Category Archives: aviation

February 22 – C-21, King Air 350i & Jabiru

Monday, February 22 — In at 8:45, sunny, calm, Jabiru and King Air on ramp. Phot’d them. About 9:30, the Jabiru pilot visited Welcome Room, expressed positive reactions and accompanied me out to the ramp where I took many pictures … Continue reading

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February 20 – Beech King Air 300, 350i, Citation Excel

Saturday, February 20 — In at 7:30 and worked in Intake Rm until 8:35. Gathered some AKM “busy work” to take to employer and had a good day there. Nothing hostile. Returned to AKM after. Tripped on a box in … Continue reading

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January26 — Bell 407

Tuesday, January 26 — Another night of napping a few hours (9:05 to 12:30) , up and working on the A-10 for a few hours, reading the new novel by Robert F. Dorr (GOOD BOOK, RECOMMENDED and back to bed … Continue reading

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January 25 — Hawker 900

Monday, January 25 — Napped after dinner last night, awoke and worked on Tamiya 1/48 A-10A from 11 to 2, back to bed. Out the door at 9:05. Mailed a few JTW books and into AKM at 9:30, overcast, windy, … Continue reading

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January 24 — A-10

Sunday, January 24 — In at 7:45, calm and sunny, nothing on the ramp. A little past noon I finished editing the A-10 pictures taken Friday. WOW! 172 usable pictures! Did more picking up around office. Made a big difference. … Continue reading

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January 23 – A-10

Saturday, January 23 — In at 6:45 to work on A-10 pictures. Calm, nothing on the ramp. Processed A-10 pictures. Work went okay at TGG, FINISHED some AKM projects I had been working on there for the past few months … Continue reading

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January 22 – A-10

Friday, January 22 — in at 9:45 after puttering around the home office. Overcast, calm, a Cessna Mustang on the ramp. Less than an hour into an anticipated slow day, I was informed that 10 A-10s were inbound to Springfield … Continue reading

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January 20 — 183d Air Park in Snow

Wednesday, January 20 — In about 11 after taking pictures of snow on the aircraft displayed at 183d Air Park, . . . . Processed pictures ALL day. Went to an open mic and returned to airport, after grocery shopping … Continue reading

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January 18

Monday, January 18 — In at 9;20, sunny, calm and 2 degrees outside. A day of many little forward steps. A day when I wanted to pitch or donate all the file folders of articles of aircraft and aviation related … Continue reading

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January 16 — Bombardier Global 5000, Cessna 414, Gulfstream IV-SP

Saturday, January 16 — In at 8:00 overcast and cold. Gathered a few items to take to employer, posted blog from yesterday. Work was okay, more customers. Assembled articles from copies of previously copied, culled pages. Not the progress I … Continue reading

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