A lot going on!

Well, school has ended, summing up a very successful freshmen year of college and the Corps of Cadets. No longer am I a "fish". Starting next semester I will be a "pisshead" bringing down the hammer on my new freshmen!

Now that summer is beginning there is A LOT in store!!! Not only have I finished the bottom wing ribs for the new Raven wings, the top wing rib kit is currently in production and should be shipped soon.

Also, starting on Thursday I begin a month long journey in Norfolk, Virginia for CORTRAMID East! "Summer Cruise" as it's commonly refereed to, is a four week rotating experience where I will spend a week on subs, surface ships, the Marines and a squadron. It should be a BLAST!!

As far as dust collectors are concerned, I am in the process of painting my 1/48 Hasegawa Harrier. It shouldn't be long before this VMA-513 color bird is finished.

After summer cruise the arrival of Keagan should be next! As my first nephew, I'm really excited to see the new addition to the family.

...and finally to sum up this summer's adventures...AIRVENTURE 2010!! This year should prove to be another exciting 10 days of aviation and a chance to try to "one up" my previous Airventure Music Video.

Keep a look out for updates on all of this and more!

One more thing...SMOKE '14!!

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SPRING BREAK UPDATE!

Well, it's been another long hiatus since my last update, but it's spring break so I thought I'd post some progress on the myriad of projects we have going right now.

-The Raven wing project is still in full swing...well, moving at a reasonable pace considering I only get to work on the wings when I come home from A&M on the weekends. Anyway, so far I was able to complete six ribs this spring break; bringing the total to thirteen!
-I also decided to start another model to complement the recently completed CH-53E. It's the 1/48 Hasegawa AV-8B Harrier II Plus from VMA-513 Nightmares. The build progress can be found here.

-This spring break was also productive as far as practicing aerobatics. I was able to get a couple runs through the 2010 Intermediate sequence as well as do some film work and airshow routines.


-Some other projects...the Hog Bipe is in a steady state of very close to finished, but not quite, the Clipper has glue drying after repairing a broken stringer, a new engine is being machined, more videos are being planned, etc...

Until next time! And remember...only 127 days to get ready for Oshkosh!

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Beginning and End

Well, the past couple of days have been pretty exciting! After seven months of work I have finally completed my 1/48 scale CH-53E from HMT-302. The model has received a lot of attention and In my opinion it is my best model to date.


The in progress thread on ARC is located here.
Pictures of the completed model are located here.

Another major milestone tonight was the running of my father's Hit and Miss engine. It was exciting to see the engine turn from a box of metal on the front porch into a working machine!

A video of one of the first engine runs here.

Now, for the beginning! We've started work on my new Raven wings! So far we've made the boards for the lower wing rib jigs and we will soon be assembling the lower ribs!


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Aviation Warrior Song

Well, after a very long break from videos I have finally finished the next one. The Aviation Warrior Song is a tribute to all the men and women fighting in the armed forces both past and present. There is more information in the video description as well as the meaning of the song used. Hopefully it inspires more people to purchase the song for the good cause!

Aviation Warrior Song

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Half Million and Counting!

Well, at 0541 this morning, the Airventure 2009 video had 503, 050 views! Another big milestone passed! Who would have thought that just another one of my airshow music videos would have become so popular? I never expected more than maybe 200 views originally...if it were even good enough. Then all of a sudden someone found the video, and spread it around...then it got spread around even more...kind of like that movie "Pay It Forward". The views just took off! It won #77 most viewed on youtube the second week after posting, and #86 most viewed during the month of August. Another interesting fact is that between 2300 last night and 0500 it had been viewed 500 times. Thanks for everyone who has watched the video! If you've missed it, or want to see it again, here is a link:

Airventure video

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Home for 24 hours...

Back home from school for about 24 hours. Just a little bit of an update. Currently my desktop is in the dorm without any sort of video editing software or camera hook ups...not that I would have any time right now anyway, but video editing is on somewhat of a hiatus. However, on the weekends when I am able to come home, I would be able to edit video if the desktop were here...so...I should be getting a laptop for school soon and the desktop will be back and videos will once again start showing up on youtube. I'll let everyone know when the next video comes out! Keep checking!

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Not goodbye, but until next time.

This weekend is rather sad or bittersweet, because not only do I leave for college, but our very good friends and neighbors Cassie, Mark, and Clair Harrison unfortunately moved away today. I'll be back with more video, picture and blog updates in the future...and we plan on seeing the Harrison's again as well. It's all for the better. So, this isn't goodbye from updates, but rather.."Until next time!"

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