Must See GoPro Video: Re-Experience Felix Baumgartner's Jump From The Edge Of...
This GoPro video was just released on Friday and it's already well past 3 million views... and it's easy to understand why once you've seen it. It's an all-new view of Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull...
View ArticleAero Telemetry And Their Dedicated Hughes H-1 Website (H1Racer.com) - With Video
The real Hughes H-1 Racer which is now at the National Air & Space Museum Aero Telemetry has had some great experience with one of the the world's most amazing aircraft... they built the flying RC...
View ArticleVideo: Mutant Offspring Of A Super Cub... The Amazing DoubleEnder!
With me being very busy with day-job work and having ongoing issues with 'focus', I've never posted anything yet about the very unique DoubleEnder homebuilt bushplane even tho I've known about it for...
View ArticleVideo: Inside Lycoming's Thunderbolt Engines For The 2014 Red Bull Air Races
I really like the new format in the re-start of the Red Bull Air Races where each race aircraft has an engine and propeller that has been tuned to produce the same performance. For this kind of...
View ArticleVideo: Paine Field 787 Landings... Lots of Them!
I've been a big fan of the Boeing 787 since the early days of the 7E7, and while the bug-flushing from the program has been very public and teeming with haters, the fact remains that the 787 is a...
View ArticleCoolPix: Beautiful Berkut At OSH13... (Remember What Summer Is Like?)
(click pic for hi-res) Summer, a beautiful Berkut, and Oshkosh 2013. Perfection! For those of us who live where winter is wintery, it's been a very wintery winter! In northern Indiana where I live,...
View ArticleAirPigz Flight 99, Frequency Change Approved - Good Day
The 19 year old me in 1980 (with hair) in my happy-happy-happy place Here's the deal: I've put up over 1,300 posts in a little over five years here at AirPigz but I've generated very little revenue...
View ArticleSmart Aviators Always Play Their Cards Right! (The Flight Deck Playing Cards)
The Flight Deck 'Aces' from the blue airplane deck (the red deck is all airships) 'The Flight Deck' aviation playing cards on kickstarter.com (ends 4-1-14) I'd like to suggest that you run (don't...
View ArticleAirPigz, Clipped Wing Cubs, And A Phoenix Rising
After an extended break from daily posting, there's a good chance that I'll be back at it on some sort of regular schedule soon. It's interesting that while in hibernation an opportunity has come...
View ArticleCoolPix: Ryan SCW At Antique Airfield 2013 (Perfection!)
(click pic for hi-res) The incredibly beautiful Ryan SCW owned by Russell Williams AirPigz is indeed back! I probably won't be posting everyday but you can expect several posts each week. You'll also...
View ArticleVideo: Seriously Awesome RC XC-142 VTOL (Must See!)
If you're short on time and just need an under-a-minute avgeek experience, you'll wanna go here instead of watching the video above... but if you like awesome, cool, and truly amazing examples of...
View ArticleCoolPix: The Beauty Of Biplanes - Antique Airfield 2013 (+Desktop Pix)
(click pic for hi-res) Meyers OTW with a Stearman in the background at Antique Airfield Today is the first full day of the new AirPigz! The fine people at Oregon Aero have partnered up with me to give...
View ArticleCoolPix On AirPigz... Over 160 Awesome Hi-Res Aircraft Images!
(click pic for hi-res) Precious Metal in the Gold Race final at Reno 2013 (posted 11-6-13) The CoolPix category on AirPigz has grown to over 160 hi-res images. It's a mix of photos I've captured at...
View ArticleBlue Angels 3-Part Mega Post! Fri-Sat-Sun (Video+CoolPix+Desktop) Part 1
(click pic for hi-res) Awesome Blue Angels pic from 2010 (Navy photo by Ron Trevino) The AWESOME Blue Angels are in Vero Beach Florida this weekend to wow airshow fans with what hard work, discipline,...
View ArticlePart 2: Blue Angels Mega Post (Video+CoolPix+Desktop)
Here's more fabulous Blue Angels content to help you and me both feel a little more like we're at Vero Beach Florida today and tomorrow enjoying a performance from the world's greatest aerobatic...
View ArticlePart 3: Blue Angels Mega Post (Video+CoolPix+Desktop)
(click pic for hi-res) Pensacola Beach airshow pic from 2012 #awesome The Blue Angels mega-post comes to an end today, but I hope it has served to drive you to their airshow schedule to see when and...
View ArticleVideo: Sean Tucker And The Extreme Machine!
I listened to Sean Tucker talk at an event in the Theater in the Woods at Oshkosh last year and I went from being a guy impressed with Sean's flying to being a guy impressed with Sean as a person....
View ArticleVideo: 20 Foot Span RC B-25 With 2 Moki 400's! (First Flight)
Really big RC models are intriguing because they can look so real in their getting-close-to-life-size dimensions. You also know that they have taken an enormous amount of work and dedication to reach...
View ArticleThe Boomerang (Burt's Favorite Creation) And The Oregon Aero Custom Interior...
(click pic for hi-res) The Boomerang: nearly ready to fly at Mojave in 1996 OregonAero.com Burt’s favorite creation: When world-famous aircraft designer Burt Rutan completed the Boomerang in 1996,...
View ArticlePoll: Awesome Or Ugly? The 1960's Era 'Dyke Delta' Homebuilt
Dave Williams' beautifully built Dyke Delta at Oshkosh 2010 I can still remember being somewhere in the EAA campground at Oshkosh in about 1970 or 1971 and hearing John Dyke talking to someone about...
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