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SUN LAKES AERO CLUB Update
SLAC Website
February 28,
2009
MAY ALL YOUR FLIGHTS BE SAFE WITH FAIR SKYS, SMOOTH AIR AND A TAIL WIND
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Choose the articles which may be of interest to you
All of the
following links were accessible at the time of publication
News
of Interest to Members and Pilots
·
Newsletter for
SLAC Members (44 kb)
·
Of Interest to Pilots (37 kb)– Articles of particular interest to pilots
·
Minutes
of the Chandler Airport Commission (pdf
file 264 kb)–Jan 14, 2009 meeting
Air and Space
1.
1947
Cleveland Air Races (Link slides) For all you Aviation History Buffs. Here is one of the best running accounts of
the Cleveland, Ohio Air Races
2.
F35 Strike Force Helmet (13 kb) Take a look
at what this amazing new helmet does for the pilot
3.
Piper lands on RV (Video 3.2 mb) This is quite a feat
4.
Eye candy for aviators (PP slides 6.4 mb)
Great
photos
5. Flight 1549 Ditching:
· Computer Animated Video of Flight (Video)
· Second guessing Sully (Link ) A study on Flight 1549 that ditched in the Hudson River
·
Another pilots opinion (Link)
He states the computers
were the fault of the Flight 1549 crash ditching
6.
Really rare old birds (Link photos) You
have probably not seen a number of these craft
7.
Skydiver in air death (Link 20 kb) Skydiver describes in-air death
of instructor
8. Cockpit views (Link) Click
on the photos of 28 planes and view a photo of the cockpits
9. Concorde (PP slides 2.1 mb) The Concorde’s last flight.
Supersonic Jet airliner
10.
Laser Cannon (19 kb) Burn a hole in a tank from 5
miles away? Even from a plane
11.
Crosswind landing attempt (Video 3.6 mb) Lufthansa A230 landing
aborted in Hamburg, Germany
12.
Plane ditchings
(Link photos and text) Many successful water landings by airliners. The first photo
is of a Boeing Stratocruiser which
ditched in Puget Sound on 4/20/56.
13.
A Genesis Workshop (Link) Five
generations of Engineering Enterprise from the birthplace of
Aviation
14.
Category III landing (Link 1.0 mb) Look through
the windshield during a Category III landing
15.
911 Flight Paths (7.5 kb) Amazing
they were not intercepted
16.
Beauxavions (Or next time take the train) (PP slides 5.0
mb) You don’t need to understand French
to appreciate these slides.
17.
Inside the cockpit of the Airbus
A380 (Link) The
Airbus A380 is the largest passenger
airliner in the
world. It seats 850. Use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to navigate and
enlarge
18.
F-16 Radio Controlled Model (Video 5.9 mb) With after-burner
19.
Russian K7 Bomber/Passenger Plane (37 kb) Only one of this unusual plane was
made in the early
1930’s.
Other Stuff
20.
Beautiful
Arizona(Link slide
show) Wonderful slides
of the beauty of Arizona
21.
American Flag (PP slides 87 kb) A flag that does not fly
22.
Old Cars (PP slides 5.0 mb) Great
photos of cars from 1900 to 1939
23.
The ultimate chain saw (Video 1.6 mb) Chain
saw for the Northwest
24.
Ships in storms (PP
slides 3.0 mb) Why
submarine service looks more attractive
25.
Pets (PP slides 941 kb) Great
pet photos
26.
Botanical Gardens (PP
slides 1.6 mb) Night photos taken by
member Bob Earl
27.
Lynx (PP slides 1.2 mb) Photos
taken in Canada
28.
The City of
Hong Kong (Link
single photo) As daylight fades, the lights come on
in Hong Kong.
Put your mouse at the top of the photo and gradually bring it down
to the bottom. It will show
you the time of day
29.
Our Gang Comedy (PP
slides 205 kb) The tragic
story of the group
30.
Technology (Video 4 mb) Which
is faster, text messaging or the morse code.
Find out!
31.
Preikestolen (PP slides 2.9 mb) The Rock Pulpit. In
Norway
32.
My favorite philosophy (PP slides 3.6 mb) Some philosophy amongst beautiful scenic
photos.
33.
Who was Hayim Solomon? (PP slides 365 kb) An
interesting bit of American history
34.
Jumbled words (5
kb) Amazing that you can
read this
35.
Cuba (PP slides
5.0 mb) We seldom get to
see photos of Cuba
36.
Golden Sting Rays (16
kb) Thousands of
migrating Sting Rays
37.
Antoni Gaudi’ l Cornet (PP slides 4.8 mb) Reus 1852 – Barcelona 1926. Spectacular Architecture
38.
Lenticular Clouds (PP
slides 191 kb) (Beautiful
but dangerous)
39.
Presidential Limos (PP slides 777 kb) Mostly
Cads and Lincolns
40.
Norway (PP slides 3.8 mb) One
of our contributors, Bruno Uptagrafft, has his roots there
41.
Jessica Cox (PP slides
503 kb) Jessica is the only licensed
light plane pilot without arms
42.
Interesting photos (PP
slides 5.6 mb) Some of
these photos have been altered
43.
Antarctica (PP slides
6.6 mb) A beautiful continent
44.
Monaco and Princess Grace (PP
slides 5.5 mb) Myriad of
photos of Princess Grace and Monaco
45.
Milton Friedman (Video
5.2 mb) Milton in an interview talks
about greed. He was probably the
greatest economist of all
times. This is being published because
it does not appear to be
political but instead is a great
lesson in economics. Every American
should hear this and be
concerned.
46.
Juggler (Video 4.6 mb) Fantastic
juggler set to Beatles music
47.
Fantastic photos (PP
slides 5.0 mb) Great
stop action photos
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; Gary Farrell; Paul
Glaser; Van Klompenberg; Kevin Lynch; Homer 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; Bruno Uptagrafft; Gary
Vacin; Bob Walch.
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