Air-Minded: PASM Photoblog XXVII (Updated 3/26/24)
It must be spring, because I made the first of two annual treks to Pima Air & Space Museum today.
Air-Minded: Speed Is Life … But How Much Speed? (Updated)
Last week, speaking at the Singapore Air Show, Boeing’s F-15EX program manager said the new version of the Eagle is capable of Mach 3 in a clean configuration. I questioned that claim, and did so publicly on social media.
Thursday Bag o’ Fakes
Either way, I’m long out of the cockpit, probably vastly out of touch, and happy to admit my opinions may be ill-informed.
Air-Minded: Additional Shades of Gray
The average F-15 Eagle pilot (and me for sure) sees the two-seat pilot/WSO Eagle II as a step backward to F-4 Phantom/F-111 Aardvark days. Still a fighter, no doubt more capable than the single-seat Eagle, but …
Your Papers, Please
Never say Paul’s Thing isn’t full of life hacks. Who loves ya, baby? This guy!
Day Drinking
Get a grip, goody two-shoes reporters! If a round of drinks after work on Friday doesn’t define responsible drinking I don’t know what does.
Glory Days
Oh, how I wish now we’d taken more photos back in those glorious days! Why couldn’t they have invented camera phones sooner?
Better Late than Never
How weird is it that two of the three college friends I’m still close to today also have October birthdays?