When we think of space-flight, we tend to picture rockets blasting into the final frontier on the tip of a column of fire, thundering energy that seems to be totally random and untamable. Of course a rocket engine is anything but unpredictable but it is a technology very different from our more traditional winged aircraft… Continue reading The Space Age Airport
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Showing up for life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
By Bill Gates Sr. and Mary Ann Mackin Publisher: Broadway Books, The Crown Publishing Group ISBN – 978-0-385-52701-9 Whether you are a Microsoft basher or a Microsoft lover, a book describing the growing up of Bill Gates is of interest. There have been many words written about the subject but this is the first time… Continue reading Showing up for life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
Anniversary – Boeing 747 first revenue flight
40 year anniversary on 22 January 2010 Pan American World Airways is long gone but the 747, into its fifth generation, still strives. Forty years ago on 22 January 1970 it was a Pan Am clipper that introduced this undisputed king of large aircraft to revenue service. N736PA, a 747-100 flew from New York to… Continue reading Anniversary – Boeing 747 first revenue flight