March 2010 (20)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 09: Dawn delivery (0)
- 09: Passengers behaving badly: Hon. Helena Guergis, PC, MP (0)
- 09: Slow down and think it through (0)
- 09: Slaughter: Fly to the Angels (1991) (0)
- 08: Film Noir by Mark Brown (0)
- 08: Pink Martini: Amado Mio (1997) & Gilda (1946) (0)
- 07: Root of the problem (4)
- 05: Unintended consequences (0)
- 05: Brant Point Seaplanes, 1918 (0)
- 05: Nuclear strategies: India vs. Pakistan (0)
- 05: Pat Benatar: Le Bel Age (1986) (0)
- 04: Globe & Mail airplane, Island Airport (0)
- 04: Foreign Correspondent (1940) theatrical trailer (0)
- 03: The FAA does not share your sense of humour (3)
- 03: Missing the proverbial boat (0)
- 03: Centennial of American military flight (0)
- 03: Replica 1911 Wright “B” Flyer (0)
- 02: Scramble over Europe ‘68 (0)
- 01: Ne penitus misera patria deleretur nomenque Romanorum (2)
- 01: Après nous, le déluge (2)
February 2010 (51)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 27: Film noir femme fatale (0)
- 26: Low-key pioneer (0)
- 26: Africa from above (0)
- 26: Devil’s Pool (0)
- 26: John Barry: Out of Africa Original Soundtrack (1985) (0)
- 23: Times Square on a rainy night, c1931 (2)
- 23: Larry Clinton & his Orchestra with Bea Wain: Heart and Soul (1939) (0)
- 22: Flight Students, 1939 (0)
- 22: When You Know (1936) (0)
- 18: Full cooperation (1)
- 18: There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them. (0)
- 18: Film Noir by Jared DiMartine (0)
- 18: Random aerospace news roundup—Feb 18th, 2010 (0)
- 18: The price of greatness is responsibility (0)
- 17: Carl Akeley’s African expeditions, 1896-1927 (0)
- 17: Theodore Roosevelt in Africa, c. 1909 (0)
- 14: 23 (0)
- 13: PLA officers favour economic offensive against US (0)
- 13: The F.H. Jewell Collection (0)
- 13: 8 Wing, CFB Trenton get new CO (0)
- 13: Random thoughts on the Winter Games Opening Ceremonies (0)
- 12: Pick only one: A sound mind, or a sound body (0)
- 12: Victorian & Edwardian Actresses (0)
- 12: Who Would Not Welcome One? (1922) (0)
- 11: Landseaire airborne yacht (0)
- 11: Tape Five: A View to a Kill (2007) (0)
- 11: Good call (0)
- 11: I’ll pass on the Mile High Club, thanks (0)
- 11: The Pitfalls of Confessional Culture (0)
- 10: Notice to Airmen (0)
- 09: Kyle Franklin’s drunken pilot act (2)
- 09: UAVs over Haiti (0)
- 09: Ne probrum castis, labem integris, infamiam bonis inferat (0)
- 08: Second opinion (0)
- 08: La Belle Époque (0)
- 08: Old London street scenes (1903) (0)
- 07: The airship of the future won’t look like this (0)
- 07: Airship designs of the Golden Age (0)
- 07: LZ-129 Hindenburg in colour, c. 1937 (1)
- 06: Balar Hissar, Kabul, c. 1879 (0)
- 06: Iron Maiden: The Trooper (1983) & Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) (0)
- 03: Haiti and building codes (0)
- 03: MTJA airfield flow and relief operations (0)
- 03: Canadian Forces CC-130 landing at MTJA Jacmel Airport (0)
- 02: Steve Jobs says Google’s “don’t be evil” ethos is bullshit (0)
- 02: Eastern Health for thee, but not for me (0)
- 02: The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time (0)
- 02: Cat business trip (0)
- 01: Night mission (0)
- 01: The token has become indistinguishable from the fact or the deed (0)
- 01: Universal Newsreels, Release 16 (Sept. 22, 1960) (0)
January 2010 (53)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: Concorde (0)
- 29: British Airways Concorde tribute (1)
- 28: Thelma & Louise II: Avatars of Pandora (0)
- 26: The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long (0)
- 26: Chew, if only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes! (0)
- 26: Blade Runner (1982): Spinner Ascent (0)
- 23: Nerddom and aging (2)
- 23: Egypt, late 19th/early 20th century (0)
- 23: Ancient Egypt (1938) (0)
- 20: Airlift: a distraction? (0)
- 20: DoD to open second Haitian airport (MTJA Jacmel) (1)
- 20: Airdrop north of Port-au-Prince (0)
- 20: Learn to Dance: Riverdance (0)
- 19: Good cop, bad cop (0)
- 19: 817 CRG deploys to Haiti (0)
- 19: Learn to Dance: Lady Gaga—Bad Romance (0)
- 18: MTPP airfield flow and relief operations (0)
- 16: Guide to Asian Emoticons (0)
- 15: Getting the cold shoulder (0)
- 15: USAF takes charge at Port-au-Prince airport (0)
- 15: Delhi airport loses ATC systems for an hour (0)
- 14: More Haiti updates (0)
- 14: Coming again, to save the mother f*!#ing day (0)
- 14: Haiti c. 1958, by Nick DeWolf (0)
- 14: Volunteer Medics Worldwide: Departing Port-de-Paix Airport (2006) (0)
- 13: Google contemplates being slightly less evil (0)
- 12: The intersection of “can do” and “risk averse” (0)
- 11: The Death of Enlightenment (0)
- 11: Yemen and Aden, c. 1950 (0)
- 11: Deeyah on freedom for Muslim women (0)
- 10: African-Americans in the Jazz Age (0)
- 10: Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man (2008) (0)
- 09: I suppose I’m obligated to see the film now (0)
- 09: Martin JRM Mars, then and now (0)
- 09: Martin Mars SOCAL training (0)
- 08: Count the cost (0)
- 08: Hillier on the future of NATO (0)
- 08: London’s jazzy nightclubs (0)
- 07: The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there (0)
- 07: Tamara Toumanova and Serge Lifar in Australia, c. 1939 (0)
- 06: By the Sword and the Cross (0)
- 06: Disappointing (0)
- 05: Vilma Bánky, c. 1930 (0)
- 05: Son of The Sheikh (1926) (0)
- 04: Canadian air travel roundup (0)
- 04: Sektor Films: Jewish Life in Bialystok (1939) (0)
