Basically, an ultralight foot-launched glider, with an electric self-launch option.

The Phantom being sneaky.

In 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt chose August 19, Orville Wright’s birthdate, as the day on which we honor the development of aviation and related sciences in the United States. Orville was still alive at the time, though his brother Wilbur had died of typhoid fever in 1912. Orville piloted a plane for the…

While rushing to get to a BBQ dinner on the other side of the airport, this van driver crossed an active runway and came closer than you’d like to getting hit by an Envoy Air Embraer 145 taking off with 57 passengers on board. Though it looks like a reckless move on the part of the van driver, he did have clearance…

Just getting everything ready for the weekend. Any big plans, Oppo? Any big planes? My boys went back to school yesterday and it is so. quiet. here.

is that I was born too late to watch this magnificent beast fly...

We start with the Wacos, because they’re awesome. For Warbirds, see my previous post:

Need an old C-141A Starlifter to make that awesome playhouse for your kids? Or how about a C-8 Buffalo that’s been modified by adding four turbofans? Sadly, neither of those will ever be airworthy (legally), but you could have your pick of a handful of preowned Blackhawk helicopters (one per customer, please). Since…

Took this snapshot from the cockpit this evening. Noctilucent clouds, a form of clouds that’s relatively unknown/uncommon. You only see them in higher latitudes during certain times of year and mostly during twilight. They’re basically ice particles at extremely high altitudes (250.000 - 280.000 feet, or for metric…

When will these hijackers start asking to go to Algeria? (Wife is unhurt)

Holy crap! I just discovered where I’m going on my next European vacation.  What an amazing collection. Google Maps link.

Two days in Oshkosh this year!! Took a while to dig through over 500 photos, and crop them a bit. All photos taken with a potato, so if you don’t like it, shut up and go to Airventure yourself next year!!

Wow

...an O-2 pilot complained that he had to spend a Friday night on Air Guard watch duty.