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Utah Vacation Saga Post Three – North To Salt Lake City!!!

Sorry for the delay, but I’ve been trying to get all the pics uploaded to save time on the back side for each of the posts to come in the future.  Hopefully I’ll be able to get the rest of the posts up in the next couple of days   I’ve also managed to get [...]

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The Line at Falcon

Just a few of a regular day at my corner of the world here at Edwards AFB. The thermometers are a recent addition. And I know how much Jeff wanted to see the temp during a normal day out here in the Mojave/Antelope Valley.

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Picture(s) A Day – 26 July 2010

I’m finally getting around to going through some of the boxes in my apartment and I’m finding some pretty cool stuff   Just the other day I found most of my patch collection and I was wondering what to do with ‘em… And then I remembered all the space I have on the walls of [...]

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Super Duper Fire Fighter

Conversion done by Evergreen at Marana, AZ. Normally the field there is a boneyard, where airplanes go to die. But Evergreen has a large facility there doing maintenance and conversions. This is the most interesting conversion since the Aero Space Lines 377 Guppy and Super Guppy. It is a serious fire bomber. But don’t look [...]

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The Dry Lake

From a hill top at Edwards. I was showing the daughter around one day last week. Certifiable. The absolute middle of nowhere! This is the lake bed that the shuttle uses when it has to divert from Florida due to weather. It is resurfaced by the winter rains.

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Picture(s) A Day – 26 June 2010

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I finally managed to get a few pictures for y’all Saving money has been my biggest concern lately – I’ve even refrained from shooting for the most part   Yeah, the Strip has been off limits for the most part   Still, trips to Infinite Arms [...]

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From the past

The following are some pics that I took in 1980 with a Yashica TL Electro 35mm SLR. I scanned the prints so they are not the best. But these few pictures are representative of a life that I chose so very long ago. The Black and White of eight of us Argonauts is an official [...]

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Area 51 Refugee – Close Encounters of the Blackbird Kind!

Did that title get your attention ? These pics are a couple of years old now, but I hope to add some more new ones in the next year or so.  All were taken at the March Field Air Museum in southern California on a couple of different visits.  There are no Blackbirds in or [...]

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Cool Stuff Related to Black Projects in Nevada

If you’ve been around this site for any length of time, you should know by now that I’m a fan of just about all the stuff that goes on in Nevada that can be described as “black” or Top Secret.  I’ve actually been fascinated with these things since long before I moved to Las Vegas, [...]

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Oscar Winner James Horner Writes Music For The Horsemen Aerobatic Team

James Horner has written the musical score for a multitude of Oscar winning films including Apollo 13 and Titanic.  What I didn’t know until recently is that he’s also an avid aviation fan and a licensed pilot as well.  Now he’s teamed up with The Horsemen after becoming good friends with the guys on the [...]

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