It's So Old!
But it still smells fresh.
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With all this old stuff sticking around, you have to wonder how we keep it
smelling so fresh. Ha! I've got quite the secret up my sleeve.
You see, my wonderful wife makes candles. Not just any candles, but
soy candles. Highly scented, and at a price anybody can afford.
Even me.
So, cruise on over to Skyline Candle
Company, and pick yourself up a candle or twelve. I recommend the
Waterfall Mist. Smells so good. Way better than all these moldy
old headlines.
FMI: Skyline Candle Co.
Taildraggers, Inc. Archives - April 2010
These are our top stories and links from April 2010. They're still cool,
but we gotta keep the home page clean and quick to load! Enjoy the
Archives!
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hear about it, and hopefully add it to the site. We are also looking
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won't pay you (we don't even pay ourselves), but we will give you full credit for any contributions.
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Lee Bottom
Lee Bottom Field in Hanover, Indiana is absolute airplane heaven. My
wife and I went to one of their Sinful Sunday Fly-In's back in 2006
(photos
HERE).
This video is Rudy Siegel's experience of the 2007 Wood, Fabric, and
Tailwheels Fly-In. The next
Wood, Fabric, and Tailwheels Fly-In is scheduled for September 25th,
2010.
Mark your calendars!
"Lee Bottom Flying Field is home to the regions favorite antique &
classic fly-in. Called "Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheels", the name says it all.
With models like Staggerwing, Great Lakes, Stearman, Swallow, and Tiger
Moths the line up is sure to please every enthusiast. Held the last
Saturday of every September, the event is open to everyone."
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Dude! No Updates in a Week?!
That's right, bro, Daddy Wayne has been busier than a one legged man in a
butt-kicking contest... Between overtime at work, a broken down
truck, and a two-month late birthday party for Echo Mike (video above), I
haven't had time to update the website. At all... Hell, I
haven't even checked my email in three days!
This little website of mine gets over a thousand hits a month, and over
three thousand page views. That means there's a whole bunch of you
guys and gals out there looking at the stuff I post, and itching for more.
I do what I can to find good stories and videos, but sometimes I come up
empty.
So here's the pitch... If you see a great website, blog, video, or
photo that you want me to feature, let me know about it. Send me an
email, or better yet, post about it in the
Forums. If I
like it, I'll add it to the main page. Trust me, it'll be awesome.
:)
With that said, I do have a couple of really great articles in the works.
Stay tuned!
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Bob Herendeen Flies the Pitts - 1986
I love aerobatics, and especially the
Pitts Special. When Martt Clupper of
AirPizs.com posted this
video of Bob Herendeen putting his Pitts through it's paces back in 1986,
I just had to share it.
Here's what Martt had to say about Bob Herendeen:
"Bob Herendeen (1926-1994) was one of the nicest people I ever knew. He
was kind and considerate… a true gentleman. But put him in a Pitts Special
and he could really tear up the sky!"
Read Martt's entire blog post about the video
HERE. Oh, and he's got pictures, too!
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1932
Hall Springfield Bulldog Restoration Underway
The
Skagit Aero Education
Museum in Concrete, WA has announced the official start to their
restoration/competion of a
1932 Hall Springfield Bulldog racer. The museum's Bulldog was
started in 1990 by Jim Jenkins. The museum and Jim hope to recreate
what they believe the late Bob Hall would have done to the Bulldog after
it's somewhat unsuccessful showing at the 1932 Bendix race. The goal
is to refine the airplane in the same manner that Bob Hall would have in
preparation for the 1933 races, if the airplane had not been dismantled.
“I want to show people it was really a good airplane and a beautiful
airplane that didn’t get the respect it deserved” Jenkins says. “I think
Bob Hall really deserves it.”
I'm really looking forward to seeing this one completed and flying.
It's so great to see these old racers reborn to show our future
generations the true greatness and perseverance of the men and women of
the Golden Age of aviation.
