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February 03, 2009

Embry-Riddle Jet Dragster Fires Up For Expanded 2009 Racing Season

They Feel The NEED... You Know The Rest!

After blazing a trail of new records in 2008, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University jet drag racing team is positioned in 2009 for an even bigger racing season, with 24 major racing venues already scheduled.

Aero-Linx!

There are a lot of lost, abandoned and closed airports out there in the state of Washington. There's also a bunch of airports that are clearly still in use but are just not on the charts. A lot more than most people would imagine. The VERY interesting, and might we say uniquely designed website chronicles some of them.

Aero-Terms!

The yaw string, also known as a slip string, is a simple device for indicating a slip or skid in an aircraft in flight. It performs the same function as the slip-skid indicator ball, but is more sensitive, and does not require the pilot to look down at the instrument panel.

"I remember just sitting there alone on the bus, and Buddy's guitar was on the back seat, Ritchie's outfit was hanging from the luggage rack ... There was the Big Bopper's hat, just sitting there. It was baffling to me. You just wonder what life is about, where you're going, what does it matter? My mind started spinning."

Source: Dion DiMucci, leader of doo-wop group Dion and The Belmonts, who on February 3, 1959 gave up his seat onboard a chartered Beech V33 Bonanza to Ritchie Valens. That plane, also carrying Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, crashed outside Mason City, IA... the "Day The Music Died," 50 years ago today.