Sat, 05 Jul 2008
Photos of the fireworks at San Jose, July 4, 2008
I got pictures of the 4th of July fireworks in downtown San Jose.
Sat, 12 Apr 2008
Night photography in downtown San Jose, April 12, 2008
I did some
nighttime photography in downtown San Jose on April 12 and posted
my photos.
The weather was perfect.
I got pictures of The Tech Museum and the
Circle of Palms/San Jose Museum of Art.
SVWUX visit to Mt Umunhum, April 11, 2008
I posted pictures
from SVWUX's visit to the radio facilities on Mt Umunhum on April 11, 2008
Fri, 28 Mar 2008
Presentation slides on rocket piloting from Space Access '08
I posted my slides from the panel discussion about "Paths to Rocket Piloting"
on March 27, the first day of the Space Access '08 conference
in Phoenix, Arizona.
These slides weren't actually shown due to changes in format of the panel.
But they were used for notes and I promised the audience I'd post them.
You can download them as
PDF (256K)
or
OpenOffice (260K).
Mon, 17 Mar 2008
Passed the Commercial Pilot check ride
I took the Commercial Pilot Airplane check ride (flight exam) today with an
FAA designated examiner. The flight was out of Reid-Hillview Airport.
I passed. So after 19 years as a private pilot,
today begins a new chapter in aviation for me with my commercial pilot
(airplane single-engine land) license.
Sat, 01 Mar 2008
Flight to Apple Valley and Mojave on Feb 28, 2008
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I've posted
photos from
my flight to Apple Valley and Mojave
on Feb 28, 2008.
Tue, 12 Feb 2008
Photos of Gimli Glider at Mojave
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I snapped some
photos of the Gimli Glider at the Mojave Air & Space Port today.
Fri, 01 Feb 2008
Defending Reid Hillview Airport
Reid-Hillview Airport is under possible threat again from our county
politicians.
This seems to happen once a decade.
I posted an article on "Defending Reid-Hillview Airport".
Fri, 21 Dec 2007
Got my Instrument Rating
For those who might have wondered what I've been up to lately,
I passed the check ride (flight exam) today and got my instrument rating.
Thu, 15 Nov 2007
My flight to the Mojave Air & Space Port
I posted
pictures from my flight
to the Mojave Air & Space Port on November 14, 2007.
I also have a
blog entry at SpaceDash
about it.
Mon, 20 Aug 2007
Pictures from Stratofox 4 camping trip to Black Rock Desert
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I posted my photos from the
Stratofox 4
recreation and exploration trip to the Black Rock Desert
on Aug 17-19, 2007.
Sun, 12 Aug 2007
Pictures from Picn*x 16, the Linux 16th Anniversary Picnic
Wow! What a great picnic.
Good food.
Lots of personal networking (about 400 attendees.)
And it's turning into a bit of a technology demo too.
I posted
my pictures from Picn*x 16,
celebrating the accomplishments of Open Source Software since the release
of the first Linux kernel in August 1991.
Wed, 08 Aug 2007
AeroPAC's Aeronaut 2007 launch at Black Rock
I was at
AeroPAC's Aeronaut 2007 launch meet
on Aug 4-5, 2007.
Once again, I was the Launch Control Officer at the night launch.
Wed, 18 Jul 2007
Photos of Blue Origin's spaceport site
I got some
pictures of Blue Origin's
spaceport site north of Van Horn, Texas when I was passing through the
area on July 15, 2007.
Photos of Sierra Madera impact crater
I posted photos of
the Sierra Madera impact crater
south of Fort Stockton, Texas from a visit on July 15, 2007.
Thu, 05 Jul 2007
Photos of fireworks in downtown San Jose, July 4, 2007
I posted
my photos of this year's 4th of July fireworks
in San Jose.
Sun, 01 Jul 2007
Photos of fireworks show in Cameron Park, June 30, 2007
I posted my photos of the
fireworks at Cameron Park's
Summer Spectacular 2007.
Fri, 22 Jun 2007
Photos of Atlantis landing at Edwards
I got lucky. I was visiting Mojave when the space shuttle came to land
nearby at Edwards AFB. I posted
my photos of the landing.
My photos in the Masten Space Systems blog
Some of
my photos from 6/21
are shown in the Masten Space Systems blog.
There's continuing progress toward the first tethered flight.
Wed, 20 Jun 2007
Photos of Atlantis and ISS visible pass, June 19, 2007
I got pictures of the
visible pass
of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station
over the Bay Area on June 19, 2007.
This was a few hours after Atlantis undocked so they passed as two
separate dots in the sky, or separate streaks in my long-exposure photos.
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