Archives for the 'aircraft' Category

The Truth May Be … Out There

Published on 16 Oct 2009 at 11:59 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under America, TV, UFOs, aircraft, ancient mysteries.

My local radio talk-show pal Michael Graham questions whether its a hoax. How could anyone plan anything that would fly the way that did and attract the kind of attention that did? And what kind of gain could he possibly expect? 
I dunno. The guy’s showing all the signs of being a full-throttle crackpot visionary. He claims [...]

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Goodwill Hovering!

Published on 22 Sep 2009 at 8:23 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under aircraft, supermodels.

Sneer if you want. But when Gisele Bundchen decided … the day after being named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme … to take up helicopter flying lessons, she established herself as my kind of environmentalist.
The Marie Antoinette kind. Hot and clueless. Boston Herald: 

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Drive As We Say …

Published on 5 Aug 2009 at 9:03 pm. 1 Comment.
Filed under aircraft, hacks.

… Not as we fly. Congress orders up three Gulfstreams for its own use. Roll Call:
Last year, lawmakers excoriated the CEOs of the Big Three automakers for traveling to Washington, D.C., by private jet to attend a hearing about a possible bailout of their companies.
But apparently Congress is not philosophically averse to private air travel: [...]

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The Pink Lady

Published on 22 Apr 2009 at 11:42 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under aircraft, history, military.

The Dissident Frogman with some French air show art and updates on the status of the Pink Lady, purportedly the last B-17 to see action over Europe that is still flying. History and more art at the Pink Lady link,

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Suicide By F-16

Published on 7 Apr 2009 at 8:26 am. 1 Comment.
Filed under Canada, Turkey, aircraft, jets, moronocy.

Turkish-Canadian’s bid to end it all by stealing a plane and entering American airspace fails when F-16s decline to shoot him down. ABC. It’s different. Kind of silly. He could have ended it all at any point by putting his feet up on the console and taking a snooze. And for any Muslim who’s depressed, has psychological [...]

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If Sully Sullenberger Had One Of These …

Published on 12 Mar 2009 at 9:50 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under aircraft, pols.

155 people wouldn’t have lost their luggage. Michelle with some cruel Photoshop of Air Pelosi elicits some practical applications re troublesome problems. Malkin commenter:
That airplane would scare hell out of any bird within sight. Scares ME too.
Hurtful!
What a payload! Talk about an anti-missile defense shield, she’s so ugly, any missile would detonate before it got within two miles.
How’d [...]

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Fishbed

Published on 3 Mar 2009 at 1:02 pm. 11 Comments.
Filed under Russia, aircraft, military.

Ex-carrier pilot/Top Gun instructor Neptunus Lex waxes avionic on the virtues and vices of the MiG 21 Fishbed, now in its dotage … and flying in NATO … after 50 years of service. As an aviationally challenged scribbler, all I have to add is … Fishbed? I can’t find any kind of definition for this NATO reporting name, [...]

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Plane Down

Published on 13 Feb 2009 at 7:46 am. No Comments.
Filed under aircraft.

Riehl rounds up the news and links on Continental Flt. 3407, which drilled into a house killing 49, including one on the ground. Passengers included Beverly Eckert, enroute to Buffalo to mark her late husband’s 58th. He was killed on Sept. 11, 2001. No miracles this time.

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“I Loved That Jet”

Published on 9 Mar 2008 at 9:34 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under aircraft, history.

Take a jet ride at Maggie’s Farm. Read a book while you’re there.

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