March 26, 2006
To: All SLAC Members
From: Vern Nelson, Web Manager
Website
Updates:
1.
Preview of
April 1, 2006 Splash Article –Fly-in
to the Titan II Missile Museum
2.
SLAC Newsletter
– April, 2006
3.
Copper
State Fly-in – Scheduled to later in
October to avoid Arizona Heat
4.
Selected
interesting articles from past updates
If you find one that you think
may be of interest to your friends, copy/paste the URL to your internet email
program.
Of Interest to
Pilots
5.
Pilot
Groups Support FAA Changes To "Position And Hold"
6.
AOPA
Works to Make Older Planes Safe and Affordable
7.
Vintage
Aircraft – A new type
certificate proposal
Aviation Stuff:
8.
Alaska
Landings – Videos, Courtesy of Eugene Evans
Small
Gravel Bar (1,460 kb)
Water
Assisted (532 kb)
Gravel Bar (1.450 kb)
9.
Apology
for Publishing False Story In the 3/12/06 issue
10. Bob
Hoover rolling a Shrike Commander (3,331 kb)- This video is Bob
Hoover
rolling a North American Rockwell Shrike Commander while pouring a glass
of iced tea. From my understanding
it was filmed by actor Cliff Robertson who was
a good
friend of Mr. Hoover. Courtesy of Col.
Ray Schrecengost.
11.
CarterCopter
– An unusual personal air vehicle + rotator blade
explanations
12. Crash
of a Russian Fighter SU-27UB-Video (5,490
kb)– Courtesy of Bob Earl.
13. One
of the windiest runways on earth -Audio – Sounds like
the Guy on the ATIS
in Wellington, NZ where they
get 300 days a year over 30+knots and landings are
never assured until you
reach about 100 feet above the runway.
Courtesy of Bob
Earl
14. Russian
Antonov 225 – Largest plane in the world. Courtesy of Gary Vacin
15. On
the Fly
Are older pilots having more
accidents?
Accident data base can
help improve flying skills
Thinking
of buying your first airplane?
Other Stuff:
16. The
Fight for Survival
Timely reprint. Understanding the Iraq War
and the Muslim Religion. Although our
website
doesn’t normally publish Political, Religious or Off-color humor, the subject
of our fight
for survival should be open to debate.
Courtesy of member Don
Tubbs.
17. Pretty
Blue Planet (1,220 kb)– Use Page Down
to advance slides.
Some of these slides may be computer
composites from photos taken from
satellites. Courtesy of Bob Earl
18. Free
411 Directory Service 1-800-373-3411 – Cleared with www.snopes.com
19. Paul
Allen’s Luxury Yacht “Octopus” (3,380 kb) World’s largest luxury yacht.
Use “Page Down” to view slides.-
Courtesy of my cousin, Bill Barnes
20. Many slide shows require the PowerPoint Viewer. Click on PowerPoint
Viewer for
a free
download. As an example, the Pretty Blue Planet and Paul Allen’s Luxury
Yacht
above require PowerPoint to view.
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