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Sat, 05 Jul 2008
Photos of the fireworks at San Jose, July 4, 2008
I got pictures of the 4th of July fireworks in downtown San Jose.
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Sun, 13 Apr 2008
Night photography in downtown San Jose, April 12, 2008
I did some
nighttime photography in downtown San Jose on April 12 and posted
my photos.
The weather was perfect.
I got pictures of The Tech Museum and the
Circle of Palms/San Jose Museum of Art.
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SVWUX visit to Mt Umunhum, April 11, 2008
I posted pictures
from SVWUX's visit to the radio facilities on Mt Umunhum on April 11, 2008
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Fri, 28 Mar 2008
Presentation slides on rocket piloting from Space Access '08
I posted my slides from the panel discussion about "Paths to Rocket Piloting"
on March 27, the first day of the Space Access '08 conference
in Phoenix, Arizona.
These slides weren't actually shown due to changes in format of the panel.
But they were used for notes and I promised the audience I'd post them.
You can download them as
PDF (256K)
or
OpenOffice (260K).
Passed the Commercial Pilot check ride
I took the Commercial Pilot Airplane check ride (flight exam) today with an
FAA designated examiner. The flight was out of Reid-Hillview Airport.
I passed. So after 19 years as a private pilot,
today begins a new chapter in aviation for me with my commercial pilot
(airplane single-engine land) license.
Flight to Apple Valley and Mojave on Feb 28, 2008
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I've posted
photos from
my flight to Apple Valley and Mojave
on Feb 28, 2008.
Photos of Gimli Glider at Mojave
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I snapped some
photos of the Gimli Glider at the Mojave Air & Space Port today.
Defending Reid Hillview Airport
Reid-Hillview Airport is under possible threat again from our county
politicians.
This seems to happen once a decade.
I posted an article on "Defending Reid-Hillview Airport".
Got my Instrument Rating
For those who might have wondered what I've been up to lately,
I passed the check ride (flight exam) today and got my instrument rating.
My flight to the Mojave Air & Space Port
I posted
pictures from my flight
to the Mojave Air & Space Port on November 14, 2007.
I also have a
blog entry at SpaceDash
about it.
Pictures from Stratofox 4 camping trip to Black Rock Desert
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I posted my photos from the
Stratofox 4
recreation and exploration trip to the Black Rock Desert
on Aug 17-19, 2007.
Pictures from Picn*x 16, the Linux 16th Anniversary Picnic
Wow! What a great picnic.
Good food.
Lots of personal networking (about 400 attendees.)
And it's turning into a bit of a technology demo too.
I posted
my pictures from Picn*x 16,
celebrating the accomplishments of Open Source Software since the release
of the first Linux kernel in August 1991.
AeroPAC's Aeronaut 2007 launch at Black Rock
I was at
AeroPAC's Aeronaut 2007 launch meet
on Aug 4-5, 2007.
Once again, I was the Launch Control Officer at the night launch.
Photos of Blue Origin's spaceport site
I got some
pictures of Blue Origin's
spaceport site north of Van Horn, Texas when I was passing through the
area on July 15, 2007.
Photos of Sierra Madera impact crater
I posted photos of
the Sierra Madera impact crater
south of Fort Stockton, Texas from a visit on July 15, 2007.
Photos of fireworks in downtown San Jose, July 4, 2007
I posted
my photos of this year's 4th of July fireworks
in San Jose.
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Sun, 01 Jul 2007
Photos of fireworks show in Cameron Park, June 30, 2007
I posted my photos of the
fireworks at Cameron Park's
Summer Spectacular 2007.
Photos of Atlantis landing at Edwards
I got lucky. I was visiting Mojave when the space shuttle came to land
nearby at Edwards AFB. I posted
my photos of the landing.
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My photos in the Masten Space Systems blog
Some of
my photos from 6/21
are shown in the Masten Space Systems blog.
There's continuing progress toward the first tethered flight.
