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You’re a pretty savvy and diverse crew. I’ve got a question that might be answered by some of those on board – and maybe bring some of the lurkers out of the shadows. I’ve got a question bank consisting of, let’s say, 200 questions. The are sorted into one of several bins; powerplant, landing [...]  And a familiar HD video camera. Needs more O2 mask though. Two separate phenomena – a plane that stubbornly refused to come down out of altitude, and a loud, irritating alarm ringing in the background – conspired to prevent this poor French pilot and his fashionably dressed associate from putting the landing gear down in his Trinidad Tobago, with perhaps predictable consequences to the machine. [...] A minimum interval take-off drill at Minot, ND. From June, 2009 for all you Cold War nostalgics. Fifteen strategic bombers – around twice as old as the crews flying them – in 15 minutes. I quite like the train actually, especially for a trip like today’s, when I was only doing a touch and go in Point Mugu to pick up a jet and ferry her to Fallon. The time spent traveling was roughly the same, once you’ve deigned to commit yourself to the train’s schedule rather than [...] I’ve got a jet to ferry from Point Mugu to Fallon and a cuppla flights on Friday. The last time I drove up there the logistics were daunting: Left the car on base, flew back to LAX from Reno, rented a one-way up to Ventura County, drove the car back down to Sandy Eggo. [...] If you can get it. Same crew that was flying F8s with the Blue Angels a couple of years back. And I thought I had a good job. An interesting short (10 minute) video shot largely using CGI and funded to the tune of €70K by the Irish Film Board.
The German from Nick Ryan on Vimeo. The visual effects breakdowns are interesting as well. One of those cases when it really is better to receive, than it is to give. Trust me, it looks a whole lot more controlled from the other end. Of course, most of the airplane is behind you, so you don’t really pay much attention to it… There was a crescent moon tonight over NAS Fallon. Not as who should say a “commander’s moon,” far less one issued to a retired captain. But a moon nonetheless. Which, when coupled with a sky completely innocent of cloud cover and with visibilities unlimited, made for an entirely different experience during the evening go. [...] |
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