NASA’s Anechoic Chamber
On a recent trip to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, I had a chance to see their anechoic chamber. It’s a room lined with sound absorption spiked walls, preventing sound…
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1940 Air Terminal Museum
Yesterday I attended the “Wings and Wheels” day at the 1940 Air Terminal Museum by Hobby Airport in Houston. Once a month, local pilots fly in their airplanes and a car…
Read MoreBlue Birds
I’m sorry. I know I’m weak. But I just had to go and post another photo of the Blue Angels. That’s the problem when you take several shots of something…
Read MoreRocket Power
If you were around in the late ’60s and early ’70s you probably remember watching the Apollo moon launches. The rocket that lifted off was the mighty Saturn V, now…
Read MoreHanger Bay One
I’ve been to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida several times, but not with the sole purpose of photography. I had that chance recently and spent the day…
Read MoreVought F4U-1D Corsair
WWII planes have a certain draw to them. They were the first airplanes that people really feared, both in the air and from the ground. Sure, there were planes in…
Read MoreRed Rocket
My life started just after the United States space program did, so I was a little to young to recall naval aviator Alan B. Shepard, become the first American in space…
Read MoreBlue Angels
It’s no secret that I like aviation. I would have been a pilot if my eye-site had been better. But that doesn’t diminish my admiration for those that fly and…
Read MoreApollo-Soyuz Test Project
The mid-seventies was a time of transition for NASA. We had completed the Apollo lunar missions and Skylab, a predecessor to a real space station. We knew that to create a working…
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