Photos of Atlantis and ISS visible pass, June 19, 2007
I got pictures of the
visible pass
of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station
over the Bay Area on June 19, 2007.
This was a few hours after Atlantis undocked so they passed as two
separate dots in the sky, or separate streaks in my long-exposure photos.
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Tue, 24 Apr 2007
Stratofox presentation at Carter Observatory, Wellington NZ
I've posted the slides from
my presentation about Stratofox at the Carter Observatory
in Wellington, New Zealand on April 7.
Space Access '07 Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, Mar 22-24, 2007
I posted
my notes from the Space Access '07 conference
in Phoenix, Arizona on March 22-24, 2007.
Pictures from Stratofox Crater Assault 1, Jan 28, 2007
Stratofox members went on expedition to Black Rock which we called
Stratofox Crater Assault 1
on January 28, 2007.
The purpose of the trip was to investigate the theory of
an impact crater at Black Rock and collect rock samples.
Impact crater at Black Rock Desert
I posted on my web site
"Submitted for Study:
Discovery of Possible Impact Crater at Nevada's Black Rock Desert",
my presentation of evidence of an impact crater at the Black Rock Desert.
I have many friends to thank for their help in this research,
listed in the Acknowledgments section.
X Prize Cup, October 20-21, 2006
I've had my pictures uploaded since just after the event.
But things like my day job got priority since I got back.
Three weeks later I've finally posted
my write-up of the
X Prize Cup 2006 which took place Oct 20-21 in
Las Cruces, NM.
Comet Swan photos
Sean Lynch and I got
photos of Comet Swan.
Zion National Park, Utah
I posted
pictures
from my trip to Zion National Park in Utah on Sept 27, 2006.
Shuttle Debris Search, Day 2
I posted
pictures
from the second of 2 days searching for shuttle debris in southern Utah.
Shuttle Debris Search, Day 1
I posted
pictures
from the first of 2 days searching for shuttle debris in southern Utah.
"The Loneliest Road" and Great Basin National Park
On Sept 24, 2006, I had a road trip on Nevada's US-50, "The Loneliest Road
in America" and visited Great Basin National Park for a cave tour.
See my pictures.
AeroPAC's XPRS 2006 launch at Black Rock
I was at
AeroPAC's XPRS 2006 launch meet
on Saturday, Sept 23, 2006.
I was the Launch Control Officer at the night launch.
Pictures from Stratofox 3, Sept 2006
My pictures from the Stratofox 3 camping trip
to the Black Rock Desert
on September 8-10, 2006.
Image::Flight::Suborbital 0.1 uploaded to CPAN
Image::Flight::Suborbital 0.1 was uploaded to CPAN.
Slauth 0.02 uploaded to CPAN
Slauth 0.02 was uploaded to CPAN.
Fireworks Pictures from Downtown San Jose, July 4, 2005
I got pictures of
the downtown San Jose fireworks show
on July 4, 2005.
So if you missed your local fireworks show or just couldn't get enough,
I hope you enjoy this!
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Fri, 15 Apr 2005
Tax Day 2005 Madness at the San Jose main Post Office
A well-kept secret form of entertainment in my neighborhood is
to walk over to the nearby San Jose main Post Office and watch
the
madness as people get their tax returns in at midnight on April 15.
Well, the secret is out. Here are pictures from Tax Day 2005.
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Fri, 26 Nov 2004
Stratofox recovers missing CSXT booster
On Nov 26, 2004, Stratofox
recovered
the missing rocket booster
from the CSXT Space Shot 2004 from snow-covered mountains in Nevada.
Total Lunar Eclipse Pictures
I've posted pictures
that I took at the total lunar eclipse on the
evening of Oct 27, 2004.
Pictures of SpaceShipOne, Oct 4, 2004
Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne won the XPrize on Oct 4.
See my pictures and others' at Stratofox.
Photos of fireworks in Cameron Park, June 26, 2004
I posted my photos from the
fireworks at the Cameron Park Summer Spectacular
on June 26, 2004.
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