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Mon, 24 Oct 2011 NBC11 Interview of Ron Meadows and me about CNSP-10 balloon record See the video of the Bay Area NBC11 interview of Ron Meadows and me about the CNSP-10 balloon altitude record. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 Stratofox recovers record-breaking CNSP-10 balloon Stratofox teams (including me) recovered the CNSP-10 balloon payload after its flight to 136,545', breaking Cornell University's altitude record for balloon flights confirmed by Amateur Radio APRS telemetry. Fri, 20 May 2011 Photos from STS-134 Endeavour launch I posted my photos of the launch of STS-134, the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour on May 16, 2011. There were two trips to see this launch because the first launch attempt on April 29 was scrubbed for technical problems. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 Notes from Space Access '11 I'm posting notes from Space Access '11 during the conference on April 7-9. Fri, 04 Mar 2011 Slides from my presentation "Geographic Computation in Perl" at SVPerl I posted slides from my presentation "Geographic Computation in Perl" at SVPerl on March 3, 2011. Tue, 25 Jan 2011 Masten Space Systems rocket engine static test, Jan 25, 2011 I posted pictures from Masten Space Systems' January 25, 2011 static test of a rocket engine. Sun, 16 Jan 2011 "State of the Research 2011" I posted the article "State of the Research 2011" summarizing the current progress and plans for my project to research a suspected impact crater at Nevada's Black Rock Desert. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 Practice approaches at Stockton I posted my pictures from a flight with Dave Goodin to Stockton for practice instrument approaches. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 Pictures from SVPerl meeting - January 6, 2011 I posted pictures from the SVPerl meeting on January 6, 2011 at Ixia in Santa Clara. Thu, 30 Dec 2010 Pictures from Mojave Air & Space Port See my pictures from a quick stop at the Mojave Air & Space Port on December 30, 2010, including NASA's X-34s and a line of retired airliners. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 Pictures from Arches National Park See my pictures from Arches National Park, Utah on December 28, 2010. Mon, 27 Dec 2010 Pictures of Upheaval Dome See my pictures from Upheaval Dome impact structure in Canyonlands National Park, Utah on December 27, 2010. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 Pictures from Monument Valley See my pictures from Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah on December 26-27, 2010. Pictures from Meteor Crater See my pictures from Meteor Crater, Arizona on December 26, 2010. Wed, 22 Dec 2010 Santa's Flight Check See my variation on an aviation holiday tradition, "Santa's Flight Check". Sun, 24 Oct 2010 Pictures from Aviation Geek Fest 2010 My pictures from Aviation Geek Fest 2010 on October 23, 2010. This was a get-together of aviation bloggers, tweeps and geeks for a VIP tour of the Boeing wide-body airliner factory in Everett, Washington. Tue, 21 Sep 2010 My summary of the Sept 20 SJC Airport Commission meeting I posted My summary of the Sept 20 SJC Airport Commission meeting on my PilotQuest blog. Mon, 20 Sep 2010 My preview of the Sept 20 SJC Airport Commission meeting I posted My preview of the Sept 20 SJC Airport Commission meeting on my PilotQuest blog. Sun, 12 Sep 2010 Trip to Tennessee and Kentucky I posted photos of my trip to Tennessee and Kentucky from Sept 3-7, 2010. I saw museums, Civil War battlefields, caves, impact craters and more. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 Can you recognize a thunderstorm without seeing lightning? Even here in California we get occasional thunderstorms, usually in the Spring and Fall. After each time, someone tells me we "never" get thunderstorms here. It tells me a lot of people just don't know how to recognize them. See "Can you recognize a thunderstorm without seeing lightning?" on my Pilotquest blog. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 pictures My pictures from EAA Airventure 2010 in Oshkosh, July 26-Aug 1, 2010. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 Perseids Meteor Shower 2010 Photos of the Perseids Meteor Shower under the dark sky of the Black Rock Desert, August 13, 2010. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 Twilight photos at SFO I got some twilight photos of airliners landing at SFO. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 San Jose RACES Field Day, June 25-27, 2010 I posted my pictures from San Jose RACES Field Day 2010 at Almaden Lake Park in San Jose. This was our local site for an annual nationwide Ham Radio emergency drill. San Jose Int'l Airport Terminal B opening I posted my pictures from the grand opening and open house of Terminal B at San Jose International Airport. I was there on June 27, 2010, the second of two days of the public tours.

