My Bad Edwards....

Last weekend I did a cross country trip in a small airplane. We flew to Bakersfield, California. Not a particularly exciting destination for traditional venues of fun, but there was an IMAC Airplane contest there. While flying 10,500 at 125mph I notice that we are rapidly approaching some airspace. For those that don’t know, Airspace is the equivalent of lanes on a highway. It separates different types of air traffic...

How to use an iPhone to Fly R/C Airplanes and Heli...

HOW I DID IT: I’ve had an iPhone for about a year now, and find it quite indispensable. It’s handy in so many situations, and fits into a lot of nerdy stuff I do. However, it hasn’t fit in perfectly to the main nerdy thing that I like to do: Fly radio control airplanes and helicopters. For that, I use a really high quality piece of hardware from a company called JR, a JR 9303 radio. It works great....

The Mile High Club....

Cold air was blowing up my pant leg from the vent near the rudder pedals, and I had a giant chart sprawled over me like a blanket. Sunlight poured in the cockpit. It was a beautiful day 10,500 feet over Northern Arizona. I found myself on the way to Henderson, Nevada; a small suburb south of Las Vegas. It was only two weeks earlier my enterprising roommate asked me if I would help him with a small start up venture we...

Throwing Caution to the Wing, and Going Solo....

I soloed a full scale airplane today; a 1981 Cessna 172 P Model to be precise. I went out flying with my instructor, and as we’re taxiing back, he freaks out on me: “AHH STOP THE PLANE! STOP THE PLANE!” So I jam on the breaks and look at him with probably the most “What the hell” face ever. He’s like, “I’m getting out, latch the door behind me. I was ungodly nervous. I’ve...

The Rise and Fall of a Giant Chalupa...

Through some wrangling, I got in touch with a guy who works for the Phoenix Coyotes. Apparently, they needed a skilled pilot to fly an 8′ x 15′ Chalupa at the Phoenix Coyotes Hockey Games. In case you don’t know, because I didn’t, the Phoenix Coyotes are an NHL Hockey Team that play in Jobbing.com Arena in Phoenix. When I asked him what kind of blimp it was, he said it wasn’t a traditional...

Finished....

I <3 Airplanes. (Remember, I am 6′3″) Josh

The IMAC Plane...

“About a Very Large Airplane.” It was about the same time. About the time I stopped flying large airplanes by holding the transmitter in a deathgrip; I got the coolest form of sponsorship. Though the labels were faded, and it was a bit dusty, it was nontheless: An Extra, 330. 97 inches of pure IMAC Plane. Unlimited class airplane, capable of anything. Tumbles, rolls, circles, hovers, and flying on the proverbial...

Weekends Are Awesome...

This weekend I had an amazing weekend. Friday I went and worked at Hacker, but Sean (My boss) wasn’t there. That kind of sucked because I had no direction, but on the other hand it didn’t. I let my theoretical ADD get the better of me. I did like 20 small projects of just random stuff. Fix this, repair that, work on something over there. The day went pretty quick even though the night before their was some...

No Soldering On Washer!...

When your mom says stop soldering on top of the washing machine, she means it. I’ve done so much worse stuff, but clearly I soldered the straw that broke the camel’s back when I soldered on a washing machine that said: (Notice my mom drew the classic ‘circle with a line through it’ but chose not to draw the soldering iron) *snicker* -Joshua Ziering

YearBook...

I got my yearbook today. It’s kind of funny, I haven’t even left high school yet and I went through it thinking about various things. Getting the actual book was very trying. Mr. William Flanagan (Pompass idiot, student body president) thought he’d be a bad ass and try to start a mob scene. After he started chanting “We want our yearbooks” I started throwing things at him. Anything: Pennies,...