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Index:
Aviation Stuff
Museums
Other Stuff
Paragliding and Sky Diving
Ships
Space Photos &
Photos from Satellites of anywhere on Earth.
AVIATION (In
alphabetical order)
2005 Year In Review
Disaster, exultation,
milestones, conflict, celebration, tragedy, and remembrance
Aerobatics
Extraordinary (It took about 11
minutes to download this at 28.5kb/s) Worth the wait.
Aircraft
Photos (Link)
Thousands of them.
Airfield History in the United States
Abandoned and little known airfields in the U.S. Photos and narratives
Airplanes Waterskiing
Undercarriage
skimming the water.
Airshow
Highlights
From the 2005
Edwards Air Force Base Airshow.
Airshow photos Hundreds of photos from 29 airshows from 2002 to
2005 (including the Shuttle)
Aviation Fact Sheet Download and print the AOPA Aviation Fact Sheet
A300-B4
Hit by Missile in Baghdad (1,490 KB) Use the Page Down key
A-380
Airbus (3,969kb) Magnificent photos well worth a wait to open.
Looks like there are 22 wheels on the gear of this baby.
A-380
Airbus Rampworkers View of A380 (Photos 1.8 mb)
When will we reach the maximum size in Jet Liners?
Page Down to advance photos.
A-380
Airbus (2.6 mb)
Great photos of the new aircraft both
external and internal.
A-380
Airbus Emirate takes deliver of Airbus A380
A-380
Slide photos (2.5 mb Click Page Down to
advance slides) This
is really a behemoth of an airliner.
B-2
Spirit at the 2005 Edwards AFB Air-show
B747 and the Skypark? Pictures of a retired 747
being delivered to a museum in South
Africa In reading the following, bear
in mind that the Skypark's runway measures 50
feet wide by 3400 feet long.
Basic
principles of flight Tutorial
Blimp
The Personal Blimp Dan Nachbar has constructed a unique blimp.
Boeing
787 Mirror Mirror on the Wall. Airbus vs Boeing: as the
transatlantic spat escalates, the body count grows and so do the
recriminations. What's next as the Airbus A380 delivery delays grind on? Here's
David and Goliath.
Boeing
787 Flight Deck Boeing recently
in Seattle showed reporters an artist's rendering
of the 787 Dreamliner flight deck
Boeing
B-797 Boeing takes on Airbus A-380
Boeing
Blended Wing - The experiment is
ready to launch
Black
Holes continue
to swallow pilots. Beware when flying
at night.
Blue
Angels 28 beautiful photos. (1,150 kb) Flying
over Twin Towers
Boneyard
in Tucson Thousands of ($$$$$)
Breaking
the Sound Barrier Photos of condensation immediately upon breaking the
sound barrier.
Cartercopter
- 200 MPH at 17,500 Feet - 4 place - 1,030 Mile Range
Do
you know where the traffic is around you? The Controller does. Some critical
information concerning avoiding other aircraft.
General
Electric Jet Engine GE90 115B jet engine for the B-777
F-16
Accident Report
F-16
Bird Strike Nobody was hurt.
F-22
Raptor (1,765kb) Stealth Fighter arriving at Langley Air Force
Base
Press Page Down to advance the slide show.
F-22
Raptor Our Deadliest Fighter. Story and photo
F-22
Raptor Demo - Demonstration
F-35
Joint Strike Fighter The latest. Short take-off and vertical landing
P-38
fighter Present condition of the Glacier Girl. A P-38 buried in Ice in Greenland
P-51
Excellent Story about the Mustang Fighter
P-51
Fighters Crash at Oshkosh Crash while landing 2007
Gathering
of Mustangs
Fighter
Planes (2,170 KB) Interesting slide-show in Power Point.
Flying
Luxury Hotel 250 passenger, 174 MPH, Vertical takeoff 14 million cubic
feet of Hydrogen gas
Goose
Amphibian (2,190kb)
Gone wild! The pilot forgot to throttle
down.
