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CoolPix: Closer Than You've Ever Been To The B-17 Yankee Lady!
(click pic for hi-res) Prop hub on #1 engine of the B-17 Yankee Lady at Oshkosh 2012 I woke up to about 3 inches of snow in northern Indiana this Monday morning! Isn't it actually Spring now?? Hmm,...
View ArticleVideo: This Is The Way To Start Your Day! (F-18 Cat Launch From Cockpit!)
Seriously, if I had it to do all over again, I'd be chasing Navy jets... no doubt about it.
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Poll: Which Triplane Trips Your Trigger? (Sopwith, Fokker, Or The Armstrong...
Replica 1916 Sopwith Triplane in flight (photo: davy59.deviantart) I think I already know the answer to the question but I still felt I should ask : ) Replica 1917 Fokker Triplane in flight (photo:...
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No Joke! Caption Contest #81 - Ends Wednesday 4.3.13 At 9PM EDT
If I wasn't so buried in my regular day-job work I'd have some clever April Fools' gag for you today, but I've only got the time and energy for a new Caption Contest to throw at ya. However, it's a...
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CoolPix: Jimmy Doolittle And The Gee Bee R-1 Race Past The Bendix Pylon! (1932)
(click pic for hi-res) The iconic Gee Bee R-1 at 1932 Cleveland National Air Races (check out the Gee Bee category on AirPigz) This is actually a picture of a picture... the enlarged photograph is...
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Video: Seven Seven Seven - Up Close And Beautiful
I like this. A lot : ) Video screenshot of the very big and very beautiful Boeing 777
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Caption Contest #81 - Encouraging A Winner!
WooHoo! Long time AirPigz follower and all around good-guy 'seerjfly' has finished out front (hehe) in caption contest #81. His short and sweet Forrest Gump throwback was well done and very popular....
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Poll: Awesome Or Ugly? Ed Lesher's Record Setting 1960's Era 'Teal'
The late Professor Ed Lesher in his early 1960's record setting homebuilt 'Teal' I have a pretty long list in my head of aircraft (and the people behind them) that I hope to do in-depth postings on at...
View ArticleVideo: FIFI B-29 Ride Over Southern California - Wow!
Youtuber octane130 has posted a fabulous collection of warbird videos over the last several years and this one of a recent ride in the B-29 FIFI over southern California is extra special. The views...
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This Is One Bizarre #SNF13 Post! No Airplanes??
Close-up of my detail work with 12" x 24" porcelain tile with glass/stone deco inlay click any pic to enlarge No airplanes? Well, no airplane pictures in this post... but there are plenty of them down...
View ArticleVideo: F-35B Attempts To Burn A Hole In The Earth At Night!
It's old news now but the F-35B (the Marine variant that includes Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing [STOVL] capabilities) made its first nighttime vertical landing back on April 2, 2013. But, like...
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Start Your Week With A Hot B-58 Hustler (Orange Paint!)
(click pic to enlarge) 1950's era B-58 Hustler.. one of the hottest aircraft ever built! I figured this pic was a great way to get your week going... a B-58 Hustler from way back in the day shortly...
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CoolPix: Convair Ad Circa 1953 With B-36 (Orange Paint!)
(click pic for hi-res) Awesome aerospace-diversity Convair ad circa 1953 Fear not, AirPigz HAS NOT gone 'orange paint' for every post already... I just knew that today I'd be posting this sweet...
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It's Time For YOU To Catch Bugatti (100P) Fever! Support The Kickstarter...
You might remember my post from August 2010 titled Coming Down With A Bad Case Of Bugatti (100P) Fever - With Video where I expressed my adoration for what the Bugatti 100P represented back in...
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Mojave Fly-In April 20th (Tomorrow) - Experimental Oasis In The Desert!
Chip Yates will have his electric Long-EZ at the Mojave Experimental Fly-In April 20th As if having the world's most fascinating collection of aerospace companies gathered together on one California...
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Video (And Upcoming Book 'Happy End'): Crashed Airframes Rest In Peace...
Here's a fascinating project from German photographer Dietmar Eckell that presents 15 different aircraft that crashed in remote locations and were left abandoned. The 'Happy End' comes from the fact...
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Desert Sun & Fun - The Mojave Experimental Fly-In (12 Pix)
Stars and stripes! Close-up of Dick Rutan's beautiful Berkut (photo:Craig Spirko) (click any pic to enlarge) The Mojave Experimental Fly-In last Saturday drew a diverse collection of aircraft under...
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Did You See This Awesome SpaceShipTwo 'Cold Flow' Glide Test Pic? Wow!
(click pic to enlarge) SpaceShipTwo leaving an oxidizer trail during 4.12.13 glide test It's old news now since this Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo glide test took place on April 12, 2013, but this...
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Caption Contest #82 - Ends Wednesday 5.1.13 At 9PM EDT
I'm down to the last couple days having to commute 45 minutes each way to the rather massive and upscale tile shower and bathroom project that has consumed my last 8+ weeks... I've been very happy to...
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