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The Electric, Amphibious Lazair... Pilot Report By Elliot Seguin
Elliot Seguin flying Dale Kramer's amazing electric and amphibious Lazair ultralight (11 pix) Elliot Seguin works at Scaled Composites, has experience racing at Reno with his Wasabi Air Racing Cassutt,...
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Boeing 787 Dream Tour - And... Design Your Own Livery!
My airline would be called REVO, and here's the 787 livery that I designed! Update: My REVO 787 livery is now in the official gallery, click here to view it & drag the airplane to see from all...
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Sorceress: Radical Sport Biplane Racer At Reno 1970
(click pic to enlarge) The very radical Sorceress biplane racer at Reno in 1970 (3 pix) I've been quiet about the Reno Air Races since shortly after the tragic crash of Jimmy Leeward in The Galloping...
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Caption Contest #65 - Ends Wednesday 12.7.11 At 9PM EST
We haven't done a Caption Contest since mid October, so I figure it's time we give it another go. But in additin to having some here, I'd also like to encourage you to scroll your way back thru 8...
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70 Years Later: The Biggest Story To Come Out Of Pearl Harbor (Mitsuo Fuchida)
This post originated on Christmas Day 2010, but it's also perfectly suited to looking back 70 years after the events of Pearl Harbor, so I'm re-posting it now for December 7, 2011. While you are...
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State-Of-The-AirPigz-Nation: 3 Year Anniversary Address
Me at age 11 (1972) in the only active Boeing 247 vintage airliner in the world On December 9, 2008 AirPigz took its first breath, so today makes three years of trying to make the most unique (and...
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Caption Contest #65 Has A Winner!
It seems the best captions are the ones that are few in words, and of course clever with the wit. Glen Towler hit it spot on with this one... he's the winner of Caption Contest #65! I'll be cooking...
View ArticleVideo: Spend Some High Quality Time With The Airbus A380
A couple months ago I posted this: Mesmerizing HD Video Of The 787 Dreamliner In Flight (N787EX) - and in the interest of some equal time to the competition I'm posting this very impressive HD A380...
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Easy Read - The FAR/AIM In Plain English For Sport/Private Pilots
Jason Schappert's new book greatly simplifies the FAR/AIM for Sport and Private Pilots Click here for info on purchasing THE FAR/AIM IN PLAIN ENGLISH As AirPigz moves past the three year...
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The Mega Mothership Space System From Stratolaunch
A new space launch system named Stratolaunch introduces the mega mothership Yesterday Paul Allen announced an ambitious space launch project called Stratolaunch... it takes the high-altitude...
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Scaled Composites Seeking Really Big Engineers! (Stratolaunch Mega Mothership)
(click pic to enlarge) Stratolaunch Rendering of the Scaled mothership & SpaceX rocket Highly qualified engineers are encouraged to consider a career at Scaled Composites as the future is looking...
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'Barely Certified' Beauty Contest - Vote Now For The Winner
Here are three interesting aircraft from back in the day - airplanes that I remember from my youth, but there's a fair chance you've never heard of them. They all achieved certification but were only...
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New Zealand All Blacks (Rugby) Get Their Very Own Boeing 777
This very black Air New Zealand 777 was rolled out of the Boeing paint shop last Friday with a little more ceremony than your usual paint completion. In fact, they put together a nifty music video...
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2nd Annual AirPigz/Air Force Museum Meetup: January 27-29, 2012
A de Havilland Mosquito in U.S. markings at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio 2nd annual AirPigz meetup at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio will take place January 27-29, 2012 (Fri, Sat, Sun -...
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Video: 'Woopy Jump' Inflatable (Sorta Arup) Flying Ski Wing!
(best viewed with speakers off!) The slick little glider in this video is called a Woopy-Jump. A while back I saw a video for the enlarged and motorized version of this inflatable flying wing...
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Poll: Airliners, Side Stick Controller Or Center Control Column?
Center control column in the Boeing 787 cockpit This can be a very heated debate, but I don't ask the question to get people yelling, I'm just curious to see what kind of response I'll get here. I've...
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Merry CHRISTmas To You!
You don't have to dig very deep thru AirPigz.com to see that I have a real passion for the amazing concept of flight. The ability to leave the ground (and the troubles of the world) and move...
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Caption Contest #66 - Ends Wednesday 12.28.11 At 9PM EST
This pic of unknown origin has been traveling the interwebs for several years now, so there's a pretty good chance you've seen it, but I thought now is a perfect time to use it in a Caption Contest...
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Impossibly Rare 'Flying Dorito' (A-12 Avenger II) Canopy For Sale On eBay!
The only known part of the mysterious A-12 Avenger II in the wild - and it's for sale! Buy It Now for $620,238.00 Did you fail at finding the perfect Christmas gift for that loved one who has...
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Video: Nearly 14' Wingspan RC Airbus A400M - With Paratroopers!
This amazing and very large (1:10 scale) Airbus A400M RC model has been around for a while but there's so dang much cool stuff on the interwebs these days that sometimes it takes a while to find the...
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