- 03: Antarctica’s first aeroplane (0)
- 03: Images from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914) (0)
- 03: Mawson’s Huts Conservation Programme (0)
- 02: Selling the drama (2)
- 02: 1940 Air Terminal Museum, William P. Hobby Airport (0)
- 02: Postcards from Texas: Houston’s First Airport (2009) (0)
- 01: 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) (0)
December 2009 (44)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Intelligence Review, c1946 (0)
- 31: The battle will go on for the rest of our lives (0)
- 31: Imagine a religion that imposes laws always beneficial to men but hazardous to women (0)
- 26: Commonwealth Sunderlands on Flickr (0)
- 26: Air Ministry: Operation Icelift (1955) (0)
- 25: So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. (0)
- 25: Deluxe Reading Jimmy Jet (1963) (0)
- 24: More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name; (0)
- 24: Ideal Electronic Fighter Jet (1961) (0)
- 23: The Future was 20 Years Ago (0)
- 23: When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer (0)
- 23: MacDonald & Associates: Marx “Gung Ho Commando Outfit” Ad (1966) (0)
- 22: Christmas in New Zealand (0)
- 22: Remco “Flying Fox” Ad (1959) (0)
- 18: How to try too hard and fail (0)
- 18: The first priority (0)
- 18: A fawning, majestic “history of the Ewoks” lie (2)
- 18: DDB: Telus “Hippopotamus” Ad (2005) (0)
- 17: Ooops (0)
- 17: There’s a Cessna for that (0)
- 17: This is how the market works (0)
- 17: RKCR/Y&R: Virgin Atlantic “Still Red Hot” Ad (2009) (0)
- 15: When your old life catches up with your new life (0)
- 15: Ryanair, as seen on Flickr (0)
- 15: Ryanair Cabin Crew Charity Calendar Shoot 2010 (0)
- 14: Recent climate change in perspective (0)
- 14: Double Exposure (0)
- 14: The landscape photography of Byron Harmon (0)
- 14: Knik Glacier by air (0)
- 10: Postcards from Le Bourget (0)
- 10: Nine Glories of Paris (1921) (0)
- 07: December 7th (0)
- 07: Pearl Harbor (0)
- 07: USS Arizona, before and after the attack on Pearl Harbour (0)
- 07: Notice to Passengers (3)
- 06: St. Nicholas’ Day (0)
- 06: Nicene Creed (0)
- 04: Trust, but don’t verify (0)
- 04: Genesis: Land of Confusion (1986) (0)
- 04: Right on (0)
- 03: Northrop Grumman takes KC-X ball and goes home (1)
- 03: How did this project get green-lit? (0)
- 02: Wreck of the Vulcan (0)
- 02: Thunderball (1965): 9BX79 goes missing (0)
November 2009 (43)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Grandma used to push a hoop with a stick (0)
- 30: Turning the Titanic (1)
- 30: Canadian Forces Ad: Hard Landing (0)
- 25: Different priorities (0)
- 25: Goodwood Revival 2009 by Bernie Condon (0)
- 25: Hugh Laurie: Forty-Seven Ginger-Headed Sailors (0)
- 24: B-17 and Norton Atlas, by Giles Clement (0)
- 24: Orgy: Blue Monday (0)
- 24: Justin Timberlake in The Love Guru (0)
- 23: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow – Original Short (1998) (0)
- 21: Star Wars Force Trainer (0)
- 21: Toronto, Bollywood style (0)
- 20: I wonder if this is how pandas got stupid… (0)
- 20: Lancers in Afghanistan (0)
- 20: Sniper ATP (0)
- 20: The Air Force that was (0)
- 20: Jane’s USAF (0)
- 18: Progress, of a sort (0)
- 18: Handley Page H.P. 42 (0)
- 17: Kenya sounds like a lousy DFAIT posting; but then so is the news desk (0)
- 17: The World’s Greatest Travel System (0)
- 17: Rare 747s (0)
- 13: Louise Brooks (1906-1985) (0)
- 13: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Pandora’s Box (0)
- 12: Hollywood Hallowe’en (0)
- 12: Great War Display Team at English Heritage Festival of History (2007) (0)
- 11: Great War postcards (0)
- 10: Toronto by night (0)
- 10: Buttonville (CYKZ) takeoff and landing (0)
- 08: The Met: Live in HD—Turandot (0)
- 08: Turandot—Act II, In questa reggia (1988) (0)
- 06: Glimpses of the past (0)
- 06: Canadian Pacific “Empress” #2816 (0)
- 05: The female of the species is more deadly than the male (0)
- 04: Alphasim C-17 Globemaster III repaints (0)
- 04: Window shopping at Eaton’s department store, 1937 (0)
- 04: The Foxy Flight Attendant Bikini Rap (0)
- 03: Speedbird 001 (0)
- 03: British Airways “Landor” livery, 1984-1997 (0)
- 03: Saatchi & Saatchi: British Airways “Face” Ad (1989) (0)
- 02: Imperial Airways Empire Terminal (1)
- 02: London Art Deco (0)
- 02: Short S.25 Sandringham VH-BRC, preflight and takeoff (0)
October 2009 (46)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: Doolittle Raiders on Flickr (0)
- 29: The Air Force Story (1949): The Doolittle Raid (0)
- 28: Suggestions for Air Canada Jazz (0)
- 27: Canadian media overestimates own relevance (0)
- 24: Marketing the Mystique (0)
- 23: How to End your Flying Career (0)
- 23: The Tiger returns! (2)
- 22: Why would you duplicate the worst aspects of the medium? (4)
- 21: Pimp My Panavia Tornado (0)
- 21: Bristol Type 167 Brabazon (2)
- 21: Into the Blue (1950) (0)
- 19: Amelia handsome but superficial (0)
- 19: Palaeontology News (0)
- 19: Battle at Orpen (0)
- 19: This is an abomination (0)
- 17: American Jewish Women in the Second World War (0)
- 17: El-Al flypast for Israel’s 61st Independence Day (0)
- 16: Bras are deceptive and violate Islam (0)
- 16: Girls Applying Sunburn Creme, Australia [Bondi Beach], c1930 (0)
- 16: Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) testing (0)
- 15: You’re 11 years old, you’re in wolf pajamas, you don’t know sh*t about sh*t, and PULL UP YOUR PANTS! (2)