Hot
Air Balloons They will amaze you (44 Slides 4.6 mb).
Insurance. You should
be able to find answers to any Aviation Insurance questions and in
addition look at the precautions you should take
Glacier
Girl The latest on the P-38 that was buried in ice for years
Granny
(4.9 mb) Jetliner landing on a freeway?
Harrier
Crash (2,300
kb) Movie of Harrier Crash off a beach loaded with swimmers.
The pilot ejected safely
Impossible Landing (Video 12.9 mb) F-15s collide and one lands without
a wing.
Jet
engines (Video 1,924 kb) Demonstration of
the tremendous power of jet engines
Jumbo
Jets Landing Four photos of landings at St. Marteen Airport,
French West Indies
278 Photo OOPS (14.8kb) You
may need to click twice. Lots of plane
accident photos.
Landing
Airliner In Honduras short runway, crosswind, mountains.
Landing
Airliner (Video 4.6 mb) American
Airlines landing on short/narrow runway.
Military Photos - This website has hundreds of beautiful
photos
Military
Planes in Action (Still photos 3.3 mb) Navy, Marines, Army, Coast Guard and US Air
Force.
Missile
Mishap (2,480 KB)
Video Between planes
Osprey
(Slides
3.5 mb)
Photos of vertical take off and landing military plane
Photos
of the Predator 4 photos
Plane
photos All the air-to-air photos
and beautifully detailed ground images used by AOPA Pilot magazine over the years
Plane
photos (4.3 mb) Neat pictures of airplanes
in flight
Puppeteers
(Video 3.7 mb)
RC
Model (Video 4.8 mb) German radio control pilot One wonders about the genes in
this fellow, perhaps his granddad was in the Luftwaffe
Russki Aircraft - Here are some great
shots of Russki a/c, most of which you probably haven't
seen before.
The Russian design aesthetic is so different than the
U.S.'s.
Russian
Airshow - 2007 (4.7 mb
Power point show)
SR-71
breakup at 80,000 feet Story of a harrowing ride.
SU-35 Russian Jet Fighter Video (Caution 11.8mb)
SW
Airline Accident at Midway Three interesting aerial photos. This was the first and
only fatality SWA has had in its 35 year history, according to the
photographer.
Terrafugia
(terra means earth, fugia means escape) The flying SUV
Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle NASAs Altair
USA by Air Air
photos of trip from California to Oshkosh.
When
its OK to wet your pants. (1.5kb)
Wheels
Down? (2,100 kb) Famous last words. A Seaplane pilots worst nightmare
Note: Click on the Play icon to start video
X-Wind
Landings (2,960kb)
Scary! These should bring back some
nostalgic memories to
you 747 and 777 Jocks.
MUSEUMS
Museum of Flight Seattle, Washington. There are 122 photos of planes with basis
specs
and their history.
Russian
Air Museum (A little long loading) 17 photos and narrative
OTHER
360 degree view from the top of Mt. Everest .Takes a little time to open but worth the wait. Click in the fast scroll area and view three 125 degrees segments.
Amazing
6 Year Old Genius at work.
A
Billion is a difficult number to comprehend
Silhouette
Art (Video 2.9 mb) People creating silhouettes
And you think
you are having a bad day! -
Courtesy of Steve Lambert
Bandwidth Meter Speed Test (link) Check the
bandwidth of your Internet Connection
Beautiful
Bird Photos - Dow Lambert
Bird Photos
Beautiful
Scenery 18 excellent photos
Beautiful
Slides 25 slides
Bridge/tunnel Between
Sweden and Denmark
Rotating
Canal Locks
Rotating locks
Chuck
Herrin. These are the recollections
of Chuck about WWII. It is wonderfully
written
and is 11,200 words long. Chuck was a
member of the Sun Lakes Aero Club until he
died in the crash of his homebuilt two place Hornet on June 26, 2003 during
its first
trial flight in Oregon. He was a
magnificent person and is sorely missed.
