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Best of the aviation web – 28 June 08

Here we go again – 7 links to various aviation related resources on the web. Don’t stop before the end, or jump directly to the last one…

The blog of Eddie – Pilot in training
Eddie’s blog is rather new, and is one more instance of a dreamed I personally missed: blogging the process of becoming a private pilot. These days are well behind me, but Eddie is right in that now !

Most dangerous airports
I guess all is in the title. A classical theme, but well documented. Photos from St-Marteen, but also a video of the KLM 747 landing there. Courchevel is also part of it, with both photos and videos. There are also a couple of one I did not know, so a good variation on a known theme.

The bigger lego plane in the world
What can you do with 75′000 lego bricks (100 kgs), within 600 hours ? A Sinapore Airlines Airbus 380. Don’t ask.

Newlyweds fly to the reception
I took my introductory flight the day before getting married, and was 22. Rob Hoschner, 22, and Rachel MacKay, 23, made much better: together with their families, they flew from church to their private hangar, where the reception was held. That’s so romantic.

Jetwhine asking where is the best aviation blog
If you like to read aviation blog (apparently you do…) you probably know Jetwhine. They recently asked where is the best aviation blog, so many readers submitted their favorite blogs, thus creating a wonderful directory. Special thanks to Jess Sightler, who kindly submitted PlasticPilot.net.

Operation Pegasus – DA42 airborne for 13 hours
It was probably not a flight at full power, and flying for more than 10 hours in a light aircraft is not an uncommon thing (how do you guess we bring them from US to Europe ?), but it usually involves extra tanks. This DA42 flew for 13 hours non-stop using the standard tanks, and landed with legal reserves.

Surprise, surprise
This is not exactly aviation related, but has something to do with flying. When I saw that, I could not resist to publish this link. I look forward to have your opinion: post-production special effects, or real thing.

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