- 15: Charnie – Air Hostess (2)
- 15: BOAC: The Jet Set Way (0)
- 14: Nineteen years at war (0)
- 14: The Iron Pumpkin (1969), Parts 1 & 2 (0)
- 13: Reflections on Thanksgiving Day cinema (4)
- 13: The Flappettes (0)
- 13: The Flappettes at Homegrown Cabaret ‘07 (0)
- 09: Air Show anthology (0)
- 09: Farnborough Air Show (1950) (0)
- 08: Three-step Obama foreign policy generator (0)
- 08: The kite aerial photography of Rob Huntley (0)
- 08: The bureaucratic spirit corrupts character and engenders moral poverty (0)
- 07: KLM 90th anniversary (0)
- 07: Een reis vol inspiratie (0)
- 07: KLM 747 landing at St. Maarten (0)
- 06: Africa during the Second World War (0)
- 06: E-Type: Africa (0)
- 05: B-17E Flying Fortress 41-9234, Singalemu (0)
- 05: Heavy Metal (1981): B-17 (Takin’ a Ride) (0)
- 05: Ardipithecus ramidus (0)
- 02: Elegy for Afghanistan (4)
- 02: Scenes from Afghanistan (0)
- 01: Airdrop to Marine base in Afghanistan (0)
- 01: Suaad Hagi Mohamud botched interviews (4)
- 01: British Caledonian (0)
September 2009 (72)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Berlin-Tempelhof (0)
- 30: Short Sunderland flying boats in the Berlin Airlift (0)
- 29: Islam and liberalism c. 1909 (0)
- 29: Trent Reznor talks sense (4)
- 28: Defeating Stealth (0)
- 28: Better On A Camel (0)
- 28: BOAC: Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major (0)
- 26: Flight Attendant Uniform Collection (0)
- 26: Busted: Air Hostess (0)
- 25: This is why I love the internet (0)
- 25: Cabin Crew: Star to Fall (0)
- 25: Two steps forward, one step back (0)
- 24: Ark of Arts (0)
- 24: Academy of Ancient Music: Brandenburgs (0)
- 23: Famous Aviators You’ve Never Heard Of: Wiley Post (0)
- 23: Woman with Red Ensign (3)
- 23: The Royal Guardsmen: Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (0)
- 22: Lives of quiet desperation (0)
- 22: Model In Suit And Hat, 1937 (0)
- 22: Martin Mars firefighting on Mount Wilson (0)
- 22: HMS Victory, 64-gun broadside (0)
- 21: It’s morning in America, all right (0)
- 21: Do SciFi nerds dream of believable interaction? (0)
- 21: The aerial photography of Klaus Leidorf (0)
- 20: On Hermeneutics (2)
- 20: New European missile defence (0)
- 19: Maldivian Air Taxi (0)
- 18: Not the Hope or Change anyone was expecting (0)
- 18: Don’t annoy your old man (0)
- 18: Antarctica (0)
- 17: Airline failures and consolidation inevitable, says IATA (2)
- 17: Beachwear Fashion Shot II, c. 1938 (0)
- 17: Shakira with a chandelier on her head (0)
- 16: C-5M Super Galaxy sets 41 (unofficial) world records in a single flight (0)
- 16: Panjabi MC: Mundian To Bach Ke (0)
- 15: Successful underwater launch of AIM-9X Sidewinder air-air missile (0)
- 15: Defence budgets to remain flat for years, says SECAF (0)
- 15: Boeing pulls head out of rear, finally starts promoting both 767 and 777 tanker concepts (0)
- 15: Australian Society Of Artists Selection Committee, 1907 (0)
- 15: Passengers behaving badly: Miss Clare Irby (2)
- 14: The true measure of its worth (0)
- 14: The kids are all right (0)
- 14: Frig the Flying Fortress (0)
- 13: Battle of the Plains of Abraham, 1759 (0)
- 12: Sisters Of Charity, Washington National Airport, 1956 (0)
- 11: Eight Years On (0)
- 11: Langley AFB’s historic wind tunnel closes (0)
- 11: The vintage photography of Robert Wesley Stone (1)
- 11: Darby O’Gill and the Little People (0)
- 10: Our Humble Duty (0)
- 09: We agree not to do the thing we lack all capability to do (0)
- 09: Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 108 (0)
- 09: Shorter Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (0)
- 09: Let’s Play Flight Attendant (0)
- 08: The challenges of fighting a near peer (3)
- 08: Comac C919 (0)
- 08: Jerusalem’s 3,700 year old wall (1)
- 07: Amelia (0)
- 06: 2009 Canadian International Air Show (0)
- 06: The Quotidian Metropolis (0)
- 04: Afghanistan and its women (0)
- 03: Another boring TIFF season (0)
- 03: For we are called with our Allies to meet the challenge of a principle which, if it were to prevail, would be fatal to any civilised order in the world. (0)
- 03: Hidden Nature (0)
- 03: Epica: Never Enough (0)
- 02: Airships.net (0)
- 02: Supply drop in Afghanistan (0)
- 02: If you break it, you replace it (0)
- 01: Dita Von Teese is a smart lady (0)
- 01: Hegra (1)
- 01: USAF 512th Airlift Wing trains with CF 8 Wing (0)
- 01: Station Fire, Los Angeles County (0)
August 2009 (55)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: JOPA Productions: I’m On A Boat (0)
- 31: The aerial photography of Jason Hawkes (0)
- 31: Mike Oldfield: Five Miles Out (0)
- 30: The unbridled tongue (1)
- 28: In-Flight Movie: Captains of the Clouds (1942) (2)
- 28: Whispers of the Spirit (0)
- 28: Mobile phone bans miss the point (0)
- 27: Who is the bastard at the Canadian High Commission in Kenya, and why aren’t they arrested yet? (4)
- 27: British Airways 90th anniversary (0)
- 27: Altinum (0)
- 27: RC aerial photography (0)
- 27: AFOSR and NASA develop eco-friendly rocket fuel (0)
- 26: Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still (0)
- 26: The wildlife photography of Vincent Munier (0)
- 26: Convicts: a renewable resource (0)
- 25: Islam and Women (2)
- 25: The Ersatz and The Real (0)
- 24: Thursday’s thunderstorm from the Flight Deck (0)
- 24: Subway Stewardesses (0)
- 24: Air New Zealand: Bare Essentials (0)
- 23: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. (3)
- 22: Toronto “Tornado” (1)
