HISTORY, HUMOUR and NOSTALGIA:




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Milestones of Flight....Interactive history of AVIATION Timeline....With Quick Links to World Aviation
 http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/milestones-of-flight/




1939
During the months before the New Zealand, United Kingdom and Australian Governments reached agreement on the constitution of the new company, the Union Steam Ship Company accepted initial responsibility for the three Short S.30 Empire class flying boats which Union Airways had ordered for the Tasman service, and in August 1939, the incorporation of Tasman Empire Airways Limited (TEAL) - later to become Air New Zealand - was sufficiently advanced for ZK-AMA "Aotearoa" to fly to New Zealand..... read more at.......

AIR NEW ZEALAND HISTORY
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DC-8  crew members based in LAX 1967-69


Back Row : L to R (All Cabin Crew)
Shirley Simons, Allan Girvan, John Gardner, John Price, Vince Collins, Danny Burr
Jim Hudson, Kevin Hurley, Collen Simpkin (Married Guy Clapshaw)

Middle Row : L to R
Gail Primrose. F/E Graham Walsh,  Nav. Ted (Edward) Ewbank. F/O Andrew McLeod
F/O Guy (Edgar) Clapshaw, Nav. Brian Grimwood, F/E Bob (Robert) Farrell
Eddie Arkle – Chief Stwd. Sandra McLurg

Front row : L to R
Bob McKitterick, (LAX Ground Engineer), Graham Durstan – Chief Stwd, Capt. Gordon Vette, 
Nav. Jim Kennedy, Capt. Ian Patterson – (LAX Base Capt). Capt. ‘Buck’ (Malcolm) Buchanan.
F/O Brian Ruffell, Capt. Ross Gordon. F/E Bill (Warwick) Freeman

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Aviation Wisdom

1. Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills.
2. Rule One.... No matter what else happens.... fly the airplane.
3. Forget all that stuff about thrust and drag, lift and gravity; an airplane flies because of money.
4. The propeller is just a big fan in the front of the airplane to keep the pilot cool.... Want proof? ....Make it stop.... then watch the pilot break out into a sweat.
5. If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area.... If you don't like what you see, turn 'em back off.
6. A check ride should be like a skirt.... short enough to be interesting but still long enough to cover everything.
7. Speed is life.... altitude is life insurance.
8. Never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
9. Don't drop the aircraft in order to fly the microphone.
10. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger.... If you pull the stick back, they get smaller.
11. Hovering is for pilots who love to fly but have no place to go.
12. The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
13. Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man.... landing is the first!
14. You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.
15. Those who hoot with the owls by night should not fly with the eagles by day.
16. "Young man, was that a landing or were we shot down?"
17. Learn from the mistakes of others.... You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.
18. Fighter pilots believe in clean living.... They never drink whiskey from a dirty glass.
19. Things which do you no good in aviation:
  • Altitude above you.
  • Runway behind you.
  • Fuel in the truck. 
  • Half a second ago.
  • The airspeed you don't have.
20. If God meant man to fly.... He'd have given him more money.
21. Flying is not dangerous.... crashing is dangerous.
22. Flying is the perfect vocation for a man who wants to feel like a boy.... but not for those who still are.
23. If you think safety is expensive.... try having an accident!
24. There are many types of pilots including bold pilots and old pilots ...interesting to note that there are very few old bold pilots.
25. When in doubt ......DON'T.

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Great Aviation Quotes


Aviation Dictionary



Airspeed: Speed of an airplane. Deduct 25% when listening to a Navy pilot.
Bank: The folks who hold the lien on most pilots' cars.
Cone of Confusion: An area about the size of New Jersey, located near the final approach beacon at an airport.
Crab: The squadron Ops Officer.
Dead Reckoning: You reckon correctly, or you are.
Engine Failure: A condition which occurs when all fuel tanks mysteriously become filled with air.
Firewall: Section of the aircraft specially designed to let heat and smoke enter the cockpit.
Glide Distance: Half the distance from the airplane to the nearest emergency landing field.
Hydroplane: An airplane designed to land on a 20,000 foot long wet runway.
IFR: A method of flying by needle and ripcord.
Lean Mixture: Nonalcoholic beer
Nanosecond: Time delay built into the stall warning system.
Parasitic Drag: A pilot who bums a ride and complains about the service.
Range: Usually about 30 miles beyond the point where all fuel tanks fill with air.
Rich Mixture: What you order at the other guy's promotion party.
Roger: Used when you're not sure what else to say.
Service Ceiling: Altitude at which cabin crews can serve drinks.
Spoilers: The Federal Aviation Administration.
Stall: Technique used to explain to the bank why you car payment is late.


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"Go For Launch!"
A Space Shuttle The Time-Lapse Movie 


Launched on April 5th and having landed on April 20th, 2010.... Discovery’s flight STS-131 marks the longest mission for the orbiter. During the six week that photographers Scott Andrews, his son Philip Scott Andrew, and Stan Jirman spent in and around the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, they took thousands of photos of the staff preparing Discovery for the mission.


The photographers condensed their shots into a glorious four-minute time-lapse video that chronicles Discovery’s trip from the processing facility to the pad, and eventually to the launch itself. It’s quite amazing to watch – there isn’t any audio on the clip.

Select full screen mode and check out "Go For Launch!" below






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This really is a moving video and so right -
people have put their trust in you.

Yours has been a job well done!



Best viewed in 'Full Screen' mode

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3gKegWsv9g

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