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Video: Time-Lapse Mass Ascension At The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta!
I highly recommend you watch the video above for it's fabulous time-lapse presentation of hundreds and hundreds of hot-air balloons lifting off at the recent Albuquerque International Balloon...
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Must-See Story About The UTA Flight 772 Crash Memorial In The Sahara Desert
Google Earth view of the 200' diameter UTA Flight 772 memorial built in 2007 A link to a fascinating story passed by my facebook news feed this morning... the link was to a recent re-post of the story...
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Free Desktop CoolPix Of Thom Richard And Precious Metal At Reno 2013!
(click pic for hi-res) Precious Metal and Thom Richard at Reno 2013 I posted a version of this image as a CoolPix a few weeks back but I didn't offer it in the various desktop sizes as I sometimes do...
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Veterans Day 2013... Thank You For Your Service
This video found on youtube does a good job of saying what I'd like to say: To those who have served the United States, Thank You. (click for hi-res) American power and freedom brought to us by the...
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The Must-See Post Of Must-See Posts (Avgeekery!)
Click the pic (now!) to see all 308 posts in the AirPigz 'Must-See' category! If you're a bona fide avgeek then you need to take 10 minutes (or 3 hours) and check out the 'must-see' posts I've put up...
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Video: Beaver Over The Bay (More 'This Is Why We Fly') #MustSee
I hopped on over to vimeo.com today to search for something different in the way of a great avgeek video to share... the video above is the one I decided was just what I was looking for. It's really...
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Videos: Uh Oh... Foxbat Lands On CIVILIAN Aircraft Carrier! (The End Is Near)
As is so often the case these days, things aren't always what they first appear to be. With that in mind, no, I'm not talking about the Russian MiG-25 Foxbat, and the ship in the video technically...
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Poll: Awesome Or Ugly? The Vought V-173 Flying Pancake
Is it a flying pancake, bug or just alien? The 1942 Vought V-173 all-wing testbed I admit that my desire with the 'awesome or ugly' posts is mostly aimed at letting you know that I think the...
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Poll: Am I A Genius Or Just Messed Up In The Head? (Empress 400 Revisited)
My very modern yet retro Empress 400 airliner design from 2010 (400mph cruise) Check out the fascinating details on the Empress 400 I admit I'm feeling a bit frisky today. After weeks and weeks of...
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CoolPix: Retro-Art Desktop Pic Of The Amazing Bugatti 100p (Out Of The Past)
(click pic for hi-res) Beautiful recent artwork of the Bugatti 100p by SkyGateCreations To me the Bugatti 100p is one of the most beautiful airplanes ever designed. It's also pretty fascinating that...
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Videos: Sweet 'Wheel Landings' With The Under-6-Pound RC C-47!
I expect that you need to have some taildragger experience in your logbook (or loads of RC taildragger time) to really appreciate how cool it is to see this 10 foot wingspan C-47 making such...
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Hey, Go Easy On The Turkey... Happy Thanksgiving!
(click pic to enlarge) Now that's a real flying turkey! The entire AirPigz staff (me, myself, and I) would like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. I truly hope you have people that you love to share...
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CoolPix: The Amazing Days Of The X-15 (Post Flight B-52 Fly-Over)
(click pic for hi-res) An X-15 after landing in 1961 as the B-52 mothership flies over I've been feeding a revived X-15 addiction here the last week or so, and this image from the early days of the...
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Video: Watch This Kid Shoot Down An F-35 With His F-18
I honestly don't know the detailed politics of the F-35 vs F-18 debate, but I'm pretty sure if I did I'd be desperately looking for the government's OFF switch... however, I do know this video is...
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Video: 'Amazon Prime Air' Makes A Fabulous Publicity Stunt For Cyber Monday
I could be wrong, but Amazon Prime Air looks like nothing more than a very effective publicity stunt to me. The video above has received over 2 million views in well under 24 hours... and it just...
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I'm A Fan Of Amelia Rose Earhart! (Watch Her TEDx Speech To Learn Why)
I hope the people who found it necessary to beat up on Amelia Rose Earhart back in August, when it surfaced that she's not actually related to the Emelia Earhart aviator of the 1930's, know enough...
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Before Brown Arch, The Blue Arch At Oshkosh 1971 - Nostalgic Picture!
(click pic to enlarge) The humble blue arch at the flightline entrance from Oshkosh 1971 This pic from my old picture album is what I remember the main gate to the flightline at Oshkosh looking like...
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5 Year Anniversary For AirPigz! (State Of The Avgeek-Nation Address)
The entire AirPigz staff is feeling a bit stuck in the mud these days The experiment pointed toward 'avgeek world domination' known as AirPigz began exactly five years ago today. Happy Birthday? Well,...
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Videos: Living Life At 3,000 Feet AG (Bubbleship And Skytower From The Film...
Unused short scene for Oblivion showing the CGI Bubbleship flying by the camera I live in a bit of a vacuum these days without any cable (or broadcast) TV at home. It started as a cost-cutting...
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3 Videos: The Future Belongs To The Wingcopter! (OK... Maybe Not Just Yet)
The Bubbleship VTOL from yesterdays Oblivion movie post has me cranked up on vertical flight concepts, so I did a little digging to see what VTOL dreamers are up to. I turned over a few rocks on...
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