Folks, this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Odyssey fell through for Team Aux. So, how about we revisit the glory days of yesteryear? Some best of the best from #OSH15 and #OSH14! By far, the highlight of my 2015 trip was meeting pilot icon, Qantas A380 Captain Richard de Crespigny (on Left in pic below), and author […]
HAPPY EASTER, FOLKS! “He is not here; He has risen, just as He said.”—Mat 28:6 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, from the flight blog, this is Cap’n Aux speaking. I’ve been hearing your cries! We are long overdue for our traditional “BEST OF,” so now that my insanely complex tax return (think a Rube Goldberg machine) has been taken […]
On 9/4, we shared the wonderful story of Janet, the world’s last flying XT752 Fairey Gannet sub hunter. Today we let you see her through the eyes of Harry Odone, the world’s only typed and current XT752 pilot. We were very aware our responsibility to do our very best for this aircraft that has a history […]
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Folks, the videos I’m cutting for you from Oshkosh are going great! Our first post, an interview with the stars of Discovery Channel’s “Airplane Repo,” should be out some time next week, followed by the Fairey Gannet story. Both will publish on NYCAviation.com, and we’ll have a deeper story here. Here’s a (very low-res.) teaser of what’s to […]
The once-blue sky has turned slate grey, the green grass has been soaked and churned into brown mud, and the pretty birds have all flown away. Oshkosh 2014 is over. The magnificent P-51 Mustang flight line, my personal sanctuary to which I made a daily pilgrimage all week, has been reduced to a field […]