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Poll: Which LSA Can Best Save General Aviation? (RV-12 SLSA, CH750 SLSA,...
Just announced: Vans RV-12 SLSA - factory built / ready to fly starting at $105,000 Today it was announced that Van's Aircraft will be making their 2-seat RV-12 aircraft available as a factory-built...
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Watch Shuttle Endeavour's Last Journey Live... Low And Slow Thru Los Angeles
Endeavour 'crossing' thru LA today (photo: Jeff Gritchen/Getty Images: via LA Times) Los Angeles TV station KTLA is providing some live coverage of the Shuttle Endeavour slowly making its way from LAX...
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Godspeed Felix Baumgartner (Red Bull Stratos) - Spacedive Balloon Launch Set...
The video above shows the attempt to launch Felix Baumgartner out of Roswell New Mexico last Tuesday (October 9, 2012) as part of the Red Bull Stratos project, an effort to make a jump from the edge...
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5 Reasons Why The Felix Baumgartner (Red Bull Stratos) Spacedive Today Was...
Felix Baumgartner: successful jump from the Red Bull Stratos capsule today at 128,097 feet Check out other recent Red Bull Stratos posts here on AirPigz After trying but failing last week to launch...
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Did Felix Baumgartner (Red Bull Stratos) Go 200mph, Mach 1.24 Or Faster Than...
Felix Baumgartner: Sunday October 14, 2012 about to leave the capsule at 128,097 feet Check out other recent Red Bull Stratos posts here on AirPigz The Red Bull Stratos team had calculated that Felix...
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Video: Fabulous Time-Lapse Of Shuttle Endeavour Thru The Streets Of LA -...
The last three weeks have been a pretty amazing for awesome avgeekery... we had the first flight of the incredible Avspecs Mosquito (eight years in restoration and the only Mosquito in the world now...
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Poll: Awesome Or Ugly? The 1946 Sud-Ouest SO.6000 Triton
The future is now! (1946 French style) - the Sud-Ouest SO.6000 Triton 2-seat jet In the mid 40's the French were running a little behind on their jet aircraft designing... this little 2 seat...
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Video: 'Must See' Perfect Landing! (A330 Airliner In HD)
I don't usually repost a video like this, but this is such an incredible example of both excellent videography and perfect piloting skills that I just couldn't help myself. I was looking for a...
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Caption Contest #77 - Ends Wednesday 10.24.12 At 9PM EDT
The last time I offered up a Caption Contest challenge was way back before Oshkosh, so I figure it's time for more harmless avgeekery that ends with bacon! I'm thinking this bizarre picture should...
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Video: Felix Baumgartner (Red Bull Stratos) On NBC Today Show 10-22-12
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy While this interview is clearly from a non-aviation perspective, it is done without any crazy questions or glaring errors...
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3 Reasons Why I Should Be The New EAA President (And 3 Why It'll Never...
That's really me with the May 1962 issue of Flying Magazine - circa 1963 at age 2 The news yesterday afternoon that the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Board of Directors had accepted...
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'Name The Plane' - ID MAKE And MODEL For Free Bacon! (10.26.12)
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar! GAME OVER - correctly ID'd by 'tim' as the Fairchild C-119 It's back-to-back wins here in the Name The Plane game for 'Tim' - great job! It is indeed the Fairchild...
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Winding Up A Winner In Caption Contest #77!
Congrats to Chris Muncy for 'winding' up a winner in Caption Contest #77 - I hope Oshkosh 2013 is in your plans for next summer so you can claim your bacon sandwich prize! And a big thank you to...
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Poll: Which Logo Best Represents The Experimental Aircraft Association?
This is the same poll I put up almost a week ago in 3 Reasons Why I Should Be The New EAA President (And 3 Why It'll Never Happen), but the poll wasn't the focus of that post so I thought it might be...
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CoolPix 2Fer: Up Close And Personal With The X-15 Rocket Nozzle!
(click pic for hi-res) Looking deep inside the exhaust nozzle of the X-15's rocket engine! I captured these two pictures at the end of January 2012 during the AirPigz meetup at the Air Force Museum...
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Star Wars? Whatever... I Just Found Out The Rocketeer Might Return!
The less common (more horizontal) Rocketeer movie poster image from the 1991 film I had a brush with Art Deco tonight (the 1930's graphic style not some guy named Art) and that pretty quickly drove me...
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Video + CoolPix: Aero Telemetry Starts Carving 20 Foot Wingspan Spruce Goose!
Today marks the 65th anniversary since Howard Hughes made the one and only flight in the fascinating 320 foot (and 11 inch) wingspan Hughes H-4 'Hercules' - or Spruce Goose as we've always known it....
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Video: Happiness Is A Piper Cub And A Roll Of Toilet Paper!
It's true that dropping a roll of toilet paper and then making multiple passes to cut it with the prop is wildly fun from any old-school airplane, but the Piper Cub is especially well suited by being...
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Video: Let Skip Stewart Turn Your Election Day Upside Down! (Must See)
This video was just uploaded on Skip Stewart's youtube channel today, election day (November 6, 2012) and it's awesome to say the very least! And since this election is sure to make some people feel...
View ArticleVideo: Take An Hour Journey Deep Into A British Airways 747-400
I really didn't expect that I'd be in the group of people feeling upside-down on Wednesday when I posted that Skip Stewart video on election day, but I am. In fact, very much so. I've got more to say...
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