- 21: Goodwood Revival Meeting (0)
- 21: Ratpack1963: You and I (0)
- 20: No, thank you. Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben. (0)
- 20: Simmer down, fellas (0)
- 20: 1884: Yesterday’s Future (0)
- 19: When statists “get” capitalism (0)
- 19: Man the Capstan (0)
- 19: Why Gwyneth Paltrow is annoying (2)
- 18: Just kidding, no nuclear negotiations after all (0)
- 18: Icon A5 (0)
- 18: Lieutenant Colonel Harry J. Zimmerman, USAAF (0)
- 18: Etihad Airways (0)
- 17: Afghan Shiite men permitted to starve wives who do not consent to sex (1)
- 16: Long road to Jerusalem (6)
- 15: Fighting back against pirates might actually work (0)
- 14: The Red Panda Adventures (0)
- 14: The fine art wildlife photography of Nick Brandt (0)
- 13: A desirable condition and one that didn’t happen by accident (2)
- 13: Alfred G. Buckham’s aerial photography (0)
- 13: Saxon: 747 (Strangers in the Night) (0)
- 12: Famous Aviators You’ve Never Heard Of: Amy Johnson, CBE (0)
- 12: Kymelia Earhart (0)
- 12: Flying through L’Arc de Triomphe (0)
- 12: The value of Canadian citizenship (2)
- 11: Air Force corrects Washington Post smear (0)
- 11: USAF’s observations on the VC-25 New York flyover PR disaster (0)
- 11: The Conservative Progressive Party (0)
- 11: 14,000-year-old map, or just a rock with doodles? (0)
- 10: Derelict PBY-5 Catalina, Strait of Tiran (0)
- 10: Shakira: She-Wolf (0)
- 09: Coast Guard’s first black aviator passes away (0)
- 09: Now Open! (3)
- 08: Dog finds coccaine in cake (0)
July 2009 (6)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 24: Wedding Processional (0)
- 20: Apollo 11 (0)
- 17: Star Trek: Kelvin (0)
- 16: Insecurity isn’t a virtue (0)
- 11: Beyoncé: Halo (0)
- 01: Dominion Day 2009 (0)
June 2009 (10)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 25: Sustainment Challenge? (0)
- 22: How to be a drama queen (0)
- 20: Saturday What is this Crap?! (0)
- 20: Navy LaWS smokes several drones (1)
- 17: Shorter Gilles Blackburn (2)
- 15: On Iran (0)
- 08: Uh huh-huh huh-huh huh… you said MILF (0)
- 03: Even hundreds of miles away, a storm can give you a bad day (0)
- 01: Don’t tell me your problems (0)
- 01: Air France 447 (2)
May 2009 (28)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: The kabuki dance of diplomacy (0)
- 29: Domus et placens uxor (0)
- 26: Policy by other means (0)
- 25: In honour of the day (0)
- 21: Metal makes everything better, Part II (0)
- 20: Pelosi and the Air Force (0)
- 18: Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria (0)
- 18: The hidden cost of an aging fleet (0)
- 18: You would not be qualified for the rank you already hold (0)
- 17: Per Ardua ad Astra (0)
- 16: All the Canadian news that’s fit to mock (0)
- 14: Colgan Air 3407 (2)
- 12: Deconstructing influence (2)
- 12: Flickin’ the bean with Edward Cullen (0)
- 12: Intuition, a little too late (0)
- 10: Making the best of a bad situation (0)
- 09: Something about this just stinks (0)
- 09: CYKA Kamloops (0)
- 07: The facts have no bearing on the truth (2)
- 07: Your lips say no, but your wallet says yes (0)
- 06: Journalists in war zone get angsty about biometrics scan (2)
- 06: Swine flu still shaping up to be a pretty ordinary flu (0)
- 06: Yogurt? Come on. (0)
- 06: Sure, let’s make that a litmus test for office (2)
- 06: Thought experiment (0)
- 05: It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up (0)
- 02: Launch every ‘Zig’ for great justice (0)
- 01: Violent crime: stable, at an insanely high rate (0)
April 2009 (48)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Don’t mess with the bull, young man. You’ll get the horns. (2)
- 30: Designate contact Sierra-One (0)
- 30: See this is what was missing during the Lewinsky scandal (0)
- 30: Lazy or just Stupid, Part VII (0)
- 30: Defining torture down (2)
- 30: Camera + elephant dung = nice pics (0)
- 30: Reading between the lines (0)
- 29: Wednesday WTF is this? (0)
- 28: Keep swine flu in perspective (0)
- 28: A 380,000 pound, 4-engine airliner will be zipping around the Statue of Liberty at 1500 feet, but you have to keep it a secret (4)
- 27: What do you call an Arizonan with a lobotomy? (0)
- 25: Weddell seals: Nature’s electronic synthesizer (0)
- 24: Our liberal allies in the Gulf (0)
- 23: Metal makes everything better, Part I (0)
- 23: Only the French (1)
- 22: CUPE flight attendants: not as helpless and unmotivated as their office-bound brethren (0)
- 22: This is how we know it’s a poorly-disguised raccoon (0)
- 22: You’re doing it wrong (0)
- 22: N747PA Clipper Juan T. Trippe
- 22: That’s quite the string of “honest mistakes”
- 22: Shorter Michael Coren (3)
- 21: Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day
- 21: Our fascist friends across the sea
- 21: The Wages of Multilateralism
- 21: Two weeks of free McD’s coffee
- 21: You know you’re over the hill when…
- 18: Gates still hates the Air Force (0)
- 18: Kind of cool but mostly terrifying (0)
- 18: This man used to be our Defence Minister (0)
- 18: Rewarding negligence (0)
- 15: A suggestion for municipal waste disposal (0)
- 15: And what will going home achieve? (0)
- 15: So when do Mansbridge’s kids get G&M puff pieces? (0)
- 10: N.S. Liberal party aims for NDP, shoots self in foot (0)
- 09: Getting the respect you deserve (2)
- 08: This is a precedent you don’t want to set (0)
- 08: Austerity for thee, but not for me (0)
- 08: Remove annoying crap from Facebook (0)
- 07: The Hon. David Emerson is confused (0)
