of the advanced military aviation exercise based out at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. It was released in 2004 and for some reason I’ve never even heard of it [...]
