Tales of a Desk Jockey

2009

December

November 69

October 62

September 56

August 179

July 119

June 83

May 132

April 65

March 76

February 29

January 28

2008

December 44

November 66

October 68

September 64

August 123

July 177

June 87

May 69

April

March

February

January

Fighter jet missing 5 decades found off...

updated 4:34 p.m. EDT, Tue September 29, 2009 (CNN) — Searchers in California say they have...

Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis...

xplanes: “This photo illustrates how the X-15 rocket powered...

Now I know how to fly this airplane :-D some light weekend...

In the early morning of 6 March 2003, an Air Force C-5...

xplanes: after the war, three B-17 Flying Fortress bombers...

frischmilch: was haben die Amis nur gegen eine gesetzliche Krankenversicherung? hier klappts doch...

I never realized the subtle difference between Arial and...

This was a sign from the Teabag protest in Washington DC on...

applearts: Onexposure - 1x.com - Photo: Windpower by Soeren...

spiritvines: View from Einstein’s room, Bern,...

This is perfect for my futon which looks the same as this...

Good ol’ fraktur font…. I like this image how...

We guys threw a surprise birthday dinner for Lauren. Was...

This is a funny juxapostion of 2 very different species that...

DASH, BORED Covering 100 metres in 6.13 seconds, Sarah the...

Someone told me that yesterday...

Yet another parody from Der Untergang - to mock those stupid repugs who made a big deal out of the...

Found some Hanuta while I was in NYC! I have not had this...

Off to New York City!

Internet’s been down for a while so I will post the last day of my cross country drive later...

Beautiful photos of Switzerland by Chris Spracklen

Beautiful photos of Switzerland by Chris Spracklen

Beautiful photos of Switzerland by Chris Spracklen This is...

Beautiful photos of Switzerland by Chris Spracklen

My cousin Micha went on a bike tour of the Donauradweg,...

And for those of you who are wondering how the terrain was...

And of course Apple Boy will dodge the PC Bullet like Neo...

Day 8 of Cross-Country Drive - 31 August...

Went to BX, then to the Wright Field Memorial, then back to Wright Patterson AFB Museum! Spent the...

What is the meaning of this blurry photo? Well, my camera...

The Sacred Cow, a C-54 Skymaster built in 1944 with...

Air Force One, a modified Boeing 707, used from October 1962...

My dad being silly and imitating Nixon….

Inside the Air Force One - in this location on the aircraft,...

The rear of TACIT BLUE, in the Experimental Aircraft...

The X-3 Stiletto and the XB-70 Valkryie. These two are the...

McDonnell XF-85 “Goblin” The wings of the XF-85...

The X-15 was one of my favorite airplanes. It had such an...

A full-scale replica of the Wright Brothers Flyer outside...

Mock-up of a WWII era airfield facility in southern England.

In the mock-up of the Army Air Force English airfield, I...

HH-43 - you may recall this from a few days ago when we were...

This shows how a rescue mission was done from the HH-43...

My dad posing with the HH-43 that he flew at Hill AFB, Tan...

The massive Convair B-36J Peacekeeper. Not sure what that...

Convair B-58 Hustler. My grandpa was a photographer for the...

Inside the Cold War hangar….

This F-106 (S/N 58-0787) was involved in an unusual...

Project Excelsior - the “Highest Step in the...

Interesting B-52 nose-art….

The T-41 (military stock Cessna 172). I have spent many...

Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Car. On 19 December 1986, the...

And lastly, we went the Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop. ...