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Spotted For Sale: 1947 Round Engine Fieseler Storch Project!
French made Fieseler Storch with 245 hp Jacobs engine for sale at barnstormers.com I saw Kermit Weeks fly the Fieseler Storch at the Fantasy of Flight Museum last year during Sun-n-Fun and was really...
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Vote Now For The Best Caption - Ends Friday 3.25.11 At 9pm EDT
Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback TabView MicroPoll Lots of great captions to choose from so I put 6 in the poll this time.
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Caption Contest #57 - Ends Wednesday 5.11.11 At 9PM EDT
After a week off from our little avgeek game, it's time to try another Caption Contest. I'm thinking it won't be too hard for y'all to come up with some great captions for this pic. And yes, it's...
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Delta Air Lines Convair SST - Fantasy Art, Chicken Works Style
Stunning Chicken Works artwork of the fantasy Convair SST in old school Delta paint A little over a year ago I did a special week of posts dedicated to the more-than-awesome Convair B-58 Hustler......
View ArticleVideo: After Rocky Start, Jetman Conquers The Canyon!
After a rocky start (hehe), Yves Rossy has indeed made his Jetman flight thru, around, or over the Grand Canyon. News is just now cracking about the event, but according to some sources, the flight...
View ArticleVideo: Alaska Taildraggin' At The 2011 Valdez Fly-In
Ok, it's true that you'll see a few trikes in this video, but c'mon, the sweetest STOL performers drag their tails! This past weekend was the Valdez (Alaska) May Day Fly-In & Air Show and once...
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University Of Maryland Gets Human Powered Helicopter 'Gamera' To Fly!
Live-stream screenshot showing the 'Gamera' human powered helicopter in flight Historic first flight! UPDATE: 6:57pm EDT - watch the video of the flight http://tinyurl.com/GameraFirstFlight UPDATE:...
View ArticleVideo: Judy Wexler Powers UMD 'Gamera' Off The Ground!
Here's the youtube version of the successful flight on Thursday 5-12-11 of the University of Maryland 'Gamera' human powered helicopter. It's an impressive accomplishment no matter how you look at...
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Caption Contest #57 Winner - Spock Edition!
This Spock pic stirred up several great captions, and you might imagine that I really liked the bacon-oriented submission - however, the ‘airpigz lurker’ has come out on top once again and fetches up...
View ArticleVideo: Shuttle Launch Triple Play As Endeavour Makes Final Flight
The bittersweet days of the Space Shuttle program resurfaced in a big way this morning as Endeavour lifted off on her final mission. For mission details, check out the NASA STS-134 overview page, and...
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CoolPix: Was The F-15 Originally Intended To Land On Skids?
(click pic for hi-res) So, was the F-15 originally intended to land on skids? Well of course not. But then what's going on in this NASA pic from the mid 70's? It's actually an unmanned, Remotely...
View ArticleStellar Video Of SpaceShipTwo First Feather Flight - Wow!
Here's an amazing video of the recent Virgin Galactic feathered re-entry glide test - your opportunity to see how well the flight went is absolutely fantastic - awesome video! Congratulations all...
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Awesome Cockpit Video: Jason Newburg - Viper Pitts At OSH10
This must see cockpit video from viperairshows on youtube is on par with the Sean Tucker video at Chicago from last year - it's not only low level aerobatics at the highest level, but this is at...
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My Little Town Seen At Night From The ISS In Space!
Night picture from the ISS over the Midwest looking east - I live inside the blue circle (click pic to enlarge) I saw this pic taken from the International Space Station posted on the Aviation...
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Ride The Farmers 'Zeppelin NT' 3-Engine Airship At Oshkosh 2011
The Farmers Airship (Zeppelin NT) is coming to OSH11! (photo: Airship Ventures) (7 pix and a lot of words!) Airship Ventures, operators of the Zeppelin NT (NT=New Technology) the semi-rigid...
View ArticleVideo: It's Time To Slow Down... And Smell The Rubber Smoke
GatwickSpotting on youtube puts out some truly wonderful airliner videos, and this is definitely another one of them. It's simple, it's beautiful, it's awesome... and maybe best of all, you can't...
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'Name The Plane' - ID MAKE And MODEL For Free Bacon! (6.8.11)
This Name The Plane game has ended - see details below 90 minutes after posting the pic below, 'Race5' correctly ID'd this Focke-Wulf Fw 190 The bacon sandwich goes to 'Race5' for correctly...
View ArticleVideo: Behind-The-Scenes With The Martin Jetpack's 5,000' Flight
Here's a really well done behind-the-scenes look at the extremely successful recent Martin Jetpack flight that went all the way to 5,000 feet, and the test of the ballistic recovery parachute system....
View ArticleVideo: Emirates A380 - The Fast Build Kit (Cool Commercial)
Fun video about the making of a creative commercial for Emirates Airlines and their A380 service. The thumbnail doesn't tell you what the video is really about... I say watch it, I think you'll like...
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Liberty Belle B-17 Forced Landing & Fire... And My Close Call
Liberty Belle B-17 Monday morning in field near Aurora, IL airport (photo: Daily Herald) Daily Herald reportExaminer.com reportLiveATC.net tower recording (MUST login or register to hear)Liberty Belle...
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