IFR-rated private pilot, photographer, happy Oregonian. Airplanes are life. Former career freelance feature and news writer for Flying Magazine and most other aviation magazines. Retired President/Creative Director of my own ad agency. #aviation #airplanes #avgeek #writing #journalism #photography #Oregon #PNW #NotMAGA I am also completely hooked on watching winged 410 sprint car racing.
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Love everything about Canada, except their #bacon, which is basically just circles of deli ham. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Someone named Ryan Feigenbaum has built this really sweet "Color Synthesizer" for building color palettes. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 The 'Bloom County Boys' strip on the Facebook today is another home run. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 So how's it going tonight for the Blue Team? npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 The news yesterday that Amazon is laying off 14,000 people and UPS is laying off 48,000 should be a wake-up call to anyone who thinks the economy is "the greatest economy ever. A YUGE economy!" npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 The Bloom County Boys nail it today in their latest Facebook strip. Yet another day we are not talking about the Epstein files. Mission accomplished. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Apparently some crap is going around about the #Rapture is happening this coming Tuesday. It is burning up on the TikTok. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 #SilentSunday npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 "ChatGPT, quick, write me a web article about firearms, theft and ICE." npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Finished (except for staining/sealing) my latest #woodworking project, a 24" "Resting Bench" for one of my wife's many gardens. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 I did not know they are shutting down "Alligator Alcatraz" in Florida: npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 #Pizza Night at the casa. We got the dough proofed correctly this time, although I still need to work on my circular shape. Regardless of the dimensions, it was delicious. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Just spent a great 30 mins tutoring my 16YO granddaughter on the various metering modes of her Canon Rebel T7. While it is a smaller version of my 7D, the software Canon uses is pretty much the same. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Second and last (for me) drop of some great #NoKings signs, and one cleverly (but illegal) edited street sign: npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Video from the #NoKings march in #Eugene #Oregon #PNW: npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 So far this #hashtag is winning tomorrow: npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 A lot of pissed off people are going to be marching Saturday in one of the many #NoKings marches across the country. Proud to say I’ll be one of them. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Maybe if the protesters in L.A. would have instead attacked the U.S. Capitol wearing red hats, they'd all get pardons. Just a thought. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Ben I drove big rigs for about eight years, a lot of times with an empty 53' dry trailer. A direct crosswind of 30 kts or better, I'd have to literally crab into the wind. If coming from the left, left front is on the line and back axle two feet to the right of the fog line. Nasty stuff. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 You remember that cute little thing called NAFTA? What a quaint concept, Canada, Mexico and ‘Murica all working together on trade. That ship has sailed. Now, when Goober’s tow truck breaks down and needs parts or his baby momma wants another new Escalade, hope he doesn’t come crying to me because he has to pay a shitload more for it all effective today. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 O.K., someone fill in the blanks for me. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Looking forward to seeing lots of #DogsOfMastodon tomorrow. Although, given the day's events, I am wondering if #PigsOfMastodon might work too? npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 I needed to do something for Los Angeles, so I just donated $100 to World Central Kitchen who has staff on scene now helping to feed both first responders and displaced residents. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 I am currently #elated that I have achieved Hero status in my casa. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 They [ECMWF] need a firehose not a funnel. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 #ORWX we have received about 5.5" of rain here in SW #Eugene in the past 2 weeks, 3.15 so far this week since Sunday. Hazardous winds have not materialized. @npub19xy…lkfq npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Mark, I was looking at Windy.com and Forecast Disc. and from my amateur WX guy vantage point it looks like the bulk of the bombcyclone energy is going south to very southern Oregon and NorCal. Any chance that is correct(ish)? npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Mark if you get anyone to give you reliable Ham Radio advice, I'd love to see it posted here. Def a great plan B for next year. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Today's #Mastodon tip: When you see a post from someone that appears to have been thought out and well put together, show your appreciation with a favorite or even a boost. It is just a small way to say "thanks" for them taking the time to produce a fun post/toot that either educated or entertained you. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Not an earthquake in Prineville. It was just Meta/Facebook/Insta’s server farm pulling all available resources out of the ground to run their stupid AI LLMs. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 With ballot drop boxes being torched in WA and OR over the weekend, it shows why we personally drove our ballots (blue all the way down) to the County Elections office and dropped them off. I then looked on their site to confirm they were received. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 I need a little help here to troubleshoot something. I know the instance has been having some backend work done, so this might be temporary, but I have not been able to upload images here for a few days. Tries to upload and then I get a small black box in lower left corner that has “500” in it. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Here’s my tip for today: Check to see if your state has early voting, and then go get it done. Bonus points for voting blue down the ballot. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 It’s been a while since I built a model for my office “hangar” so I just picked up this #Boeing 707 kit. I prefer Tamiya brand models as fit and finish is better than any I have built. This is some off brand so not expecting Tamiya-level quality, but it will occupy my mind for a while and yeah, I sorta have a thing for the 707…first airliner I flew in Fresno (KFAT) to Seattle (KSEA) probably about the mid-1960s. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 I thought I’d play along on #MountainMonday – so here is my submission. It’s part of a website header I had years ago, shot from my old Cessna 172 flying north past Mt. Shasta in NorCal. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Nate Bargatze did a great Geroge Washington bit last night on #SNL that I believe @npub19xy…lkfq will appreciate. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 This woman lays waste to MAGA in this furious TikTok video. She is done with them, as is the majority of American voters. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Just got back from a quick photo outing to the #Eugene #Oregon Delta Ponds. It is a nature preserve located right in the middle of town next to a freeway and lots of commercial businesses. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 How important to the #HarrisWalz campaign is the #TaylorSwift endorsement? npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 My last #woodworking project is done and placed in our “Pondo” garden, a creekside water feature that my wife (the gardener) built. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 Geocaching is your superpower, Mark. I am lucky to find one on an outing, and you always find several. I wonder what the Guinness record is for most caches found in a day? npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 After nearly a year of building fun little Nesting Boxes for the wild songbirds in our yard/forest, I finished my first actual piece of furniture, a Double Seat Garden Bench for out by our pond. npub1nz4lmmn0pf4hpwav2jdqxugvgh4xk7zh35yrc2n3z2n0t4fnp59sjp29c7 Airplanista 🇺🇦 The trend of holding these gigantic fundraising/organizational Zoom calls in support of #KamalaHarris shows no sign of slowing down.
