from the South Bay
The L-1011 has mostly disappeared from the airways but is enjoying a burst of nostalgic appreciation. Here are some history lessons and some technology lessons, at multiple levels of detail.
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Leave it to the Swiss to breathe new life into the airshow. First, they don’t call it that. It’s an Air Force practice open to that portion of the public willing to climb to ~7500 feet to watch planes and helicopters fly through a mountain range, firing live ammunition at targets placed on the rock walls. They’ve taken an event popular all over the world and Schweizenated it in their own particular … idiom.
Here is the Patrouille Suisse flight demonstration team in action from the recently concluded AXALP 2017. It’s a 360-degree video. Click and drag on the screen to see all angles. I don’t know how they did it but it is impressive.
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Stan Jones gets a ride with the Blue Angels and we get to tag along, thanks to his cameras. Things start moving around 5 minutes into this nearly hourlong video.
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Months in the making. Enjoy this 40 minute collection of LAX comings and goings from the man with access like no other.
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Picasso – Guernica
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Photo: D. Ramey Logan – Wikimedia Commons
As a teenager, I was privileged to see him fly his Shrike Aero Commander at a Northern California airshow. As an adult, I got to see him at an event in his honor at Torrance Airport. Robert Hoover, the pilot’s pilot and long-time South Bay resident, passed away today in Torrance at age 94. Rest in Peace, Sir.
Planespotter and filmmaker Ryan Bomar, that’s who. Watch his recent video on Youtube and check the description for how to apply to get on one.
Sëe the løveli Lake District from a Typhoon.
Terrific full-length video from Air-Clips.com