Ferry Flight Pic Of The Day
Halloween in Singapore. If you’re wondering if that was a fun night, why yes, yes it was.
EJECT!
Why the Joint Strike Fighter is a calamity in progress.
I saw this coming from the moment I heard about the new multi-role fighter. A few years ago a parachute company came out with a new canopy that was supposed to be great at canopy relative work, accuracy and high performance landings. Of course it was a failure, doing none of them well. You can’t make something that’s good at everything, you can’t make a sports car that’s also a good off road truck. With what we spent and will have to continue to spend on the F-35 we could have bought hundreds and hundreds of proven airframes like the F-15, F-16, F18 and A-10. Even if the F-35 finally lives up to it’s hype if we can only afford to buy 6 of them and they are too valuable to risk in combat what good are they? Remember, quantity has a quality all it’s own.
Dangerous Flights – Official Trailer – YouTube
Dangerous Flights – Official Trailer – YouTube.
Went to Montreal yesterday for the wrap party and premier of Dangerous Flights. Hanging out with the pilots and telling our no shit stories was a lot of fun and meeting the people behind the scenes was great. The writers and editors did a great job putting the show together. Everyone who’s watched some of the episodes thinks it will be a big hit. I’m not in the first episode so fame will have to wait one more week, but after that I’ll be a big star, in Canada, where I never go. From the sounds of things we will have to wait six months before the show airs in the US so I get one more summer of anonymity.
Ferry Flight Pic of The Day
While waiting for someone to find the key to the avgas truck in the Dominican Republic, why yes we were in a hurry, thanks for asking, a Huey from the Dominican Air Force flew over and landed next to the Navajo Stu and I were taking to Argentina. Forgetting the madding delay for a moment we went over and drooled over the beautiful old bird. We ran into a lot of Huey’s, not literally, in south America last year.
Add It To The List
I was hired to ferry a Super Cub on tundra tires from Florida to Minnesota last spring and after the trip I really wish I’d turned the trip down. I had so much fun in that plane I don’t think I’ll ever be happy again until I have one of my own. Years ago a friend of mine used to let me borrow his cub whenever I wanted to and he encouraged me to touchdown on the water with it. It just had regular wheels on it and even though he did it with me it it I never had the guts to do it myself. I got within inches multiple times but I would always chicken out. I think with tundra tires I’d be brave enough…..or not.
Ferry Flight Pic of The Day
Flying a Navajo along the Amazon river at an altitude slightly lower than I put on my flight plan after leaving Macapa Brazil on the way to Argentina. It was a beautiful calm morning with really smooth air on the deck and I just couldn’t resist.
Worlds Best Toy
The Warrior Song
One of the best military videos ever, really get’s my heart pumping.
Ferry Flight Pic of The Day