- 07: Oops! (0)
- 07: Lazy or Just Stupid, Part VI (9)
- 07: I bet USAF is just ecstatic about this (2)
- 06: The next time North Korea lobs a rocket over Japan… (1)
- 05: What’s the long-term goal, exactly? (0)
- 05: The mirage of nuclear zero (1)
- 05: What have you done for me lately? (0)
- 02: Listen to what they say, then do the opposite. You’ll be fine. (0)
- 01: So he gave Her an iPod (0)
March 2009 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: World Record Trampoline Jump (0)
- 31: Airline horror story of the century (0)
- 30: Conficker / Kido / Downadup (5)
- 29: How to succeed at Earth Hour without really trying (2)
- 28: How to improve weddings (2)
- 28: Cough up your Facebook profile—a lawyer’s view (13)
- 27: Notice to Airmen (2)
- 26: The best high school hazing ritual ever (0)
- 23: Lazy or just stupid, Part V (0)
- 20: Up from the depths, 30 stories high, breathing fire… (0)
- 20: The Scorpion and the Frog (2)
- 20: Progressive is as progressive does (0)
- 19: Thursday Bravo Zulu (0)
- 19: One small step for a bat, one giant leap for batkind (0)
- 18: Silent Eagle (2)
- 15: The short answer is “no” (2)
- 15: Show us your private Facebook crap, says judge (0)
- 13: Voltaire just a windy underemployed French jackass after all (0)
- 12: The fundamental flaw of the Islamic state (0)
- 12: Negotiating with the Taliban (0)
- 10: When taking down real airliners isn’t enough (1)
- 10: For the first time in my adult life… (2)
- 10: This all sounds very familiar (0)
- 07: Lars Ulrich discovers 1999 A.D. (0)
- 06: The net is a medium like any other and has its biases, like any other (0)
- 05: How the Ummah Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Prostitution (0)
- 05: Lazy or just stupid, Part IV (0)
- 05: The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of fault tolerance. (0)
- 04: One man’s terrorist is another man’s refugee claimant (0)
- 02: Welcome to the ad-free internet (0)
February 2009 (13)
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- 26: Well, that only took 26 years (0)
- 26: How did this happen? (0)
- 25: Whatever happened to… (2)
- 25: Accuracy is not all that important (2)
- 21: A young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law… (2)
- 18: Resvrgam (0)
- 16: A Cautionary Tale (0)
- 15: NORAD gets a name change (0)
- 12: Election observers not so good at protecting privacy (0)
- 12: The Doorstep of Oblivion (0)
- 12: All planes do the same job all the time (0)
- 09: Sultans of Spin (0)
- 03: What do you want, a hero cookie? (0)
January 2009 (13)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 24: Apollo docking system (0)
- 19: Non-violence cannot tackle terrorism (1)
- 19: Inauguration Poll (0)
- 19: Drew Barrymore is alarming (0)
- 19: Even the “technical” media get aviation details wrong (1)
- 18: Obama must be doing something right (0)
- 18: Shorter Logan Levkoff (0)
- 16: 67 USAF aircraft lost in the War on Terror (0)
- 15: When client states lose their patron (1)
- 14: To the last, I will grapple with thee… (0)
- 03: Heresy (1)
- 02: How Do You Solve A Problem Like Mohammed? (0)
- 01: T&C Review: Son of Rambow (0)
December 2008 (9)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Godzilla vs. the Mushroom Kingdom (0)
- 25: Let earth receive her King (0)
- 24: The Good Earth (2)
- 19: Snow Day! (0)
- 19: Flood tubes one and two, open outer doors… (0)
- 18: Airpower is America’s asymmetric advantage, and they are giving it up without a fight (2)
- 16: There are many powers in the world, for good and for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming. (0)
- 12: Anne of Breaking Wind (5)
- 03: Great Moments in Liberal Appeasement (0)
November 2008 (13)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 25: What YouTube really needs, Part I (3)
- 24: Smells Like Victory (0)
- 20: Battle Axe smokes a filthy pirate (5)
- 12: Barbie Girl for Cello Quartet (0)
- 12: Tell me again why it isn’t a rape cult? (0)
- 12: Guts and Glory (6)
- 07: Royal Navy hasn’t entirely given up on fighting piracy (0)
- 04: Tempvs Edax Rervm Tvqve Invidiosa Vestvstas O[mn]ia Destrvitis (1)
- 04: Why didn’t Mary I execute her heretic half-sister, Elizabeth? (2)
- 03: Allll riiiight! (0)
- 03: Nice kid, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice (0)
- 02: The Second Civil War is upon us! (0)
- 02: Non omnes qui habemt citharam sunt citharoedi (0)
October 2008 (2)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: They enjoyed it. No, really! (1)
- 27: A primer on wealth redistrbution (7)
September 2008 (2)
Detailed Monthly Archive
August 2008 (13)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 23: Umbrella Variations
- 20: Absolutely hopeless on military matters
- 14: Congratulations, you earned it! (1)
- 13: NOTAM 131806Z T&C
- 13: C-17s return Georgians home from Iraq
- 13: Trash haulers indulging their inner fighter pilot (3)
- 12: Our bastard, and the bastard that threatens him
- 12: T&C at the Movies (2)
- 11: Reaper UAVs gearing up to patrol Canada-US border (2)
- 10: There’s always a good explanation
- 10: Propane and propane accessories
- 05: The Railrodder (1965)
- 05: While Canada Slept
July 2008 (6)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 24: Whatever it is, it’s contagious (1)
- 04: Canadians still successfully ignoring elephant in the room
- 04: Finally, a place to eliminate all of my disposable (and non-disposable) income!