 

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Twitter updates as of Thu 17-May-2012 08:40:03 PDT

Bonehead #fail by @amazon & @netflix: telling friend @fiid he's in Finland because there's .fi in his http://t.co/VSfyp4dx hostname!
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Wed 16-May-2012 22:25:39 PDT

Small asteroid 2012KA will safely pass Earth on May 17 at 142,000 mi (.6 lunar distance) #astronomy #duck via @AsteroidWatch
Tweeted by @ikluft at Wed 16-May-2012 22:01:32 PDT

City of San Jose Director of Communications David Vossbrink speaking at SJ RACES mtg tonight. #hamradio #siliconvalley
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Wed 16-May-2012 20:11:55 PDT

Asteroid-Mining Jobs in High Demand | Planetary Resources http://t.co/Pm9sn15U #newspace #astronomy by @SPACEdotcom
Tweeted by @ikluft at Wed 16-May-2012 14:36:25 PDT

RT @Launiusr: Interesting story in Slate: "How Space-Age Nostalgia Hobbles Our Future" http://t.co/XDtpDONw #space #history
Tweeted by @ikluft at Wed 16-May-2012 14:29:47 PDT

RT @FAANews: FAA protects air passengers and crew with strong stance against #laser strikes http://t.co/1IEbzWIr #aviation
Tweeted by @ikluft at Wed 16-May-2012 14:15:00 PDT

RT @FlyingPhotog: RT @KING5Seattle: FAA tells its lawyer to throw the book at people who shine lasers at aircraft. http://t.co/J3DyrbXG
Tweeted by @ikluft at Wed 16-May-2012 14:08:09 PDT

Private Rocket Launch Heralds New Commercial Space Era http://t.co/YXUQehMu #newspace #DragonC2 by @SPACEdotcom
Tweeted by @ikluft at Wed 16-May-2012 14:00:13 PDT

Bloomberg: Southwest Delays 30 Jet Deliveries to Save $1 Billion http://t.co/aj46ZZPs #aviation
Tweeted by @ikluft at Wed 16-May-2012 13:51:51 PDT

RT @Stratofox_Team: See Stratofox's event page on FB for expedition to see annular solar eclipse Sunday http://t.co/xA3FRICo #eclipse2012
Tweeted by @ikluft at Wed 16-May-2012 12:03:31 PDT

RT @jasonpaur: After flying ZA003 home to KBFI, chief test pilot Randy Neville is heading to South Carolina for the first flight of #787 ...
Tweeted by @ikluft at Tue 15-May-2012 13:17:03 PDT

ISS Program says "go" for launch of SpaceX flight Saturday at 4:55 AM ET #newspace #DragonC2 via @NASAKennedy
Tweeted by @ikluft at Tue 15-May-2012 13:14:39 PDT

Solar eclipse this Sunday is annular (moon surrounded by sun) not total. It is NOT safe to look directly at sun. #astronomy
Tweeted by @ikluft at Tue 15-May-2012 07:46:03 PDT

Rumors: First 787 Dreamliner built in Charleston SC expected to fly this week #787SC #aviation via @jonostrower
Tweeted by @ikluft at Tue 15-May-2012 06:37:43 PDT

Reminder: SJC Airport Commission mtg 6PM at @FlySJC admin offices, Terminal B http://t.co/nR8c6s9V #siliconvalley #aviation
Tweeted by @ikluft at Mon 14-May-2012 15:29:07 PDT

Reminder: SJC Airport Commission mtg 6PM at @FlySJC admin offices, Terminal B http://t.co/99OBVygh #siliconvalley #aviation
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Mon 14-May-2012 15:29:07 PDT

Bloomberg: LightSquared, Failed Wireless Venture, Files Bankruptcy http://t.co/fOvbqKSJ #aviation #gps #dingdongthewitchisdead
Tweeted by @ikluft at Mon 14-May-2012 13:48:29 PDT

Reno w/ @Stratofox_Team. RT @b0yle: Lassen or Crescent City for the #annulareclipse? I'm leaning toward Lassen. Whaddaya think?
Tweeted by @ikluft at Mon 14-May-2012 13:34:14 PDT

Newark Airport security supervisor was using dead man's identity for 20 yrs http://t.co/OdT1oI3D #aviation via @NYCAviation @FlyingPhotog
Tweeted by @ikluft at Mon 14-May-2012 13:33:30 PDT

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson reportedly stepping down - San Jose Mercury News http://t.co/NWCP64Sy #siliconvalley
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Sun 13-May-2012 12:45:24 PDT

AvWeek: XCOR Lynx Mark I Taking Shape In Mojave http://t.co/YzgB18Ed #newspace #Mojave by @AvWeekGuy
Tweeted by @ikluft at Sat 12-May-2012 21:45:03 PDT

US-based Kestrel Aircraft puts up the "help wanted" sign http://t.co/5DP7tVZw #aviation by @AeroNews
Tweeted by @ikluft at Sat 12-May-2012 21:31:46 PDT

RT @RHVAA: Greetings! We created @RHVAA acct in preparation for Reid Hillview (RHV) Airport Day on Sat June 23. Tell your friends!
Tweeted by @ikluft at Fri 11-May-2012 15:37:27 PDT

XCOR showed Lynx full-scale mockup at Space Technology Expo in LA. http://t.co/JwnSiqJX #newspace via @XCOR
Tweeted by @ikluft at Fri 11-May-2012 14:41:29 PDT

