Back To Work
We finally had some good weather on a weekend for a change so the dropzone was busy busy. I made eleven jumps total and even came away with a decent picture of me exiting the plane with a tandem. My passenger was a wounded warrior who was injured in Iraq. He’s still got a long road ahead of him but the jump really lifted his spirits.
Ferry Flight Pic of The Day
Thunder storms building in Macapa Brazil. Stu and I were glad we were done flying for the day when we saw those buildups heading fro the airport.
Never Give Up
Apparently you’re never too low to cut away, But I think this is pushing it.
Ferry Flight Pic Of The Day
Sunset In Aruba.
WWII plane found frozen in time deep in the Sahara
WWII plane found frozen in time deep in the Sahara – Telegraph.
I can’t imagine how cool it would be to find something like this while tooling around the desert. They found a B-24 in the same area years ago and tracked down where most of the pilots died trying to walk out. I wonder if they will ever find this guy.
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
