“Oh %$*@!”
This is one of the photographs that randomly appears on my Mac from time to time and many people have commented on it when it shows up as my desktop background. I don’t know if I would go so far as to say that it’s “the most compelling photograph [I've] ever seen”, but it is a pretty amazing shot.
And now we know the story behind it.
(h/t AvWeb)
Update: I had a bit of a scary moment yesterday while practicing crosswind landings. I was flying a Piper Arrow and had just broken ground on my takeoff roll when a large flock of crows, and when I say large I mean like a hundred of them, decided to all take flight at once from the end of the runway. My airplane cleared the top of the flock by about fifty feet, but I definitely had an “Oh %$*@!, this could be bad.” moment there.
Aerobatics! YA!!
What a cool video!
Shot during their routine at Sun ‘n Fun, this video takes you inside the minds of airshow performers. Ride along with Michael Mancuso as he flies his precision formation routine with Matt Chapman including tight formation and opposing flight maneuvers. A must see for pilots.
(h/t AvWeb)
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Sangemon
Nyack, NY
A 50-something, empty-nesting, lefty-blogging, guitar pickin’, sound mixer and private pilot with a passion for political debate, an affinity for smart people, and a love of Beech Bonanzas and Martin guitars.
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Stephen Fleischman’s career as a television writer-director-producer spanned more than three decades beginning in the early 1950’s. In 1959, he participated in the formation of the renowned Murrow-Friendly “CBS Reports” series. In 1983, Steve won the prestigious Columbia University-Dupont Television Journalism Award.
His memoir, “A Red in the House”, about his thirty years in network news, is now in print.
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