Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Piloting Is Fun

I had a good flying lesson today out over the San Mateo county coastline, working on maneuvers for my Commercial Rating, with lots of time over the beaches and the ocean waves. After I got back, I had lunch at the outdoor cafe next to the flying club. Today, they were playing 60's tunes on the patio speakers. "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf came on, reminding me of the cool F-18 video that made the rounds about half a year ago, then disappeared from its original site. I just found it on YouTube again (sound required):

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's a cool video. Here's another one that show what happens when a mere mortal goes up in an F-15 (video of a journalist who flew with the Blue Angels) http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/extra/blueangels/

Anonymous said...

Here's a link to the aforementioned video