- 04: Independence Day (2)
- 03: Ville de Québec, 1608-2008
- 02: Hitch takes one for the team (1)
June 2008 (26)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar (3)
- 30: Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va), student of war
- 30: NEWS FLASH: Toronto extends municipal boundary to the Pacific!
- 27: Friday WTF: McCain endorsed by NVA jailer
- 26: Terrorists don’t care about Canada?
- 23: Monday WTF bullet points
- 23: Let’s make it really simple for you, Globe & Mail
- 23: No, really, what could possibly go wrong? (2)
- 20: The Future is Yesterday (1)
- 20: Your gums are flapping, but no sense is coming out
- 19: When bacon goes wrong (1)
- 18: Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand (1)
- 18: Sober second thought (2)
- 13: Smurf me a mothersmurfin’ break (2)
- 11: Breaking: Ministerial aide fired for ties to Mme. Couillard (3)
- 11: Missed it by that much…
- 11: Super Dimension Fortress George Washington
- 10: Apples to oranges
- 10: Open mouth, insert foot
- 06: Crusade for Liberation
- 05: Thursday Airport Noise Complaints
- 05: Aliens! I seen ‘em! (1)
- 05: The Mexican Hat Dance
- 04: I am not Messing with the Zohan (2)
- 04: Cry me a friggin’ river, Janet Bagnall
- 03: Europe, with some minor changes
May 2008 (21)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Friday anthropology lesson (3)
- 30: Egoism, thy name is Adam Vaughn (1)
- 29: The textbook definition of “throws like a girl”
- 29: Julie Couillard Appreciation Day (4)
- 27: There was a demon that lived in the air
- 27: Sydney Pollack
- 26: How to pick up women at bus stops
- 24: Do yourselves a favour and leave the flakes at home
- 21: What I did on my pre-summer vacation (3)
- 20: It’s funny because it’s true (2)
- 09: Wide World of Bacon, Vol I
- 09: EU3 mod Magna Mundi Gold 2
- 08: God keep our land glorious and ignorant (8)
- 08: Hail the Almost-Queen!
- 08: Talking back to 80s music
- 07: Fix the damn place, already
- 06: Beware the guy with “guru” in his job description
- 03: The downside of bacon-on-demand (2)
- 02: Not adding up
- 01: Bacon of the Month Club (5)
- 01: Safety First!
April 2008 (23)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: A bit of a fixer-upper
- 29: Finally, a paid vacation of our own
- 29: Spin Decoder
- 29: Eeeexcellent, Smithers!
- 28: The drinking was the worst (2)
- 27: Journalistic fact-checking in action!
- 25: Bacon for dessert (4)
- 24: Laptop steering-wheel mount
- 24: Bacon for the infidel amongst the ummah
- 24: NEWS FLASH: Toughness was not one of your negatives, Kim Campbell
- 24: How to size a fighter fleet
- 23: Failure to score on shifting goalposts (4)
- 22: The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
- 21: T&C Transit Strike Survival Guide
- 18: Mr. John Allison
- 17: One small ray of sunshine
- 10: Attention ATU 113 (5)
- 08: On Cloverfield (3)
- 05: Fire destroys Manège Militaire, Québec
- 04: This is why whisky-drinkers hate the LCBO
- 04: That’s got to hurt
- 04: Aviation geek alert: CC-177 tail 703 due Apr 16th
- 01: To lower or not lower the flag
March 2008 (23)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: CanCulture elite still propping up old, tired icons (5)
- 28: Shahadah
- 28: Aviation roundup: March 28th, 2008
- 27: Fearless Prediction (1)
- 27: Remembering a Past that Didn’t Happen
- 26: What Really Grinds My Gears: Kid-friendly bars (8)
- 25: Still waiting for him to write the first good one
- 25: Sniper fire?
- 25: 47° Georgii III, Session 1, cap. XXXVI
- 24: Things That Make You Go “Hmmm”
- 14: Keep your confessional culture to yourself
- 12: The Eternal Question
- 12: Yet another reason to hate Grey’s Anatomy
- 12: If celebrities moved to Oklahoma
- 11: As global productivity plummets
- 10: ATU 113 gears up to hold Toronto hostage once again (1)
- 10: Just answer one question for me (2)
- 10: Things I Learned from Guitar Hero III—Part II (2)
- 10: IKEA: Swedish for “Up yours, Denmark!”
- 07: This is why the motto is “Semper Fidelis” (1)
- 06: Hello Northrop Investors!
