Author Archives: Falcon124

A Pilot’s Story

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Falcon124

The latest trailer for A Pilot’s Story is up on their site. All three trailers are there, so you should go over and check them out. The third trailer was first shown as part of the nightly entertainment at Oshkosh … Continue reading →

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Is the Boeing 787 the new Comet?

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Falcon124

With the recent announcement from Boeing that the first flight of their 787 was to be delayed due to structural issues in the wing box area, many of us knew right away it was a major show-stopper issue. Boeing made … Continue reading →

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Area 88

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Falcon124

For those of you who may like Japanese manga/anime and flying, I definitely recommend checking out Area 88, an anime equivalent to Top Gun. I had been reading comics for some time and stumbled over the Area 88 manga in … Continue reading →

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Aeroneurophycosis – sounds so true

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Falcon124

A while ago a friend of mine sent me an SMS saying they’d finally found the cause of my problems: “Aeroneurophycosis: in which the sufferer developes a sexual atraction to aircraft” Yup – that sure summed it up. I used … Continue reading →

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Kodak Moments in the Valley

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Falcon124

Once again crewing balloons in the Yarra Valley produced some amazing “Kodak Moments” today. Given the weather this morning, I was pretty sure we wouldn’t get to fly. On my way out to the shed at o-dark-hundred I was driving … Continue reading →

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Fog, Balloons and some Lilydale Airport Action

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Falcon124

The other morning I was crewing hot air balloons out in the Yarra Valley. It was very foggy so the drive out was “interesting” and we spent a couple of hours waiting for it to lift. While it was very … Continue reading →

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Experience This! (if you dare)

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Falcon124

As some of you may know, I’ve been pretty busy over the past couple of weeks working on a new hush-hush project. Well, the wraps finally came off the other night at a soft-launch so now I can tell you … Continue reading →

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Perspectives on the Captain

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Falcon124

It has been a very long time since I last saw this set of “Views of the Captain” images. My thanks to Bryan over at Passion Aviator for pointing me at it again. So funny :)

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Life’s Better Inverted

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Falcon124

On Easter Monday this year, I was hanging out at home and looking at the beautiful blue skies when the phone rang. It was Nico asking if I wanted to go flying today. HAH! What a crazy question :) I … Continue reading →

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First Air to Ground Filming?

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Falcon124

Europa Film Treasures have made available some footage from the Austrian Film Archive showing Wilbur Wright demonstrating their aircraft in France. In addition to some low approaches and a landing, the 1909 silent movie film also includes a section where … Continue reading →

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