CNN: Drunken driving charge against ex-FAA chief Randy Babbitt dropped by judge http://t.co/kYYhIndn
Tweeted by @ikluft at Fri 11-May-2012 14:35:09 PDT

pic by @FlyingPhotog of Boeing 787 Dream Tour arrival at DFW http://t.co/QKa5r5qZ #aviation #787EIS
Tweeted by @ikluft at Fri 11-May-2012 14:17:24 PDT

BizWeek:SpaceX & Bigelow teaming on private space stations http://t.co/WOlDdiG5 #newspace
Tweeted by @ikluft at Fri 11-May-2012 10:00:26 PDT

AvWeek: final flight of last flying Boeing 720 http://t.co/Ol94cb4j #aviation #history via @AvWeekGuy
Tweeted by @ikluft at Thu 10-May-2012 13:28:24 PDT

PCWorld: For a Lightweight Linux Desktop, Try the New Xfce 4.10 http://t.co/aJ3SbH72 #linux #opensource
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Wed 9-May-2012 00:54:24 PDT

eWeek: Google driverless car hits the road in Nevada http://t.co/eiDyMiun #tech #uhoh
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Wed 9-May-2012 00:05:12 PDT

RT @ikluft: Astronaut grabs coffee from cupholder. It splashes on closed spacesuit visor. Oops! He says "___". Use tag: #astroblank
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Tue 8-May-2012 22:38:37 PDT

Bloomberg: Zuckerberg's majority control at FB is new normal in #siliconvalley http://t.co/2ssac2TB via @SVLeadershipGrp
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Tue 8-May-2012 13:29:03 PDT

RT @SVSJbizjournal: Yahoo director in 'resume-gate' seen leaving http://t.co/U4NuWjaG #siliconvalley
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Tue 8-May-2012 13:19:45 PDT

RT @K6RPT: Thanks recovery teams, Ian Kluft, KO6YQ, Don Ferguson, AI6RE, Linda Ferguson, KE6BEO and Jonathan Corgan, AE6HO for tracking ...
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Mon 7-May-2012 13:26:24 PDT

RT @K6RPT: APRS data for CNSP-16 shows a maximum altitude of 138,959 (42355m)
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Mon 7-May-2012 13:26:17 PDT

RT @K6RPT: CNSP-16, K6RPT-10 has been recovered by Ian Kluft, KO6YQ of Stratofox.
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Mon 7-May-2012 13:25:55 PDT

RT @SVSJbizjournal: Lawsuit, more turmoil, likely in Yahoo CEO 'resume-gate' http://t.co/qjP27M4l #siliconvalley
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Mon 7-May-2012 08:20:24 PDT

RT @Stratofox_Team: CNSP-16 balloon (callsign K6RPT-10) climbing through 80,000' over Watsonville CA http://t.co/Ch8hryHs #cnsp16 #hamradio
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Sun 6-May-2012 10:45:09 PDT

RT @Stratofox_Team: Surprise! CNSP-16 (callsign K6RPT-10) balloon in flight. http://t.co/kWae5e52 #hamradio
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Sun 6-May-2012 09:34:30 PDT

agenda posted for SJC Airport Commission mtg to be held May 14 http://t.co/99OBVygh #aviation @FlySJC
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Fri 4-May-2012 22:14:32 PDT

At @SVPerl tonight, interesting observation that a lot of software designs out there are "because we didn't know any better"
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Thu 3-May-2012 20:24:47 PDT

RT @SVSJbizjournal: Facebook IPO appears set for May 18 http://t.co/7gXeBZjc #siliconvalley
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Wed 2-May-2012 13:21:20 PDT

Sacramento take note! RT @SVSJbizjournal: California last again in CEO business climate ranking http://t.co/WdbeO1Sx
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Wed 2-May-2012 13:19:36 PDT

RT @phandroid: Closing statements have been presented in the Google/Oracle case http://t.co/OmCDI8rU #android
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Mon 30-Apr-2012 20:10:26 PDT

A Bay Area first: Double carpool lanes coming to Highway 101 - San Jose Mercury News http://t.co/v0RwEfEc
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Mon 30-Apr-2012 08:43:33 PDT

Spell checkers can be so funny. I referred to Gilroy - it tried to correct to "groggily". No it isn't a sleepy little town.
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Sun 29-Apr-2012 16:05:18 PDT

reinstalled Facebook #android app after using @CyanogenMod setting to deny recording audio. Examining other apps. #privacy
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Sat 28-Apr-2012 14:45:03 PDT

In addition to Mon May 14 @FlySJC Airport Commission mtg, special mtg Thu May 17 6pm for appeal hearing. Staff posts agenda 1 week prior.
Tweeted by @KO6YQ at Sat 28-Apr-2012 11:35:44 PDT