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Tom Murray’s Pics from Chandler Bowl
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Kona Layover
Shot this vid yesterday on my Kona layover with the guys from the Kona R/C Flyers. They have a great club at the old airport not far from our hotel. They use the last section of runway at the far … Continue reading
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NASA 747/Shuttle Vid
Finally made a real video of the 747/Shuttle. Tom Murray shot some awesome footage as always. We did a flight of 3 Shuttle carrying 747s (two were Scott Todd’s profile depron birds) and two in-flight releases of the Shuttle on … Continue reading
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Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas
For my Grandad’s 90th birthday we went out for BBQ and a museum outing with my mother’s family here in Dallas. The Frontiers of Flight Museum is located on Love Field and has a fantastic amount of Texas-centric aviation stuff. … Continue reading
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50 mph winds in PHX? No sweat….
The haboob force winds we were expecting that I talked about in a previous post finally arrived, and they weren’t f****n’ around. I knocked an outer wing panel off on my last landing as I got knocked around pretty hard … Continue reading
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Seaplanes with Friends from JAL
These pics are from a Seaplanes and Tecate party at my house a few weeks ago. Geoff’s pal Kota Inishi was in town visiting from Japan. They flew together at JAL and Kota is still an F/O there. We flew … Continue reading
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Shuttle Test Flights
The forecasted gale force winds for Phoenix didn’t materialize today so Scott and I were able to test the Shuttle and it’s release system. It went flawlessly. Scott flew the shuttle for a total of 5 in-flight releases. The Shuttle … Continue reading
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Space Shuttle, fresh from Dallas
Just built the Orbiter for the SCA 747 while I was in Dallas for my sister-in-law’s birthday. Using Scott Todd’s vacu-formed nose and pod pieces and from his short kit, I built it in two days out of 2mm and 6mm … Continue reading
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