The eulogy by
the Sun Lakes Aero Club follows Chucks recollections.
Cork
Removal (Video 4.2 mb) How to remove a
cork from a bottle.
Excellent
Photos 26 photos
Fabulous
Sand Painting (4,080 KB)
Final
Curtain (Slides 1.0 mb) Entertainment
celebrity deaths in 2006. Photos and text.
Click
on Page Down to advance photos.
Floating
Drydock- This is huge.
Flowers Beautiful photos of Roses
Fun Test For You - 11 questions. Be sure to read each one very carefully.
G
BLOCK Have you wondered what Shepard Smith means when he says The G BLOCK
on
his nightly Fox News TV program? Wonder
no more.
Israeli Weapons(link) 1948-2006
Horse
Lovers 21 still photos
Horse
Lovers (12 Video slides 658 kb)
Murals
A couple of incredible murals
Michelin
Airless Tires
Neat Clock- Probably
from a Dutch website
National Parks
Photos of our National Parks
Pearl
Harbor Lest we forget
Photos
Satellite photos. View anywhere in
the world in detail. Look at your
home. Use the scales at the left to
home in on your search
Photos
(3,249
kb) Beautiful
reef photos. Note: Use Page Down to view 23 slides.
Photos - Many Digitally
Produced Photos
Photos - More interesting photos
Fire
Rainbows Rare weather phenomenon
Top
secret recipes Top secret recipes from famous eating places
Sex Offenders - This
link will enable you to see all of the Sex Offenders within an area including
their photos. Put any postal address
& zip code and check.
Spectacular
Photos Mostly birds
Spectacular
Clouds and Photos (link) - You may have seen a few of these photos,
however
there are hundreds of beautiful photos that you probably have not seen
Swan
Lake Like You Have Never Seen before: Chinese
Chinese Drum Girls
(Video 5.8 mb) Fabulous
coordination.
Recollections
of a 10 year old . Member Gunter Peters lived
in Nienburg, Germany in
March 1945 nearing the end of WWII.
PARAGLIDING AND SKYDIVING
4
Videos
Paragliding
400-Way
Skydive Formation - The gold ring was achieved on February 8,
2006, on jump
number nine of the declared 400-way attempts. World Team held the formation for
4.3 seconds.
First
Paragliding Flight
Parachuting (5,323 KB) Video - Unbelievable formation & well worth the wait.
Perpetual
Paragliding
Tumble (Loops) (3,900 kb)
Paragliding
More on Seattle Paragliding.
Paragliding
World Championships held in Manilla, Australia Feb 24th to March 9th
, 2007.
Pictorial
Schematic on paragliding.
Surfboarding
using a Paraglider
SHIPS
Graf
Spee Eagle Rising Salvage operations on the Graf Spee.
USS
Oriskany
Scheduled to become a reef this summer
SPACE PHOTOS & Photos from
Satellites of anywhere on Earth
4
NASA Photos
Daily Astronomical Photos
Updated daily
Satellite
Photos -View
anywhere in the world in detail. Look
at your home. Use the scales at the
left to home in on your search. It
starts at Seattle Paragliding on Tiger Mountain. Courtesy of Marc Chirico
Shuttle
Preparation (3.0 mb) Exciting photos of the
Space Shuttle Discovery getting ready for launch.
Fabulous
Space Slides (2,110 KB) 26 Slides- Click mouse to
advance slides
Tracking
Satellites Click on any
white dot and see what satellite it is and the orbit path. The outer satellites are 22,241 miles from
Earth in a geosynchronous orbit, which if over the equator stays at a constant
place in the sky relative to the Earth.
Satellites close to Earth are for GPS, Spying, etc. The AZ Republic says
there are 5,500 tons of debris between 550 and 625 miles from earth