My Dad often quoted Socrates:

Wow! Awesome - wish I’d have been there. We used to go to the Seafair hydroplane races in Seattle where the Blues perform every year. We were front row center on the log boom on the back of the race course and for many years the FAA rules said we weren’t ‘crowd’, but rather, ‘participants’, so the Blue Angels could…

wow! that’s amazing tech. And the F-5 is such a gorgeous airplane. Thanks Tyler!

Always is one of my favorite flying flicks and I watch it at least once a year. Besides the famous opening scene of the PBY buzzing the guys in the boat, my favorite is Dreyfuss running out of gas and dead-sticking the A-26, whistling all the way.

Oh man, I thought it looked familiar - that PBY was based here at Arlington Municipal Airport (KAWO) until recently. It was used in the great movie, ‘Always’. This is truly sad.

Great article. thanks! I would emphasize video EVERYTHING with a smartphone. I was involved in an accident that was clearly the other driver’s fault. We both pulled over and I realized I had no reading glasses with me (yeah, I’m that age) I got out and the guy was apologizing like crazy. I was calm and we exchanged…

wow! that looks like a painting. what a shot.

Great news, Tyler. Love your articles. buena suerte!

Wow! shades of Tex Johnston! Can’t wait to see the barrel-roll over Lake Washington!

btw; keep in mind, people, today test pilots learn to fly a realistic simulator before they get behind the wheel of a prototype on it’s first real flight. Back then, they just put a pilot in it and wished him luck. If he or the airplane failed, it was back to the drawing board.

Wow! I had no idea that video existed! Thanks Tyler! Schalk’s narration makes it all the more impressive.

I'm still trying to imagine what it must be like standing there watching an F-14 in full AB on the wire. It would be difficult to top that for awesome.

This brings back memories. My brother has been into 4WD all our lives and I was thinking of getting one. A Scout came up for sale and I asked Bro what he thought of it. He said, 'If you buy that Scout, we're not brothers!'... I bought a '77 Ford Bronco (last of the small body broncs) instead. It turned out to be good…

Wow! Loved it, Tyler! I was riveted from the first word. Outstanding pics to go with it too.

If you want to start over, go Milwaukee M18. I hate to sound like a shill here, but as a guy who has sold power tools to industrial contractor customers for 25 years (and, believe me, these guys know what works!) Milwaukee was their favorite brand. The only reason they bought the yellow tools was because they factored…

I've had 'em all, starting with the first Makitas. Then I went to Bosch and then to Milwaukee 14V when that came out. I was in the commercial industrial supply business and had access to all of them but the manufacturers started having these voltage 'wars' and I waited for the M18 on the advice of our Milwaukee rep…

We had a large home remodel coming up and already had a bank line of credit for it. We got an airline miles credit card and bought all the materials with that and paid it off every month with the credit line. When we finished the project, we paid off the card and had enough miles built up for a round trip to Cancun…

Wow! thanks Tyler - I've never seen that shot before. I'll bet that photographer's ears are still ringing. But it would be totally worth it.

I love the Phantom too. Most badass looking fighter ever, especially from the front.

Thanks! I had one of these watches on my Amazon wish list for a couple of months. Just bought it for $20.

Thanks! I had one of these watches on my Amazon wish list for a couple of months. Just bought it for $20.