More about the Skagit
Aero Education Museum:
"The Skagit Aero Education Museum was founded by Harold Hanson who
wanted to share his love of aviation with others. Harold’s love of
airplanes
goes
back to his early childhood, and has brought him joy ever since. Below he
shares some thoughts about why he started the Skagit Aero Education Museum
When I was a little boy I used to look up at the sky each time I heard the
sound of an airplane flying overhead. It was a dangerous pastime because
falling in love with airplanes can be a dangerous thing. You read about
them, you talk about them, and you beg, borrow and steal from the cookie
jar to fly them every chance you get. You bore your family and friends,
and you daydream about someday having the world’s biggest hanger with a
fleet of some of the most interesting and pristine aircraft imaginable.
Any of us that truly love airplanes, especially antiques and aircraft from
the early years, have had that dream. Add to that the realization that a
lot of the most interesting and historical airplane designs are slowly
fading from view and what you have is a problem…
What to do?
How do you get your airplane fix, preserve these airplanes and, at the
same time, share them with all the other airplane crazed lunatics out
there?
You
start a museum. Not just any museum – there are lots of those, but mostly
dedicated to war birds or military types. You take your love for these
light airplanes, combine it with a desire to preserve and share them and
you slowly start to build a unique collection of the light airplanes of
the common man. These are the planes we’ve heard the old timers at the
local airport talk about. These are the airplanes our grandfathers, our
fathers, and even some of us flew and learned to fly in. These are the
airplanes we’ve heard the old timers at the local airport talk about.
These are airplanes that are being pushed aside by high tech, but still
have a useful life in the sky. You seek them out, you restore them and you
fly them. You make make sure they are not forgotten, and you hang a
welcome sign on the hangar door."
-Harold Hanson
Amen, brother.
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Keep Your Pattern Tight, Dumbass!
When I learned to fly in the Super
Decathlon, my instructor taught me to fly a tight pattern. There are
several good reasons to fly a tight pattern, but the most important is the
ability to make the runway in the event of an engine failure. In an
airplane with short wings and a lot of drag, this is even more important.
So, with so many very good reasons to fly a nice, tight pattern, why do so
many pilots insist of flying such huge patterns?
Let's see what AVweb's
Paul Bertorelli has to say about it.
I love this video.
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Announcement:
2010 Ranger Airfield
Memorial Day Weekend Fly-In & Airshow
Our friends over at
Ranger Airfield
in Ranger, TX have announced the dates for their 2010 Fly-In and Airshow.
Set a heading for
F23 on May 28, 2010, and enjoy a full weekend of aviation goodness.
This year's fly-in will be held in conjunction with The International
Biplane Association's fly-in, which should bring an incredible variety of
bipes to the already popular grassroots fly-in.
If you've forgotten already, Ranger Airfield is home to Jared Calvert and
the
Barn Cub. The Barn Cub's nearly 60 year siesta has come to an
end, and the airplane is currently being restored at Ranger Airfield.
For more information on the Ranger Airfield 2010 Memorial Day Fly-In and
Airshow, visit the
Ranger Airfield website. Be sure to check out the video from the
2009 event!
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April
Fools Day Silliness
Today is April Fools Day. Every
year, all of your mean friends try to make you look like a fool.
Plastic wrap on the toilet, your girlfriend tells you she's pregnant,
someone takes the wheel retaining nuts off of your airplane, your mom
tells you that you really are the mail man's baby.... People can be
so cruel.
If you are the evil type who really enjoys a good joke, check out what
we've got for you today.
Rather than try to make jokes that no one will get, today
I'm going to refer you straight to the pros.
Aero-News.net runs a
special April 1st edition, chock full of nutty stories.
Here's a sampling of their headlines:
President Obama Imposes Nationwide TFR
PS Engineering Introduces "Wake-Up Call" for Airlines
EAA Debuts "Sport Litigation" Magazine
Parents Arrested After Infant "Dropped A Bomp" In Airport
If you need more funnies, a good friend sent me an "EAA Chapter 1666"
newsletter. I don't know who made it, or where it really came from,
but there's some truly funny stuff in it, too. Such as,
NORAD Contracts SFRA to EAA
Chapter Flies 50th Young Beagle
Check it out:
EAA Chapter 1666 April 1, 2010 Newsletter.
Have a great April Fools Day.
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Looking for some more Aerotainment? Go to March 2010 :: OR :: Check out the Archives!
