Air-Minded: Habu
SR-71s were generally called Blackbirds, but the ones at Kadena were nicknamed Habus after the venomous pit vipers native to Okinawa.
Air-Minded … But Why? (Updated)
Yes, I’m a boy when it comes to aviation. I hope I always am.
Air-Minded: A High-Speed Abort by Any Other Name
Whew, that was close!
Air-Minded: Widowmaker
One a day in Tampa Bay
Not Air-Minded But Adjacent: My Mar-a-Lago(s)
Oh, you want the piggy dirties? Happy to oblige, so long as you understand why I still have to be vague about certain details.
Air-Minded: Bob’s Your Back-Seater
I’m sure aviators everywhere chew over details, goofs, and errors in flying movies. And like me, I’m sure they love watching them.
Air-Minded: the Curtiss Condor (Updated 6/12/22)
You could fly coast to coast in 1930, but your trip would entail a mix of short flights by day, overnight train rides, and occasional hotel stays when airline and train timetables didn’t mesh.
Air-Minded: Hack
Even though GPS and computers do all the work today, student pilots are still taught to calculate speed the old-fashioned way, by timing how long it takes to fly between section lines, or to know how long to maintain a standard rate turn in order to turn 180 degrees (one minute). As on the sea, accurate timekeeping is essential when navigating by air.