February 2007 - Posts
This morning while reading the latest issue of AOPA Pilot, I saw a quick blurb regarding a book that lists all of the fly-in Restaurants in the country. Since I was introduced to the $100 Hamburger phenomenon yesterday, I thought it was rather coincidental...
N64SG trip Sherry's Columbia 350 on the ramp at KGRD 57 Alpha Cafe - KFQD's world famous $100 Hamburger joint What we were following on the way out of KFQD, a nice Pitts. Looking west toward the Appalachian mtns. on the way back to KGRD Read More...
"What a great day for flying." Those were the words I heard through my cell when Sherry called me first thing this morning. She has been trying to get down to Greenwood and take me flying in her Columbia 350 for quite some time, and just had...
One of the great opportunities presented to Microsoft MVPs is the invitation to attend the (nearly)annual Global Summit . This year's summit is set to kick-off March 12th - 16th, just two weeks to go! From what I understand, this will the biggest ever...
Misc Blogs Steve Lacey iblueyonder wing-fell-off The Naked MVP Arno's Blog Mike Boone Fly the Bush Av8rdan Nick Churchill Read More...
Ouch! This is a video showing what it is like to land a Cessna 182RG accidentally with the gear up. From videographer Paul Wingo: "There was a snow storm approaching in about an hour and we were doing a check ride. Because of possible ice, we had...
In my previous post, I mentioned the " San Juan Island Run " FSX Mission, so I decided to give this mission a closer look. This mission is based on a real-world example of a typical flight for a Kenmore Air pilot. Kenmore is not your run-of...
San Juan Is. Run Kenmore Seaplane base, S60. Taxiing to position for departure. Maximum performance climb take-off. The view of Lake Washington...beautiful! Lake Union is just off the nose. Landing on Lake Union with a splash! Passengers and cargo are...
I was sorting through some photos that I had stored on my HDD today, and I thought that a few of them were nice enough to throw into a gallery for all to see. The WIS NewsHawk Back on November 7th, 2003, WIS-TV held a 50th anniversary celebration at their...
Aviation Gallery WIS-TV's NewsHawk in front of WIS studios, downtown Columbia Taxiing in Roy's Cub Flying over Greenwood in the Cub Kenmore Air terminal at KBFI - several FS developers and myself Kenmore Seaplane base, Lake Union Turbo Otter at Kenmore...
KGRD SCBC '07 A few nice planes More planes - about 30 in all The RV's drew a crowd Parking aircraft Read More...
My dad and I absolutely love the P-51 Mustang . Ever since he introduced me to the roar of that Merlin engine at local airshows, I was hooked. One of my favorite movie moments is during the liberation of the Chinese POW camp in Empire of the Sun , where...
It's time to start making plans for this year's plethora of airshows around the country, and what better place to gather and discuss these events than at Airshowbuzz.com ? The site focuses on it's community discussion boards, and also features every airshow...
Thanks to a head's up in the ClubColumbia forums, I found this interesting history of a Gulfstream (presumably a GV) flying out of Outagamie County Regional, Appleton, Wisconsin. I'm curious to know exactly what was being "tested" during this...
I stumbled upon this video tonight, and thought that it was a great showcase of the wonderful objects that can be discovered in Flight Sim. Check it out! Read More...
Here is the full SCBC schedule for 2007: January 14th - Lancaster County Airport ( KLKR ) January 28th - Greenwood County Airport ( KGRD ) February 11th - Sumter Municipal Airport ( KSMS ) February 25th - Eagle Aviation , Columbia Metro Airport ( KCAE...
Those of you who want an understanding what is going on behind the scenes regarding the pre-DX10 update for FSX, coined as SP1, be sure to check out Hal's latest blog post. He takes an "evangelistic" stance on what's going on and why they are...
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