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Monday, July 12. 2010

Two worthy sites

Thanks to Hell In A Handbasket for alerting us to a worthy site, Women's Outdoor News.


And thanks to our buddy for this fine aviation site which we have seen before, Flight Level 390. I want that guy flying my airplane. With the machine on auto 99% of the time, what is there to do but sleep or blog?

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 15:35 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Listen as Chuck Yeager narrates the harrowing spin
caught on video from within the cockpit of the X-1A.

(scroll down to bottom @)

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/yea0bio-1
#1 buddy larsen on 2010-07-12 15:50 (Reply)
Flightblogging? You're right, BD, there's a dream job for ya. Good writing style, too. I liked this part:

"At fifty feet, engines to idle thrust, nose up a couple of degrees and let her settle. At five feet, nose down a tiny bit, rotating the main gear tires counter-clockwise around the pitch axis. If this manuever is timed correctly, the tires will smoothly roll onto the runway without deforming.

"Touchdown is- OMG! WTF! OUCH! OUCH! Okay, okay, safe and sound. Damn deer!"

I like that "you are there" writing style, BD. Especially while the pilot's landing my plane.

Cool vid, Buddy. My flying dreams look exactly like that.
#2 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2010-07-12 19:23 (Reply)
Thank you once again for the link!
#3 James R. Rummel (Link) on 2010-07-13 15:49 (Reply)

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