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    As I read the obituaries of the true over...

    As I read the obituaries of the true over achievers of my predecessors who became peers, I can see where I was an over attempter who sometimes filled in for fade when a new natural or man-made change...
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    Now when even Virgin Galactic is unable to...

    Now when even Virgin Galactic is unable to continue at 3855 Lakewood Avenue, it's hard to realize what was on that site where the C-17 emerged from building 54 where the tail tops were put on...
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    Out of Envelope

    As a boy I built the Convair Pogo and the Ryan Vertiplane. I held my breath as the fan-in-wing tossed it' tie down cable into the fan!!?? How about the VAK 191 and the Do-241... shucks, Experimental...
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    It ain't easy if you're queasy!

    I thought that "FLAK" would be best recognized but "bumpey air" would be too civil and my specific expertise of "geodetic instinct" would cause groans. The PHDs in my era believed in jinking and the...
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    Bob Hoover also performed at the Mojave Air Races...

    Bob Hoover also performed at the Mojave Air Races Air Show I saw in an Israeli built "Shrike." twin turbine cabin plane. This was in the 60's when Israel had replaced their Mirage III's with...
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    Just Now Sean D. Tucker

    My Air and Space Smithsonian subscription just featured a blurb with videos when accessed on Sean D. Tucker giving a talk on line as his stunt aircraft was hung in the main Mall building in...
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    Lomcevok I saw a Bocke Jungmeister perform this...

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    I saw a Bocke Jungmeister perform this maneuver at an airshow in Mojave, California. I did not realize how old the aircraft was or how long ago the maneuver had been developed. I just...
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    A glimmer of hope goes dark

    In 1969 I had the privilege of meeting the working types in simulation at McDonnell Aircraft. At the time McDonnell had the contract for the flight simulators for the C-5A and the a-7E. They were...
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    Upside down, inside out and backwards

    When I was building stick and tissue paper models and trying to fly them with twisted rubber bands double-knotted I found some magazine articles about aerobatic aircraft. Though I never read about a...
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    Jai Lai is a sports game that was in Palm Beach...

    Jai Lai is a sports game that was in Palm Beach and Telex is the International equivalent of Domestic TWX we used in 1978-1981 for Field Service messaging.
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    Endeavour is a regional airline and would have...

    Endeavour is a regional airline and would have taken me to/from OSHKOSH with a hop in one way from Atlanta and the other from Detroit.
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    One of the precautions I was given for who I knew...

    One of the precautions I was given for who I knew and what I knew from an engineer at PWA was "When working on static electricity. Don't point!" I chose silence, celibacy and poverty rather than...
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    Small Arms Vulnerability

    The current Russian (I almost typed Soviet) threat to the Ukraine kept me up last night past 1:35 AM until 5 this morning and now into the day. My first experience with combat information in 1965 was...
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    On The Other Hand

    Not the song, the aircraft design. I began my career in aircraft with an older senior engineer in a two-man office. He survives in the names I use now online (therunwaybehind, 2ndsegment) that are...
  15. I really appreciated this video. I cannot walk...

    I really appreciated this video. I cannot walk over a mile now and was seeking flights less than 1000 miles with one stop at a major hub.
  16. Yeah! It's easy. Fly from Aspen to Telluride and...

    Yeah! It's easy. Fly from Aspen to Telluride and back. Personally, I plan to try sprinting down Canary Hill here first, the last 10 feet of the pavement before Heron then working my starting point...
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    What a jerk

    Actually, you can just pull the engine through if the timing and mixture are just right. The OK Cub model engines showed this. Bu-u-u-ut, all good things come to an end. As Leonardo DiCaprio's buddy...
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    Like all of my posts this is not a "I'm telling...

    Like all of my posts this is not a "I'm telling you." this is a "You tell me." I have never used head phones. My father was an amateur radio guy on 2 meters and 10 meters and then 75 meter phone in...
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    This was a time when there were goals to use...

    This was a time when there were goals to use "commercial engines" instead of the Continental and Lycoming radials and major inline air cooled engines. I also rode in a school bus with the high school...
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    Since I didn't make it this year because my...

    Since I didn't make it this year because my walking radius now is only a mile and not 3.75 miles as I had hoped for, I'm looking for a service that uses M-114's for trams? 160 hp Chevrolet power is...
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    When I first opened my mind to where I was in...

    When I first opened my mind to where I was in 1965, I had been an office mate of Don Brimley who was a friend of Don Douglas Jr. He spent most of his days working out reliability predictions for...
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    I watched Charles Howell III on the EAA podcasts...

    I watched Charles Howell III on the EAA podcasts and actually used my EAA member ID. He is 2 years younger than I and got to do some truly great stuff on instrument landing never using terms like CAT...
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    I just finished reading my Aviation Week & Space...

    I just finished reading my Aviation Week & Space Technology, specifically the "Fixed Focus" article by Graham Warwick, their Washington reporter. It says the Alia is only being tested by pilots. It...
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    Where I am no longer present is automotive...

    Where I am no longer present is automotive technology. I parked the yellow MPG Pinto my sister gave me when she couldn't get good money on a trade in 1987. My driver's license expired two years later...
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    Here is something most folks here would want to...

    Here is something most folks here would want to ignore. When I worked for Pratt & Whitney in 1978-1981 it was before a Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC )was a common form of engine...
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