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Aerospace 9... Another Avgeek Idea From My Grey Matter
It's true, I have too many ideas. Seems to be some sort of handicap actually... a steady stream of self-proclaimed great ideas without the resources to make them become reality. It truly drives me...
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Video: Wow! Did You See This Cub Land On Skis?
So, I was searching for a nice video to post today... there was a fresh people are awesome video with a variety of extreme death-defying sports feats including various airborne activities... then...
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CoolPix: Boeing 307 Stratoliner At The NASM (Udvar-Hazy)
(click pic for hi-res) The only remaining Boeing 307 Stratoliner, at the NASM Udvar-Hazy I'll start by saying that the late January 2014 AirPigz MeetUp is being planned for the National Navy Aviation...
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You probably saw the highly popular Jean-Claude Van Damme Volvo truck splits commercial that made the facebook rounds a month ago. I purposely didn't watch it as a form of rebellion against the...
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Join The AirPigz 'Naval Aviation Museum' MeetUp (Pensacola January 24-26, 2014)
Click the pic to check out the National Naval Aviation Museum website AirPigz 'Naval Aviation Museum' MeetUp in Pensacola FL will takeplace January 24-26, 2014 (Fri, Sat, Sun - come 1, 2 or all 3 days)...
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Airliners In Slow Motion... Artsy Video From Simon Lowe (Must See)
I've been in a bit of a posting slump here over the Christmas season... I seem to be a bit under-motivated here lately (might be old age creeping up on me) The video above is helping to perk me up...
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Video: Slick And The Venerable Little Piper Clipper!
As 2013 near its end, this fresh video from 'Slick' perfectly captures the true essence of what AirPigz is all about... a classic and genuine love for the beauty of flying. And something as simple as...
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Start 2014 By Going Deep Into The Last Space Shuttle Launch (STS-135 Video)
Well here we are turning another number over on our way toward the end of time. I hope your new year is off to a good start... or should I say a good launch? As a unique way to fight the gravity of...
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Video: Fascinating WWII Story Of Spitfire 944 And Lieutenant John S. Blyth...
There are millions of fascinating stories from WWII, but not very many of them include 16mm film of actual events, and then connect directly with people involved in those events decades later. This...
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My Dad Bailed Out Of This Exact 'Navy Museum' N3N!
Navy N3N on display at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola Florida (photo: NAM) AirPigz Naval Avaition Musuem MeetUp January 24-26, 2014Click here to be aded to the email list for more details My...
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Excellent Intentional Deadstick Landing Video Via Tailwheeler's Journal
Between the bitter cold this week and starting a new (and large) ceramic tile install, I've been scrambling to keep up with my pig work. Early this morning I spent some time over at vimeo.com looking...
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Video: 'Flexible' VTOL Powered By World's Smallest ICE - Wow!
I figured I had three choices for what I was gonna post this morning: There was the successful Virgin Galactic flight on Friday, the third conducted using the rocket engine to power the suborbital...
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Video: Flying And The American Businessman - Circa 1953 (Better Back Then?)
In many ways I'm very old-fashioned... this video is a really good example. It's 13 minutes long and a little slow paced, so don't expect to be taken on a wild ride. But, it's a fascinating look into...
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The Old Straight-Tail Cessna 310... A Trike I Really Like! (With Sky King Video)
(click pic to enlarge) Circa 1957: the Cessna 310B used in the Sky King TV series After seeing an old straight tail 310 in that sweet 1950's era video I posted yesterday I figured I should take the...
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Hyper Scale PAPER Boeing 777 (The Fine Line Between Genius And Insanity) -...
(click pic to enlarge) Luca Laconi-Stewart's UNBELIEVABLE paper 777! (photo: flickr) If my research on this fresh and incredible internet phenomena is correct, Luca Laconi-Stewart lives in America...
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Video: Brave New World Of Collective Pitch RC Quad Flying: Curtis Youngblood...
If you're in the know about RC quad copters then you're probably aware that multiple world champion RC helicopter pilot and innovator Curtis Youngblood has pioneered the use of collective pitch...
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AirPigz MeetUp At The Naval Aviation Museum - Blue Angels A-4 Formation...
(click pic for hi-res) Blue Angels A-4's hanging in the Naval Aviation Museum atrium The AirPigz avgeek museum MeetUp for 2014 is under way in warm and sunny Pensacola Florida even tho there isn't...
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Bacon Salute! 2014 AirPigz Naval Aviation Museum MeetUp
(click pic to enlarge) Bacon Salute at Sunday breakfast at the 2014 museum meetup (left to right: Seth, Jason, Fred, Adam, Martt, Lew, Nancy, and Mike) The bacon salute pic above was from breakfast...
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Video: Boeings Over Baghdad... Amazing Perspective!
I've always been interested in seeing things from a different perspective... it's not just a different point of view but it's often a window into a world most people never see. This video of a 747...
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CoolPix: Getting Hooked On The F-35
(click pic for hi-res) F-35B 'short takeoff' from aircraft carrier (photo: LockheedMartin) The recent trip to the Naval Aviation Museum didn't include any F-35 spotting at nearby Eglin AFB but I do...
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