It’s Monday. Had a beautiful warm weekend but I’m still not feeling well, so I spent the majority of it at home. I did a lot of reading, played with the dog, washed the cars, and caught the Saturday night race in Richmond. Nothing too exciting. I also had to pass on seeing The Struts this Tuesday, which sucks.

I’m writing this update while watching the Bears/Rams game and it’s not looking good. The Bears are putting in the effort, but they’re struggling and being outplayed by the Rams. As the game continues into the 4th quarter the score is 14-34, so this one is not going to end well for the Bears. Oh well, maybe next weekend against the Bengals.

-keep

 
It’s Sunday! This is just too cool!

Jack Bally was a veteran and aviation enthusiast with a knack for building and flying kit planes. His list of builds includes a bush plane and a parasol monoplane. But in 1999, he would take on his greatest challenge yet, spending 17 years and 40,000 man hours building a near-perfect replica of a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress in 1:3 scale.

According to the Experimental Aircraft Association, the story goes that Bally and his buddies were enjoying some cold beverages and talking about building one more plane. But instead of building just any plane, they wanted to build something different; something with more than two engines.

Bally initially looked at building a scale B-24 Liberator, but found that it would be tough to scale down. What plane could be scaled down and still work? A B-17 Flying Fortress.

-keep

It’s Saturday. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since the 9/11 attacks, but yet here we are. On this 20th anniversary we honor those lost and reflect on the dedication, commitment, and strength of those who responded to the tragic events. Most importantly, it will be a day of remembrance.

-keep