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R EAD NARRATIVE BEFORE Clicking on Link below The attached video was filmed by Air Force Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) in Tal Afar, west of Mosul in Iraq. They were with a U.S. Marine Corps ASTs (Advisor Support Team) attached to Iraqi units to help train their forces day-to-day. They were in a fairly sustained fire fight in the streets of Tal Afar with about 30 Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF - bad guys) and got clearance to fire a Maverick AGM-65 air-to-ground missile. They set a video camera on the bumper of their armored humvee, which they were using for cover. Keep an eye on the opposing direction van parked just down the street. On the audio you can hear shooting back and forth. The rounds you hear are from the Marines and the ones you hear pinging against the side of the vehicle with no accompanying pop are from the bad guys. When the JTACs say they just fired "rifle" that means the F-16 aircraft just launched the Maverick missile. You can hear ...

image courtesy of BookshackUSA Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War by Robert Coram Click here for more information from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Boyd-Fighter-Pilot-Who-Changed/dp/0316881465 This was one of the most enlightening books I have read on the development of the F15, F16 and A-10 as a sidelight to the career of a remarkable man. tcp

During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane. And a bear smelled it. This is what he did to the plane. The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him 2 new tires, 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic. He patched (taped) the plane together, and FLEW IT HOME! Click on the photos for more detail. thanks Jack

time lapse of the Moody Aviation Cessna 182 aircraft assembly http://vimeo.com/4531775 thanks Tim

A link to the Pima Air and Space Museum website http://www.pimaair.org/ project.php?rid=1 thanks barratt

that had to hurt.... thanks Ralph

Air Show at Edwards Air Force Base in California, 2009 http://home.comcast.net/~ bzee1a/Edwards09/Edwards09. html thanks bill

A bunch of planes, some you may not have seen before. http://www.slide.com/r/ uozXGD4k5T- LHV89ctzL6UZKwmwWM8Od? previous_view=TICKER

A quick "trip report" from the pilot of the 747 that flew the shuttle back to Florida after the Hubble repair flight. A humorous and interesting inside look at what it's like to fly two aircraft at once . . (I have decided to adopt one of "Triple Nickel's" phrases : "That was too close for MY laundry!") Walt and all, Well, it's been 48 hours since I landed the 747 with the shuttle Atlantis on top and I am still buzzing from the experience. I have to say that my whole mind, body and soul went into the professional mode just before engine start in Mississippi, and stayed there, where it all needed to be, until well after the flight...in fact, I am not sure if it is all back to normal as I type this email. The experience was surreal. Seeing that "thing" on top of an already overly huge aircraft boggles my mind. The whole mission from takeoff to engine shutdown was unlike anything I had ever done. It was like a dream... som...

a post from Willis brings us this, http://www.nrk.no/programmer/ tv/fbi/1.6837530 Some interesting places to land and takeoff. Though it is written in Norwegian the Youtube clips say it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_ popup?v=nKU0uQki5Dc from Bill H.

18 Young Eagles flew on September 19th.

Many planes and great weather. Not sure what he is looking for, but I thought it was a good picture.

http://picasaweb.google.com/eaa650/BuildersDay2009?feat=directlink

Builders Day started out a little cold and windy, but by the end of the day it was warmer, and sunny. These first pictures are of Steve Johnson's kit which he taxied over so we could get a closer look at it. Click on the pictures to get a better look. Then we went over to Jim LeSeure's. Thanks to Jim for getting this event arranged. On to Richard Frisbie's. I stopped by Peter Zabriskie's on the way, but he was out looking at the other planes. Peter if you have some photos to share, send them along. And then on to Russ Goodwines If you did not make it too all of the sites, you missed some good brownies, and a first hand look into the planes that you will probably see on the ramp or flying over head in the future.

Ralph sent this link along. http://video.google.com:80/videoplay?docid=4368250464023128830&pr=googsl