Selected Photos, Videos and Articles from Past Website Updates
AVIATION
2005
Year In Review
Disaster, exultation, milestones, conflict,
celebration, tragedy, and remembrance
Aircraft Photos (Link)– Thousands of them.
A300-B4
Hit by Missile in Baghdad (1,490 KB)– Use the “Page Down” key
Autobus
A-380 (3,969kb) Magnificent photos well worth a wait to open.
Looks like there are 22 wheels on
the gear of this baby.
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.
Black
Holes continue
to swallow pilots. Beware when flying
at night.
18
Photos of the Blue Angels. (1,150 kb) Flying
over Twin Towers
Boeing
787 Flight Deck Boeing recently
in Seattle showed reporters an artist's rendering
of the 787 Dreamliner flight deck
Do
you know where the traffic is around you? The
Controller does. Some critical
information concerning avoiding
other aircraft.
Extraordinary
Aerobatics (It took about 11
minutes to download this at 28.5kb/s)
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-35
Joint Strike Fighter – The latest. Short take-off and vertical landing
Fighter
Planes (2,170 KB) – Interesting slide-show in
Power Point.
Goose
Amphibian (2,190kb)
Gone wild! The pilot forgot to throttle
down.
Hundreds
of Military Photos - This website has hundreds of
beautiful photos
Hundreds of photos from 29 airshows from 2002 to 2005
including the Shuttle
Insurance. You should
be able to find answers to any Aviation Insurance questions and in
addition look at the precautions you
should take
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.
Excellent
Story about the P-51
Missile
Mishap (2,480 KB) Video – Between planes
Own a
Skycar. Look at the Skycar (auto
& car) under development
Picture
Perfect – All the air-to-air photos and beautifully
detailed ground images used by
AOPA Pilot magazine over the years
Photos
of the Predator 4 photos
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
You
Don’t See This Every Day
(2,300 kb) Movie of Harrier Crash off a
beach loaded with
swimmers. The pilot ejected safely
Warbirds in Retirement The Bone-yard in Tucson
When
it’s OK to wet your pants. (1.5kb)
Wheels Down? (2,100 kb)Famous last words. A Seaplane pilot’s 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.
A Fun Test For You - 11
questions. Be sure to read each one very carefully.
Bandwidth Meter Speed Test (link) Check the
bandwidth of your Internet Connection
Bridge/tunnel Between Sweden and Denmark
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 it’s first
trial flight in Oregon. He was a magnificent person and is sorely
missed. The eulogy by
the Sun Lakes Aero Club follows
Chuck’s recollections.
Fabulous
Sand Painting (4,080 KB)
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
Murals
– A couple of incredible murals
Recollections
of a 10 year old . Member Gunter Peters lived in Nienburg, Germany in
March 1945 nearing the end of WWII.
Reef (3,249 kb) Beautiful reef
photos.
Note: Use “Page Down” to view 23 slides.
Registered Sex Offenders - This link will enable you to
see all of the Sex Offenders
within an area. Put any postal address & zip code and
check.
Spectacular
Clouds and Photos You may have seen a few of
these photos, however
there are hundreds of beautiful
photos that you probably have not seen
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.
Parachuting (5,323 KB)– Video - Unbelievable formation & well worth the wait.
Perpetual
Paragliding Tumble (Loops) (3,900 kb)
SHIPS
USS
Oriskany –
Scheduled to become a reef this summer
Graf
Spee Eagle Rising – Salvage operations on the Graf Spee.
SPACE PHOTOS
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