Nose art Rocks
More Oops
Interesting short field landing technique the Krauts have there. I guess if you bounce land on the road in front of the runway you can use the spectators as speed bumps. Clever.
Nose Art Rocks
Rescued By Old Lady In Seat 27A
Zulu Down (update)
Cory and Pete have run into more problems with the Piper Malibu they were trying to ferry from South Africa so they’ve decided to fly home while the mechanics sort things out. There’s nothing more frustrating than aircraft problems on the road and flying home in an airliner is the ultimate bummer for a ferry pilot. Hopefully the plane is fixed and the boys are back in the air soon, the north Atlantic is just getting colder and colder this time of year.
Gravity Check
Felix did a great job of getting out of the flat spin he got into but with his face plate fogging up he pulled too early to set the freefall record, so there is still something to shoot for. I’d give anything to be able to do that so if anybody has a few million dollars burning a hole in their pocket I’m your guy!
Truth
I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my
emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit.
~General Chuck Yeager
Old And Bold
Yeager re-enacts historic sound barrier flight
I met gen. Yeager in an elevator in Minneapolis sometime in the late 90’s shortly after reading his autobiography and was embarrassingly star struck. There isn’t anyone in the world I would ever trade places with except Chuck Yeager. His career is the stuff of legend. He shot down 12 German fighters in WWII and was one of the only pilots to escape back to England after being shot down and became one of the best test pilots if history becoming the first man to break the speed of sound. Never one to follow the rules and fly by the book he was constantly getting trouble for unauthorized buzz jobs and what many would consider “reckless” flying. The man is my hero because he’s living proof that there are indeed a few old and bold pilots, it just helps to be awesome too.
Command Sergeant Major (R) Basil Plumley
No, he was just three times the soldier any of us was or is. I would put the Auld Soldier in a class with LTG (R) Hal Moore, who was CSM Plumley’s battalion commander in the Ia Drang, but Plumley towers over them.
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Felix Baumgartner’s Giant Leap
