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Big Rocks and Long Props – Volume II
For anyone who has seen Volume I, then you know that Volume II is a must have. If you haven’t seen either of them, check out this teaser for Volume I: Even non-pilots can see that this is some remarkable … Continue reading
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Great Eye Candy, But the Flight Models Suck
Beautiful visuals, highly-detailed aircraft models with huge poly counts, great lighting effects, self shadowing, complex animations … that just don’t fly like real airplanes. I’m speaking, of course, of the movie Fly Boys, released on DVD tomorrow, which I had the … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Bob Hoover!
As noted on Aero-News, legendary pilot Bob Hoover turns 85 today. When I was 12 years old, we flew our Cessna T-50 as a camera ship in formation with Hoover flying a de Havilland Fox Moth. My dad gave me … Continue reading
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Win a Suborbital Trip
.:: From Aero-News ::. Microsoft Kicks Off High-Flying Vista Promotion We’re giving away a trip into space. Or, at least, just barely up to space. Which would still be fantastic. I’d give Brett’s left … shoe to go. Here’s the "good" … Continue reading
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