On a Wing and a Whim

Friday, August 28, 2009

She's a Material Girl - Part I, Aluminum.

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In 1855 Aluminum was so precious, rare, and hard to smelt that it was displayed in an exposition next to the crown jewels of France. Any man...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Aw, nuts...

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What's wrong with this picture? AC 43.13 B states that a bolt must have at least one thread past the end of the nut. If I had a set of b...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Progress, regress, but at least it's not congress...

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Right. That whole trailing edge rib fitting works better when you finally realize the piece you thought was the original, wasn't either....
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Friday, August 7, 2009

Eureka!

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My wings came to me in twelve totes and bundles, without blueprints. This means sometimes I get fairly far along before realizing that there...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Memories of Warmth

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It's July in Southcentral Alaska, and that means weeks of gray overcast clinging to the mountains and creating a lower cap on the sky, a...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

Is it just me...

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Or does the stake in GM and the cash for clunkers program reveal Obama as what he really has the personality and talent to do? Used car Sale...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Your fear is worse than what you're afraid of

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I do not have health insurance. Aside from a few scattered patches of time in my very early childhood and two jobs during my adult life, I...
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