Low fly-bys

Slightly cheesy (but still kinda fun) Top Gun intro aside, this video of low fly-bys is pretty cool. For some reason number 4 is my favorite with the three different jets. Check it out:




Hat tip Comerford!

Flying out of a tiny mountain airport in winter?

Of course, I am delayed. Good skiing = bad flying. It currently looks like I will make my connection in Denver to get back to Dallas for about 24 hours before I leave again for London. I only have my trusty iPad, so I can't post any cool links or videos, but I promise they are en route.

I had a blast skiing in Steamboat with Blake and Julia. We pushed a couple of comfort zones and tried to kill Julia at one point, but we definitely had fun all around. I used the GoPro POV camera that Mom bought me for Christmas to shoot some (hopefully) cool footage. I'll try to figure out how to edit them down so you don't have to listen to my heavy breathing and/or light swearing. It was bitter cold (minus twenty at the top), but some hiking and steep powder skiing definitely kept me warm. I'll try to get photos or videos posted in the next week or so.

I hope you all had a happy and safe New Year's. Happy Birthday Nancy.

UPDATE: Made it home on time!!!!!


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Operation: Dallas

The flights to Dallas have managed to escape Dallas the last two days and Heathrow managed to finally open a second runway (after 4 days without any precipitation). There are even some seats opening up on indirect flights to Dallas (some via LAX, now THAT would be a long day).

The bottom line is that it looks like things should proceed as planned. If not, I will have a pay-per-view fight with  British Airport Association Chief Colin Matthews

Here is how it would look:


IF HE DIES, HE DIES