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My dogs

May 28, 2013 Comments Off on My dogs

my dogs helping me work  

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Sky Writing photo you have to see

May 15, 2013 Comments Off on Sky Writing photo you have to see

    Just so you know, no one was hurt in the making of this image.

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RCX 2013 – Be there!

May 15, 2013 Comments Off on RCX 2013 – Be there!

Hey everybody I will be attending the RCX show at the long beach Convention Center in a few weeks.  The event will be on June 1st and 2nd in Long Beach, CA. If you are in the area be sure to stop by.  For more information and tickets check out www.RCX.com This year we have […]

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Old school pattern in Bakersfield

May 01, 2013 3 Comments

This past weekend I had the pleasure to attend a 2nd Annual Bakersfield Pattern Bash event in California.  This event had three big things to it.  The first was that it was organized and ran by none other than Chip Hyde, TOC Champion, World team member and all around good guy.   Second, this contest attracted […]

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Belly landing of an Australian F-111

Jan 25, 2013 Comments Off on Belly landing of an Australian F-111

This is a cool video, but first a little history: The Australians flew the F-111 a lot longer than our Air Force. The airplane was originally designed to land on a carrier deck so the gear structure is very strong. Even landing on a long runway you just maintain 10 degrees angle of attack until […]

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Quadcopter and my Dog

Jan 24, 2013 2 Comments

just a fun video, video platform video management video solutions video player

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Flying Fw 190A-5; Saga of a survivor

Dec 05, 2012 10 Comments

In this video you see the Flying Heritage Collection’s (FHC) Fw 190A-5 Focke-Wulf, Based  in Everett, Washington. On July 19, 1943 the FHC FW 190 was being flown by Paul Ratz, flight leader, and his wingmen were on a “free hunt” mission over the “corridor of death”. The details Luftwaffe loss report indicated that the […]

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Big Sale on the AirAGEStore.com

Nov 21, 2012 Comments Off on Big Sale on the AirAGEStore.com

We have a big sale going on tomorrow until 12/24 on the AirAGEstore.com, you might want to check out one of my favorite new books the “RC Electric Power”.  This book is available in both book form and digital for your tablet, which is the way I get all of my books now.  Check it out, lots […]

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Seven Fokker Dr.1 Triplanes of Jasta 11 (Full Size)

Oct 31, 2012 1 Comment

Just something cool I found on the web, Enjoy The very rare sight of seven full-size WW1 Fokker Dr.1 Triplanes replicas in the air together. Each of these aircraft is painted to represent one of the aircraft/pilots that flew as part of Manfred von Richthofen’s Jasta 11 in April 1918. As far as we know […]

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Flying the Canadair CL 415 Super Scooper

Oct 24, 2012 9 Comments

This is outstanding! You just don’t hear much about aerial fire fighting in Europe but these Spaniards have gotten it down! Check out how low they fly over cars, roads and buildings on their way to pick-up water. The pilots are really yanking the controls around when they get close to the fire. This is […]

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Two Global Hawks Fly in Formation

Oct 10, 2012 3 Comments

Here is a story pulled off the sUAS news site … cool stuff! Northrop Grumman Corporation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center have successfully completed a series of flight demonstrations, moving DARPA’s Autonomous High-Altitude Refueling (AHR) program closer to demonstrating the first autonomous aerial refueling between two unmanned, […]

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F-35B

Oct 09, 2012 Comments Off on F-35B

I found this to be rather cool, enjoy This video link is fresh (for the public).  It was made just six weeks ago in the Atlantic, just off Newport News (Hampton Roads), Virginia … These are the latest sea trials the F-35B on the USS Wasp. They were very successful, with 74 VL’s (Vertical Launch) and STO’s […]

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