The
Story and photos of the 90th U.S. Airmail Anniversary
re-enactment flight from N.Y. to San Francisco during the
week of Sept 11, 2008. Text and photos
at U.S.
Air Mail
Courtesy of member Bob Earl
SUN
LAKES AERO CLUB Update
http://www.sunlakesaeroclub.org/
October 31, 2008
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and Choose the articles which may be of interest to you.
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accessible however they were at the time of this publication.
News of Interest to Members and Pilots
·
Newsletter for members SLAC (83 kb)
·
Special for Pilots (39 kb)– Articles of particular interest
to pilots
Air and Space
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9 Questions
and answers (Link) McCain and Obama have answered 9 questions important
to General Aviation
·
World Clock (Link)– Many
interesting stats changing before your eyes.
Courtesy of member Clif Rosch
·
Zeppelin
flights (12 kb) Passenger Flights Start Over the
San Francisco Bay Area
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A
really bad landing by an airliner (Video 1.3 mb) Courtesy of member Clif Rosch
·
Member
Bob Earl’s encounter with Brian Shul Major USAF (Ret) (11 kb)
Courtesy of member Bob Earl
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Carrier
Landing (video 2.6 mb) Ride as the co-pilot
in this carrier landing. Courtesy of
member Dick O’Brien
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Steve
Fossett (8 kb)– His biography and Scenes of
crash site. Courtesy of member Bob Earl
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Russian
B-200 Jet amphibious fire fighting tanker a remarkable plane (Link)
You can enlarge screen to full size.
Courtesy of member Paul Glaser
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X48B
Boeing Airliner (Photos 10 kb) .Flying wing concept.
Courtesy of member Bob Earl
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F-35B
First Flight – Jet Verticle Take-Off and Landing (Video 3.6 mb)
This is a repeat from the August 31st
Update, however this is a much clearer video.
Courtesy of Bill Myers
·
The Real
Batman (Link) Extreme skydiving. Enlarge screen to full size.
Courtesy of grandson, Ryan Nelson
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Helicopter
delicate control (Video 2.0 mb) Amazing
control. Courtesy of member Bob
Earl
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Hundreds of
unique research aircraft photos (Link) Dryden Flight Research
Center. Including photo and project
descriptions.
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Cross
Country Flight (Link) An interesting saga of a
cross-country flight from Kill Devil Hills, NC to the Catalina Island in
California.
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Flying
Car Concept (Link Video) Is this really in
our future? Fox Interview
w/video Click on the square box
at the bottom to enlarge video to full screen.
Courtesy
of member Earl Cuyler
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Low
ceilings, low fuel, no options (20 kb) Expected results
·
Before you
purchase a plane (Link) Recommended by AOPA
·
Arizona Pilots
Association (Link) The AZ Pilots Assn
maintains a “Calendar of Events” which you might add to your “Favorites”.
·
September
ORD Runway Overrun (18 kb) Has Interesting
Backstory The B757 Flight continued on
Battery back up power, a bad decision.
·
Watch
an airliner crash into a concrete wall (Video 1.5
mb) At 500 mph there is not much
left. Courtesy of member Bob
Earl
Other Stuff
·
Peregrine
Falcon (Story and Video 11 kb) The fastest
creature on earth.
Courtesy of Gale Nelson
·
Helsman’s view of
a trip down the Houston ship canal.(Link video) To view full screen click on box at lower right corner. Courtesy of member Bob Earl
·
Cultural Understanding (link) Some observations on cultural peculiarities by
ethnic groups that may give you a different perspective.
·
Little Rupert (Link). He/she is a
deer, six inches tall and weighing in at just over one pound. Rupert was delivered by caesarian section
after his mother was killed by a car.
·
The
flying Frenchman (Link video) Horses! To view full screen, click on menu, default
size and full screen. Courtesy of
member Gene Evans.
·
1000
mph jet car (25 kb) In
the works for 2010. If successful it
will gain the land speed record.
·
Japanese illusionist/street magician (Video) Hard to visualize how he does
these tricks.
Courtesy of member Dick O’Brien
·
Japanese
Mall Fountain (Video 5.0 mb) Great
engineering feat. Courtesy of member Gene
Evans
·
Hunter
Hayes (9 kb) Read about and listen to this talented youthful Cajun singer.
Courtesy of member Bob Earl
·
Paul
Smith (11 kb).An intriguing story and photos
of the typewriter art of Paul Smith who had cerebral palsy and created
beautiful art work on an old typewriter.
Courtesy of member Bob Earl
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