Daily Archives: Thu, 01 November 2007

Keep Working On It

Posted on Thu, 01 November 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Some guy built a 21′ replica of an X-Wing.  Good on him!      Too bad this looks like it’s just an oversized Estes model rocket.      When someone builds an actual X-Wing, let me know.  I know of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Aerodynamics & Propulsion, Engineering, General Aviation | 1 Comment

Departure and Arrival

Posted on Thu, 01 November 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     The primary thing that made today a lousy one:  I had just finished my sortie and was getting ready to deal with other happenstances when I got paged to go to the Ops Desk.  Corey, the Samurai’s Aviation Resource Management … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends, Homelife | 1 Comment

Anti-CAVU

Posted on Thu, 01 November 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     Someone once told me what WOKSOF (or was it WOCSOF?) stood for.  I can’t actually remember the acronym, but it basically means the weather could charitably be described as fecal.  It wasn’t quite that bad today, but the training airspace … Continue reading →

Posted in F-16 Operations, USAF | 2 Comments