A couple of years ago I was encouraged to create a lens at Squidoo. Being an enthusiastic kinda guy, I said sure why not and gave it a whirl.
Just in the past little while I have re-visited this magical empire and have created a couple of new lenses!
Now, I am going to noodle around with [...]
I was snooping around in some interesting Google Groups this morning and found a really neat post by a guy named Peter Khor.
Peter has gone ahead and rigged up a rocket engine attached to the inside of the front wing of an ‘annular’ (means closed or ring wing) wing model.
This is my kind of fun!
I [...]
A couple of years ago I found a collection of Aircraft Collector Cards at a local Buy and Sell shop.
There were 13 cards, about 6.5 inches square.
I immediately decided that I must have them and put down a deposit.
About a week later I scooped them up and promptly photographed them.
As a SPECIAL FEATURE I am [...]
Skyaak has been described as a cross between a javelin and a Frisbee. The ‘javelin’ part I agree with, the ‘Frisbee’ not so much.
Truth is, Skyaak is NOTHING LIKE A FRISBEE. The Frisbee glides laterally through the air, while Skyaak glides as a ring-wing that presents a circular air-foil perpendicular to the air.
As [...]
About President Barack Obama…I pray with every cell that he is protected by angels, special service, the FBI, diligent citizens, you name it…to get through his first term in office safely to continue to inspire and lead as a beacon of hope for a better world.
Not to sound too cheesy in this hard-ass cynical world, [...]
Introducing Mathieu Gratton, host of the popular Montreal-based TV show “Le Banc d’Essai du Peuple” or “Taking it to the People“
Click on Mathieu to view the TV feed from the recent feature on Skyaak, where he takes it to the streets of Montreal.
Just scroll down about a third of a page from where you land [...]
About a month ago I received this book in the mail from a friend.
I devoured the slim but delicious morsel in three evenings.
‘Tribes’ by Seth Godin is one book you will never forget, if you are the type of person who secretly nurtures the belief that you have leadership qualities.
In ‘Tribes’, Godin goes into very [...]
We were so happy and relieved that the crash landing (BASH landing actually: Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard) was executed perfectly by the pilot.
Flight’s pilot, C.B. Sullenberger, emerges as hero of “miracle on the Hudson”
With the press of a button, Sullenberger converted his aircraft to a life-raft.
There’s some super-smart engineering.
Grace under pressure.
Thank you Captain, for doing [...]
My coach keeps coming back to his insistant reminder, “How’s 30-Day Challenge going?”
To which up until lately I would respond, “Picking away at it.”
However, in the past little while I have been taking deep long hauls of the heady stuff.
For a while there I really thought my head would explode.
Let me back up a bit.
A [...]
Check this short clip out of California. It was such a rush to see the Skyaak Ultra-Glow experimental prototype flying around in the night skies over Berkeley Campus!
About the video:
Here’s a little bit of night flight with my new Skyaak Model 3 with the light kit. Flight is great, but more than that, this [...]