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First flight ever was when I was already 24 years old, in a DC-3 that belonged to a UK company that manufactured radio altimeters [ STC , if I am not mistaken] . I worked for Fokker Aircraft at the time and some of us were the lucky ones who were invited for a demo flight. The captain was...

The local A&P school at KRME has an ex Fedex B727 sitting on the ramp to play with.

I heard about that in the context of the Corporate review team, equipped with a Cessna Citation , that came to the division I worked for to do quarterly reviews: "Those Seagulls fly in, make a lot of noise, crap over everybody and fly away"...

Reading about all of this, suddenly made me think of Jonathan Gruber, one of the great architects of the ACA. It seems he had written a book, like all self-respecting academics do: http://fee.org/freeman/8-goofs-in-jonathan-grubers-health-care-reform-book/

One small thing that will help you, is having a spray can of starter fluid. I have a couple of snow blowers with electric starters that I use at the house and at the office and when I use starting fluid they start at first contact. Since you have no cover with the snow blower, you will get used...

There are the toy grade quad copters [little ones you fly indoors] and then there are the hobby grade, e.g DJI Phantom family and the F450/F550 family, which are platforms that carry a GoPro. When you go beyond that you are in the commercial realm and it becomes really expensive quickly. These...

I can attest to the Travellers's travails. Dealing with Indian Companies and their employees is pure horror. Nice people with horrible business practices!

The reverse: sometimes I look for traffic through the moon roof of my car.

I admit that he certainly had me fooled. It was fun while it lasted... In thinking about it, that payload could not be carried. Although there are currently larger multi-rotors that have significant AUW. [ and the old GM car that was blown up was a dead give away...]

A friend, who knows I like multirotor flying objects, sent me this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU If this existed somewhere in the USA, the FAA, FBI, ATF and probably some other 3 letter agencies would be upset...

Since it appears that you know what club he seems to belong to, you may wish to contact the club and make them aware of you concerns.

Public Duty Docterine: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/6/family-challenges-dc-law-protecting-medics/?page=1

The other day I caught the tail end of a report on NPR regarding fusion energy. A program at MIT recently lost and then regained it's budget and US funding was provided to a similar, but much larger international research program. The expert interviewed mentioned that energy from fusion would...

Until last year I have worn "Transitions" prescription lenses [started out with "Photograys" in the 1960s]. The degree of "darkness" is adjustable [min/max]. They worked very well for me all that time. Day and night. No problems in the plane either. A slight annoyance: If light is blocked by...

Conference room at Bendix Aerospace HQ, Arlington, VA

Last year, when I was near a scanner at 6B4, I heard somebody in a Cherokee call several times on 122.8 stating that the GPS had given the ghost and he had absolutely no idea where he was. Judging by his voice, he was in somewhat of a panic. Had left my handheld TX at home so, I did the next...

1982 - Dame Margot Fonteyn on a flight from Heathrow to JFK. She was sitting next to me and was working on the galleys of her autobiography [to be reprinted, original was 1976] and borrowed a ballpoint pen and asked how to spell certain words. I remember she was going to visit family in NJ...

Also, what should be on your list, if not mentioned yet, is a tripod [legs & head]. Buy something that is of good quality and fits with your camera [weight wise]. E.g. Manfrotto has a wide variety to choose from. I have standardized on Manfrotto equipment for both photo and video. There are...

I agree with you, but sometimes there is no alternative and I want to finish my project.

Another problem with national chains is the centralized automated ordering/inventory system. If a specific item has not moved within a certain time period, it is sent back to the central warehouse, never to be seen again. I have encountered this time and time again. If you are lucky, the item...