EXPLORERS AIR YACHT
It begins. That airplane is an Explorers Air Yacht – S-39, and that’s Sergei Sikorsky standing in front of it along with Kermit Weeks. Sergei’s dad Igor basically invented the helicopter. But before he started building choppers, he built quite a few of these seaplanes in the 1920s and 30s. Most of them were the […]
STEALING TIME WITH A LEGEND
The Living Legends of Aviation event in LA is always star-studded. Morgan Freeman had just arrived on the red carpet and had everyone’s attention. Meanwhile, this guy was standing all alone at the cocktail party right next to me. It’s always great to catch up with Jim Lovell. #stealingtimewithatruehero#thanksMorgan
RENO AIR RACES: A NARROW ESCAPE IN THE L-39 JET
The jet was gaining speed when the pilot’s canopy broke loose, hit him in the head and flew off the airplane!