Airventure 2011 - Heaven on Earth

I apologize again to anyone following this blog. This year has proven to be incredibly busy and subsequently has forced me to make less and less updates. But...I wanted to stop back in to tell you that the Airventure 2011 music video is complete!

After a total of 22 hours of flying in our 1949 Piper Clipper, my father and I successfully completed another adventure up to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for "Airventure". Airventure 2011, the 59th year of the convention, was the honorary place for celebrating major aviation milestones, events, innovations, aircraft and people. Themes such as the Centennial of Naval Aviation and Air Mail, Tribute to aviation legends Burt Rutan and Bob Hoover, 75th Anniversary of Lockheed 12s, Salute to Quicksilvers, Gathering of Zeniths, Electric Aircraft, Flying Cars and much more. All of these themes, all of the aircraft, and most importantly all of the people take one week out of the year and literally turn Oshkosh, Wisconsin into Heaven on Earth.

Airventure 2011 - Heaven on Earth

Thanks for watching!

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Summer Break is Here...

...and it's time for some updates! As you know I've been very busy with school, but now that I've gotten that out of the way I'm pleased to present the first aviation music video of the 2011 season!

Centennial of Naval Aviation Shows

This video is a mash-up of my footage from both the South Texas Shootout at NAS Corpus Christi, and the Air Power Expo at NASJRB Ft. Worth. Both shows were very difficult to film due to the incredibly high winds! In fact, Corpus had the most difficult wind conditions I've ever filmed in. None-the-less the video is up!

Also, this summer I'm pleased to announce a new and different project. It's a fairly large undertaking, but I've decided to volunteer our experiences with home-building in order to repair and make race ready the Texas A&M Crew Team's boats for the fall race season. I've been rowing with A&M for one semester, and so far it's clear that some work needs to be done on our equipment. Well, now that we are in the off season it's time to get crackin!



We have two boats to fix over the summer. One of them is an eight man, 60ft fiberglass shell, while the second is a 40ft, four man shell with a wood structure (our forte!)

This is going to prove to be a very busy a rewarding summer! We've got boats to fix, another cruise with the Navy, Pitts wings to build, and of course we will finish everything off with our annual trip up to Oshkosh!

Until next time!

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2011 Show Season Begins!

Over the past three month hiatus (busy at school), it's time to begin the 2011 airshow/aviation video season! Having only made it to April in this year's video season and I've already attended three aviation events, with the fourth coming up this weekend. So far I've taken video and pictures from my trip to St. Maarten, the Taylor 150 Air Race, and the 2011 South Texas Shootout in Corpus Christi. This coming weekend I travel up to Ft. Worth for the 2011 Air Power Expo at NAS JRB Fort Worth.

For this interested, here is a link to one of the videos uploaded so far this year: St. Maarten

Also, a few pictures from the three events so far:



Over the break I've received a lot of good comments, critiques and suggestions for this year's videos. Be sure to keep up with the youtube channel for future videos. I'm hoping to have the first music video of 2011 put together over Easter weekend!

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Fi.156

Not much to update, but the Storch is complete. Just click the picture and it will take you to more pics of the completed build.



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Happy New Year!

First post of 2011!

With the new year brings the completion of some older projects.

A few days ago my father and I knuckled down and finished the Hogbipe model that we started a while back. It hasn't flown yet but the finished product looks very promising. It's fairly large for a biplane too!


Now that the Hog is finished we will be able to clear room on the roll around tables in order to continue with the largest project, the Raven Wings. Soon we will have the rest of the material to complete the lower wings for the Pitts. I'll be sure to keep everyone updated.

Also, I mentioned the new display case. Well here is a picture of the case with a lot of free space for future models. May need another one in the not so distant future.


Also, here is a nice look at the stash. Since this picture was taken a 55th model has been added...the 1/48 Kinetic EA-6B Prowler with aftermarket goodies.


For those interested in reviewing and keeping up with the Storch and Hawkeye builds just click on their respective names and it will take you to the build log pages.

Thanks for looking!

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Blog Restart

I apologize for how long it's been since the last blog update. I've been incredibly busy at school, but I have been making videos and keeping up with numerous aviation related projects. There are way too many videos to talk about and post links for, but if you care to check out what has been uploaded since the Airventure 2010 review video you can go to my channel here.

However, my latest video will have it's own link. This is my first video with the GoPro Motorsports Hero HD. Unusual Attitudes

I've been busy flying the Pitts, Clipper and MiniMax recently. I've also got a few new models on the table and finished a couple more since the last update. Currently on the "bench" is a 1/48 Tamiya Fieseler Fi.156 Storch in the paint shop, and I just started my Kinetic 1/48 E-2C Hawkeye 2000 in the VAW-120 50th Anniversary scheme. I have also upgraded the display shelf to a display case! Fancy stuff! Now the dust collectors wont collect so much dust!

I'll be sure to keep everyone updated more often.

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Long Overdue!

Well, it's been another long hiatus since the last update...and this one is long overdue! Three weeks overdue!

Since we've returned from our 8th trip up to the annual gathering in Oshkosh, Wisconsin for Airventure I have put together many videos from this year...and there are still a lot to come. Anyway, I figure my words probably don't do as much justice for this year's event as video. So, without further adieu, here are some of the highlights...in video...from this year; beginning with the traditional Airventure music video.

Music Video

Also check out the "Ten minutes of Airventure 2010", "Vietnam and Classic Jets" on my channel, and my videos from the flight with the "Trojan Horsemen Demonstration Team".

Thanks for looking!

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