California International Air Show 2011

It was a warm and sunny day along the California Coast for the last day of the California International Air Show, in Salinas CA. Only 45 minutes south of my friend’s hose in Santa Cruz, CA. it was easy to plug this event into the last day of my vacation.

After 2 weeks in the [...]

New Boeing 747-800 spotted heading to Paris Air Show

Spotted this past Saturday afternoon, taking off from Boeing Field at the south end of Seattle.

Boeing 747-8 heading to Paris Air Show

Breaking into very low ceiling and out of sight.

747-8 punches through the clouds.

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American Heros Day – Boeing Museum of Flight

What a fantastic Day at Boeing’s Museum of Flight. It was American Heroes Air Show at the museum. A day dedicated to the men and women that keep America safe by protecting our borders, fighting crime, rescuing us when we are lost or in peril, and saving lives when immediate medical care is required.

The [...]

Fisherman’s Memorial Day in Seattle

Hey all (this is going to several people, so please excuse the somewhat general greeting),

Our director of sales at work called me Friday, and told me that him and his wife were going up to Seattle to do some things, and that I should tag along.  They we’re really specific, but I was free [...]

Book: “Touching History” – untold story of 9/11

I’m a fairly avid reader, seldom without at least one book to read. In fact I have two I’m working through right now. And by working through, I mean, working. Both of these A Beautiful Math and The Visual Display of Quantitative Information are pretty technical in nature, so they are not a typical casual [...]

Loud helicopter, light sleep and a camera

I can’t remember the last time one of the helicopters woke me up. This morning that streak was broken at 05:14.

I’m not sure why, but the typically quieter EC-135 helicopter woke me straight up out of a deep sleep. I’m sure it was a deep sleep since I was somewhere off in dream [...]

Blue Angels and Others at SeaFair2010 (Saturday)

Granted, it’s been almost a week since the Blues flew at SeaFair 2010, but I do have a day job after all, and picking and processing photos is a time consuming affair. Regardless, here are some of the highlights from the fun on 7-Aug-2010 at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

Weather was pretty [...]

Photos of some UAVs at the Museum of Flight.

I took a few shots of some UAVs at the Museum of flight, for my friends on the Radio Control forums.

Lockheed Martin RQ-3A Dark Star

Dark Star UAV

Insitu Areosonde Laima

Small Research UAV

Small Research UAV

Small Research UAV

Fieseler Fi 103 “V1 Buzz Bomb”

German V-1 Buzz [...]

Photos from SeaFair 2010

Between myself and my daughter, we took almost 2000 images at SeaFair 2010.

In this blog entry, I will be uploading a handful that really struck me as interesting or good. Here is the first, and so far, my favorite photo from the weekend.

Sunday 8-August-2010 Blue Angles over Boeing Field – Landing [...]

More Night Photography – ALNW EC-135 EuroCopter

A few nights back, I had the opportunity to try my hand again, at some night photography of the helicopters.

This time the subject is an EC-135 EuroCopter Air Ambulance.

Photography at Harrison’s Hospital during lift-off.

AirLift Northwest EC-135

AirLift Northwest EC-135

AirLift Northwest EC-135

AirLift Northwest EC-135

AirLift [...]