- 04: Be it resolved (2)
- 03: Forever New Excuses
February 2008 (13)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 28: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (2)
- 27: Red, the blood of angry men! Black, the dark of ages past!
- 26: Six unimportant things (6)
- 26: Things I Learned from Guitar Hero III—Part I (3)
- 21: The Semiotic Steamroller (1)
- 21: Eclipse
- 19: Deflating the Balloon of Hope and Change
- 15: Almost makes up for the earnest, soporific songwriting (5)
- 13: I see your fatwa and raise you a Turban Bomb (1)
- 12: England expects every man to do his duty (3)
- 11: CFB Trenton to Inuvik/Mike Zubko Airport
- 04: Campaign priorities falling by the wayside
- 01: Rae to Hillier: STFU killbot, we know what we’re doing
January 2008 (17)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Thoughts on Juno
- 31: The only Good Bug is a Dead Bug
- 30: Art imitates life
- 28: Toronto’s 2008 budget: balanced or bailout?
- 28: Second into the Garbage Can when the Revolution comes
- 23: With respect to the Hon. Mr. Manley (6)
- 23: When scientists talk out their ass
- 23: Lies, damned lies and statistics (2)
- 22: The exact opposite of what was intended
- 21: The new blood libel
- 21: Fortunae Nihil
- 15: Finally good for something (1)
- 09: Cognitive dissonance in action
- 08: Every day is Mother’s Day (4)
- 05: Filthy media vultures
- 05: B-A-C-K-U-P-S spell relief
- 04: A Dog and his stink
December 2007 (17)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 21: Andy Rooney time
- 21: Criminals usually are remorseful after being caught
- 20: True Story
- 20: Residents’ Associations, oh how I love thee
- 19: Long, boring painful death
- 18: Nerd Wars of Religion (1)
- 17: But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not Him that sent me
- 17: As if more ammunition were required
- 14: They can have my willy when they pry it from my cold, dead hands (2)
- 14: Sure, that would help (1)
- 14: Santa hates kids
- 12: Is this gonna be a standup fight, sir, or another bughunt? (3)
- 04: If she were really a samurai, she would have committed seppuku
- 04: Fairmont Château Laurier
- 04: Porter Airlines (9)
- 04: CYTZ (2)
- 04: Squawking 7600
November 2007 (19)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 26: Germany: still old and busted (2)
- 23: Going down the memory hole (7)
- 22: Entire city council not batshit crazy after all
- 21: You don’t say!
- 19: Place casualty bets here (2)
- 16: Lazy or Just Stupid, Part III (3)
- 16: Lazy or Just Stupid, Part II (10)
- 15: Internal Audit always rings twice
- 12: The Action Hero for your Gums
- 09: Toronto will never be world-class (4)
- 09: Soldiers. With pamphlets. Recruiting. In our schools (5)
- 08: Lazy or Just Stupid? (1)
- 08: Not enough hours in the day
- 08: Shut Yo’ Mouth
- 05: Rock Star not living in delusional world of own making
- 02: Screw You (1)
- 02: I’ll Wrestle You!
- 01: BlackBerry software must-haves
- 01: We have met the enemy, and he is You (3)
October 2007 (14)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: IT administration is stressful?
- 23: Annoying Americans think Canada owes them right of entry (3)
- 19: Best Dilbert Blog post ever (1)
- 18: Former governor-general almost lost in horrific aviation accident (3)
- 15: Chrétien: Canada should have taken the easy way out (2)
- 15: WTF?
- 15: Britney threatens to kill herself
- 11: John Travolta offers to fly Spice Force One (9)
- 11: Great Moments in Canadian Sentencing, Part II
- 10: Nice MMP sales pitch (3)
- 10: Only in Toronto…
- 09: High Speed, Low Drag (2)
- 04: John Tory, Where Art Thou?
- 03: Bring me the head of Rick Hillier (2)
September 2007 (35)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 28: Literally biting the hand that feeds you
- 27: How do? Welcome to my shop! Let me cut your mop! (2)
- 27: Great Moments in Canadian Sentencing, Part I (1)
- 26: Seagulls are the Tool of Satan
- 26: Talking back to blog searches, Part I
- 26: Why Are Lawyers So Despised?
- 26: Airline Empires
- 25: AFA Bullet Points
- 25: This is why the Media sucks, blows, bites and eats
- 22: Second attempt at an EU3: NA + MMG AAR
- 21: Happiness Is…
- 21: Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder
- 21: Epic Journey
- 21: TSO: Carmina Burana
- 20: Neighborhood of Make-Believe
- 19: I will not cease from mental fight
- 18: Sounds Familiar
- 18: Battle of Britain 67th Anniversary
- 18: Sixteen Years
- 18: Ontario is the hot new getaway for extraterrestrials
- 17: Et ta valeur, de foi trempée, Protégera nos foyers et nos droits
- 17: Brilliant or Stupid?
