Chris flies a desk for a living but is an aeronautics enthusiast who delights in the Golden Age of Aviation. He admires all the pioneering men and women who travelled the world equipped with only a map, compass, sextant, and the conviction that there was no place they could not reach.
Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940): Flying boat crash scene, terrific. Previous 2hrs to get to that mark: so-so. 2010/03/05
There's a species of giant, 'ornamental' onion called Globemaster. http://bit.ly/HcqeN As in C-74, C-124, C-17. Was it named after the acft? 2010/03/03
I want to be miffed over Kevin Smith's inconvenience on Southwest Airlines, but part of me is just horribly entertained by it all. 2010/02/14
Ah here we go... video of the Airborne Laser Testbed engaging the Romulans. http://bit.ly/dfaNqk#fb2010/02/12
Airborne Laser spanks short-range ballistic missile in flight http://bit.ly/a9VlMd ...But shouldn't there be some kind of cool phaser video? 2010/02/12