Dunedin to Fox Glacier…, written 3 weeks ago, Day 5. Today started out with a trip over to Dunedin Hospital to see some of the guys I met at the NZOUG conference in Rotorua. Tim Cleminson had invited me along to have an informal chat with the team about all things Oracle. Anyone who has met me kno...

2000-degree turbocharger?, written 1 month ago, Well, almost. It seems Mitsubishi has lately been shipping a turbo that can withstand 1050-deg. (C) heat with three times the turbine-blade creep life of Inconel. The alloy being used is MarM, which is cobalt-based rather than nickel-based. For details...

Gadget Overload, written 2 days ago, I’ve been looking at Foreflight Checklist as a possible addition to the virtual flight bag; as someone who flies several different types of plane it could have some value over buying several written checklists. But the problem is: where to put it? There is no w...

New G4.5 Flight Simulator, written 2 weeks ago, NEW G4.5 VERSION NOW IN STOCK! FREE Add-Ons Disks Downloads (a $119.96 Value) with Great Planes RealFlight G4.5 R/C Flight Simulator RealFlight has again sharpened its already near-perfect reproduction of R/C flight. With improved sights, sounds and p...

Anouk 6, written 3 weeks ago, clips from Anouk's video "Mood Indigo"

Lemon Law and Lemon Aircraft, written 3 weeks ago, As for today I made a new category named Random Flights. This category will contain what else than random post about something I newly learnt but still related to flight simulator and flight in general (somehow). So here is my first random post. ...

Thanksgiving weekend travelers to have fewer flight choices, written 1 month ago, Airlines in the U.S. will be operating nearly 3,000 fewer domestic daily flights during the Thanksgiving holiday season this year, meaning fewer choices for millions of American air travelers, along with fuller planes ...

Headed to the airport again, written 1 month ago, I'm off to Berkeley for a night and then LA for a week.

a new 'do, written 1 month ago, I had a spa day yesterday, and after my totally relaxing and fabulous hot stone massage had a cut and color. Here's my old style: and here is my new style. It, frankly, is a bit more highlighting than I...

Northwest Intergration with Delta Commences, written 3 weeks ago, Delta has begun the 12- to 24-month process of integrating Northwest Airlines, now a wholly owned subsidiary of DL, with the flying public likely to begin noticing changes in the first half of 2009. Delta said its code will be added t...

hjbarraza: @BobErtNess sorry about your uncle, written 1 month ago, hjbarraza: @BobErtNess sorry about your uncle

Diamond Aircraft announces, written 2 months ago, With its all carbon modern airframe, turbo-diesel powerplants and Garmin G1000 flightdeck, the DA42 created a revolution. With over 500 aircraft delivered in a very short time, the DA42 garnered a market share of over 80% of the light twin market and...

Virgin Blue launches Newman Karratha services, written 1 month ago, Virgin Blue Group of Airlines will step up its commitment to Western Australia with the launch of two new destinations along with an additional flight between Perth and Broome. The carrier will begin flights to two of WA’s key ...

United Airlines to launch Washington Dulles - Dubai service - 2008-10-24, written 1 month ago, United Airlines launches the first-ever nonstop service on 26-Oct-08 between Washington, D.C., and Dubai. Kevin Knight, United's senior vice president-Planning said, “Dubai is one of the fastest growing ...

CSTS service module design updated, written 4 weeks ago, The service module of the proposed Crew Space Transportation System (CSTS) had its design modified during October, while in Bremen there were further discussions about the project\'s workshare. Link: SPACEFLIGHT Tags: service, module, propose...

Treadmill Guide, written 3 weeks ago, Welcome to TreadmillsGuru.com that offers guide to buying a treadmills. Most of the people are using treadmill to lose weight, reduce cholesterol, improving cardiovascular fitness and more. Treadmills Guru provides all the information one need to know to buying...

Good To Have Friends, written 1 week ago, We got a request to put up a link to another web-site recently. We like to do that, because it’s a small world and the aviation community has close ties to each other. There are no “six degrees of separation” in aviation, you can be linked to almost e...

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