- 16: EU3: Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit, 1479-1489 (3)
- 15: The Life Aquatic with Christopher Plummer
- 14: On Google and Existential Evil (2)
- 14: Fort Langley, British Columbia (1)
- 13: Not Lovin’ It (5)
- 11: What exactly are these bums being paid for? (2)
- 11: Remember the Fallen
- 11: Remember the Jackass (1)
- 10: USAF alternative fuel tests to begin on C-17
- 09: Beauty is the Mistress, the Gardener Her Slave
- 06: Seems like a bad idea (1)
- 05: Film board’s “strategic plan” falls short on strategy, planning
- 02: 2007 Canadian International Air Show (2)
August 2007 (16)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Gee, I didn’t see that coming (2)
- 28: Probably the only time PETA and I will agree
- 28: CC-177 delivers supplies to Jamaica (2)
- 28: EU3: Non Semper Erit Aestas, 1465-1479 (3)
- 27: A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets
- 27: They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be
- 23: And they’ll be pleased as hell to host our soldiers, too
- 23: It’s Always Year Zero in Canada (2)
- 23: Child Soldiers. In Our Cities. In Canada (2)
- 22: The Earth-Mother will Kick Your Ass (3)
- 21: For God’s sake, find a new hobby horse
- 13: Stupid Wedding Ideas: Wild Animals (4)
- 09: The New Witchfinder General
- 07: Wrong way on a one-way track (2)
- 07: Mysteries of the Public Library (3)
- 04: EU3: Imperatrix Romanorum Electus, 1456-1465 (11)
July 2007 (6)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Public safety is so retrograde
- 31: What Really Grinds My Gears: Wedding Reception Table Centrepieces (7)
- 30: Imperial Adventures (8)
- 24: Monday Night Sunset
- 24: Christiana Hendrix, 1974-2007
- 11: Rockers swear at concert! — film at 11
June 2007 (5)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: Falling on deaf ears
- 28: A byword for “overrated” (1)
- 19: Riddle me this…
- 06: Ducimus
- 06: The Longest Day (2)
May 2007 (4)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 25: Way better than the real thing could ever be
- 25: Your criminal justice system at work (2)
- 03: Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed Nomine Tuo, da gloriam (5)
- 02: The Interview Meme (7)
April 2007 (16)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Battle of York
- 28: Red Alert! Battle Stations!
- 28: Canadian Fencibles
- 27: Regi patriaque fidelis
- 27: First into the Garbage Can when the Revolution comes
- 26: A long-ass f**kin’ time ago, in a town called Kickapoo
- 25: Off the ice (3)
- 24: First CF pilots certified on the C-17 (1)
- 24: Ask Queen Rania!
- 24: Saint George’s Day
- 23: Lance-Corporal Frederick Fisher, VC
- 23: What I Did on my Blogging Vacation (2)
- 23: Transit Chronicles, Part II
- 11: If you can’t say anything nice (2)
- 09: Vimy Ridge
- 09: Transit Chronicles, Part I (1)
March 2007 (22)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Cenotaph, Sault Ste. Marie
- 30: Action vs. Implosion vs. Principle (1)
- 27: Off we go, into the wild green yonder!
- 27: So You Think You Can Spell, Celebrity?
- 27: “Different phase” coming if Iran doesn’t make nice (2)
- 27: More on the Tamil Tigers bombing raid (2)
- 26: Flying Tigers (2)
- 26: Canada-India Trade Notes
- 26: Conserve energy! But not too much…
- 26: Unus et Omnes (2)
- 23: Friday Meditations
- 23: The Passion of the Clark (7)
- 22: Satellites: soft underbelly of the American military (3)
- 21: If ye break faith with us who die (4)
- 16: Friday Morning Crank
- 13: In Memoriam
- 12: Canada-India Free Trade?
- 12: Sometimes a Violent Action Flick is just a Violent Action Flick (3)
- 10: Saturday Lookin’ like a Hoss
- 10: I tan I epi tas
- 08: If it weren’t for the damn passengers… (1)
- 05: Wireless carriers gouging Canadians
February 2007 (3)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 26: “Sooner or later it’ll be used for shagging”
- 24: Speaking ill of the dead (5)
- 23: Faith of their Fathers (3)
January 2007 (2)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 23: Math — Friend or Foe? (3)
- 22: Worth Repeating
December 2006 (6)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: Modifying the default (pre-login) Windows wallpaper
- 28: Not In My Progressive Beach
- 27: All I Want for Christmas (3)
- 18: The Other Woman was a Laptop (2)
- 05: No rest for ye merry gentlemen
- 05: Working Too Hard
November 2006 (8)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 21: Work / Life Balance
- 16: The Hon. Gordon O’Connor, P.C., at the Albany Club
- 16: Neo-Pelagic Gothic Revival
- 14: Lady Black at Holy Blossom Temple
- 13: Small World
- 13: Remembrance Day 2006 (1)
- 10: Help the Gallic Rooster’s victory over the Prussian Eagle!
- 09: Tomorrow’s Network Today (1)
October 2006 (12)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Critical but stable (4)
- 29: Change of plans (5)
- 26: T&C Calendar modifications
- 25: Always one step ahead of myself
- 24: Tuesday Tattoo
- 24: Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what other countries can do for you
- 20: Bullet-Time (2)
- 16: A Sound of Thunder induces the sound of snoring (2)
- 12: Sound Advice
- 10: RCR Museum
- 09: TSO’s 06/07 Season so far…
- 03: Notes on Personal Finance (3)
September 2006 (36)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: Support Our Troops Rally (4)
- 28: Su Casa es Mi Casa
- 28: Senatus Populusque Scarberius
- 28: The Chamber of sober second thought
- 22: Reason #247
- 22: Still out in Left field (1)
- 22: Lamest Put-Down Ever (3)
- 21: No audit? No problem!
- 21: Requesting a do-over
- 21: View from the Top
- 21: Publick Notice
- 18: Ontario Veterans’ Memorial
- 08: Foreign policy: not the NDP’s strong suit (2)
- 06: A Noble Spirit Embiggens The Smallest Man
- 05: DND display @ 2006 CNE
- 03: Now back to our regularly scheduled program (2)
- 03: Airlift Basics
- 03: So that’s how he does it…
- 03: Toronto Pride 2006
- 03: Defining fearlessness down
- 03: Monetising the Social Network
- 03: Airport Noise
- 03: Ha! Missed me!
- 03: Act now, before it’s too late!
- 03: Canadian business setting self-defeating goals?
- 03: Spirit of Toronto 2005
- 03: Commuter Terror!
- 03: Air France 358 crash was avoidable
- 03: Front Office Politics (1)
- 03: T&C Review: “Heaven on Earth”
- 03: How Long is Too Long? (2)
- 03: Good Landing? (3)
- 03: On Leadership
- 03: Social Conservatism
- 03: High Frontier
- 03: Genesis
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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.
