Archive for June 2011
There were a total of 4 postings over the month of June 2011. Each posting is presented below with a brief summary.
Into the Wild Blue Yonder
Sunday, June 19, 2011 11:15 PM | Comments
Tags: Flying
A brief meander through space ships, self-built planes, and flight lessons. More...
Kitplane Safety
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:19 PM | Comments
Tags: Flying
Spurred by a morbid statistic involving the fatality rate of kit-built planes, I start on a quest to discover just how safe (or not) they are using statistical comparisons to manufactured aircraft. The results were surprising. More...
Washington Goes to Google
Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:03 PM | Comments
Tags: Politics
In response to the recent news regarding an Antitrust probe of Google, I consider the wisdom of this action. Primary focus is the argument that the ease of switching search engines undermines the concept of ‘search neutrality.’ More...
High As a Kite, Maybe a Little Higher
Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:43 PM | Comments
Tags: Flying
I give a short debriefing on the results of my first attempts at learning to fly. My arms are rather tired after all that flapping. More...