Archive for the 'Fly-ins' Category

Red Bull Air Race comes to NYC’s Hudson Corridor!

Friday, January 29th, 2010

I just learned that Red Bull has chosen NYC for it’s United States location. The Air Race World Championship course will be laid out in the Hudson River Corridor – or it’s new name – NYC Class B Hudson River exclusion zone.  What it means is that millions of people will get a ring-side seat [...]

Mooney Mass Arrival – Oshkosh 2009

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

I just wanted and captured the arrival of the annual Mooney Caravan to AirVenture. Awesome! It’s amazing to see SO many planes landing at once.
This is runway 36. Kudos for those not-so-easy cross wind landings! The lead plane arrives about at 1:50 into this video. At about 3:15 the web cam gets turned and you [...]

Happy Independance Day!

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Larry Bartlett of the Liberty Parachute Team opens up the show at Oshkosh / AirVenture in 2008 displaying a 51×39′ American flag.

How to land on a lake – with wheels!

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Guess what I did this past Sunday… I landed on a lake with my wheeled airplane. Ok.. it was a frozen lake but it was, none the less, a lake (smirk).

The place: Alton Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH at the former Alton Bay Seaplane base (B18). To the best of my knowledge, this [...]

2008 Oshkosh / Airventure Photo Albums

Monday, December 8th, 2008

It’s December and I’m reflecting on the past year and trying to get lose ends tied up. “Sorting thorough my 1400 AirVenture pictures” was high on that lose ends list – until today. I’ve sorted, weeded, deleted, cropped, tweaked and captioned my AirVenture experience into three albums:
1) Oshkosh Photos – Director’s Cut
At 300 [...]

2008 Oshkosh Photos – Director’s Cut

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Of the 1,400 photos I took at AirVenture this year, I’ve whittled them down to this master list of 300. It gives you a good idea of where I was and what I saw. I hope you enjoy them half as much as I do.
This is one of three photo albums I created [...]

2008 Oshkosh Photos – “A” List

Monday, December 8th, 2008

This is a sub-group of photos from my “Oshkosh Photos – Director’s Cut” album. It’s all my super-favorite, top-pick photos.
Click on any photo for a larger image and slide show option:

Kyle Franklin

Love that contrast!

Wednesday AM conga line to launch

Lockheed U-2 (TU-2S) coming in for landing

B-17 Flying Fortress – Yankee Lady

Lockheed U-2 (TU-2S) to a full [...]

2008 Oshkosh Photos – Four Amigos

Monday, December 8th, 2008

HOME MOVIES WARNING: Unless you’re family you’ll likely want to skip this album. It’s all the pics of the four of us who went to Oshkosh AirVenture this year – My dad, his older brother and his son, and me.
This is one of three photo albums I created for 2008 Oshkosh. The other two are:
Oshkosh [...]

Rutland VT Leaf Peepers Fly-in

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Had another great flight yesterday. Lots of firsts and records for me.

First time in moderate turbulence
First time in the rain
First time flying above overcast
First time calling flight services for an enroute weather update
First [...]