Fleet
week in San Francisco
Links to great videos, slide shows and text
October 9-14, 2008
SUN LAKES AERO CLUB Update
SLAC Website
December 31,
2008
MAY ALL YOUR FLIGHTS BE SAFE WITH FAIR SKYS, SMOOTH AIR AND A TAIL WIND
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which may be of interest to you.
News of Interest to Members and Pilots
·
Newsletter for SLAC Members
(51 kb)
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Of Interest to Pilots (16 kb)– Articles of particular interest to
pilots
Air and Space
1.
Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan (Link) Are you old enough to remember
this?
Enlarge to full screen
2.
Air
Traffic around the world (Link) Watch
the traffic for a 24 hour period (speeded up)
3.
The
SR-71 Blackbird (16 kb) Text and video of
the SR-71. Different than previously
shown
4.
First
crash of B2 Bomber (Link) Includes video and
analysis.
Enlarge to full screen
5.
Mid-air
collision (22 kb) Narrative and photos. Business jet vs Glider
6.
Cockpit
photos (Power point slide show 2.0 mb) Spectacular
photos.
7.
Sinatra
and his Lear Jet N175FS (34 kb) Text and photos of his story
8.
Cessna
C-310 landing with collapsing nose gear
(Link) Looks like they won’t even need to
tear
down the engines. Enlarge to full screen
9.
Space
Shuttle (PP Slides 3.9 mb) Magnificent
slides of Shuttle, Space Station and Earth
10.
5
Stearman planes in formation (single photo
.525 kb) #181 Larry Dustman, #964
Billy Walker,
386 Joe Sottile, #034 Terry
Emig and the silver plane is Bob deFord’s
11.
A tour of Air Force 1 (Video link 11.43
minutes). Excellent video.
Enlarge to full screen
12.
Operational
error (Link video)
Aircraft attempts take off with
another plane still on runway
13.
Planes
and more planes (PP Slides 7.5 mb) Great
slides.
14.
Construction
of a Boeing 777 (Link) See a
Delta 777 built and take off in 4 minutes 10 seconds.
This is a fast time elapsed
sequence video of a Boeing 777 being assembled.
15.
1959
Air Show (Video 2.6 mb) This may bring back some fond memories. Full screen & sound
16.
Russian
Antonov Jet (16 kb plus Video) World’s
largest jet?
17.
Shuttle
Piggy-back (141 kb) This
is a rarely seen photo
18.
Boeing 747
Landing. (Link Video) View from the cockpit of landing on 28R at San Francisco
19.
Mosquito
Bomber (7.9 mb) The Spruce Goose was not the
only wooden aircraft. View a video of
the manufacture of the Mosquito
Bomber.
20.
Never
Again (25 kb) South Lake Tahoe, CA
Airport and density altitude don’t mix
21.
Safety
quiz (Link) Winter is here and Icing is a serious problem.
22.
Aircraft
Accidents in Arizona (19 kb) There were only two accidents in Arizona in
November, 2008
23.
Silver
Wings (Video slides) Great photos of
older planes accompanied by song “Silver Wings”
24.
Safety
Foundation Database (Link) Search for
accident reports by State and Dates
25.
Contrails
(19 kb) Contrails,
wing-tip and wake turbulence
26.
Carrier
crash (Video 5.9 mb) Crash
landing on a Carrier
27.
New
two place plane (10 kb) The new
Pipestrel’s 100 hp 147 knot has a 17.1 glide ratio
Other Stuff
28.
How the
Internet began (Link) No, it did not begin with Al Gore
29.
Can
you guess what this is? (11 kb) It goes back to 1956
30.
Electric
drag racer (Link-video) A Datsun sets world drag speed
record. 11.8 seconds for quarter
mile. King of the quarter mile
31.
All
the women we have loved (PP Slides 5.7 mb) Then and now
32.
Why
AARP sells insurance (video 3.5 mb)
33.
Police
cars of the world (PP Slides 2.7 mb)
34.
1932
Helicron (PP Slides 1.5 mb) Only
one was built
35.
National
Geographic Photos (Link) 35 of the
best for 2008 with text
36.
Nazi
Bunkers (18 kb) WWII buried bunkers
found and exhumed
37.
Large Hadron
Collider (Link)
Our understanding of the Universe is about to change.
38.
History
of the Franklin Engine (Link) Formed in 1893 . Look at 1913 – 83.5 mpg
39.
Getting
Old (PP slide show 6.0 mb) How
many do you recognize – “Now” and “Then”
40.
Holiday
Ideas (PP slide show 2.0 mb) Wow! I
think I will stay home.
41.
2008
Junior Championships (Video 6.0 mb) Watch this incredible young girl handle a
ball.
Held in March in Torino, Italy
42.
Incredible
Carrier Model (13 kb) 5 ½ years and 4,300 hours. And he is starting another one.
43.
100
Photos (PP
Slides 4.1 mb) The gruesome horror of war and the brave
men who fight them
from the Civil War in 1862 to today.
44.
Current weather
at Sun Lakes (Link) Up to
the minute weather at Sun Lakes (Full information)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to the following members
and others who have
contributed articles, website links, videos and slides.
Ray Bahret; Asenath Barker; Dan Bott ; Earl Cuyler; Bob Earl; Gene Evans; Paul Glaser; Van
Klompenberg’ Kevin Lynch; Home Mann;
Bill Myers; Gale Nelson; Doug Nelson; Dick O’Brien; Richard
Peak; Elaine Raynor; Clif Rosch; Capt
Jim Theobald; Harold Thomas; Ben
Thompson; Don Tubbs; Gary Vacin;
Bob Walch
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