What Now https://www.glenbecker.com/ Or maybe, What's Next? Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:02:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 37272588 Video: Learning Rolling Turns https://www.glenbecker.com/video-learning-rolling-turns/ https://www.glenbecker.com/video-learning-rolling-turns/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2020 20:58:22 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1550 Rolling turns are hard. I’m learning the most basic version: 90 degrees of turn and 1 full roll. And they’re kicking my ass.
I trimmed the takeoff/landing, and some of the longer repositioning turns and conversations with my critiquer/spotter, from two practice flights leaving about 26 minutes of real-time rolling turn video. Sped up 16x, with two normal speed examples as an intro. I counted (afterward) 62 rollers. On top of a hot, humid, day in the sun, I was a little wrung out. And they’re still kicking my ass.
Enjoy!

Here’s what that practice session looks like from the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/video-learning-rolling-turns/feed/ 2 1550 2019 James K. Polk Open Invitational Tournament of Champions https://www.glenbecker.com/2019-james-k-polk-open-invitational-tournament-of-champions/ https://www.glenbecker.com/2019-james-k-polk-open-invitational-tournament-of-champions/#comments Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:05:18 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1499 Here’s a late update on last fall’s IAC Chapter 11 contest, the James K. Polk Open Invitational Tournament of Champions. (yes, that’s our real new contest name. I love it! #absurdityFTW)

I was happy to make the contest at all (work and weather) and doubly happy to get my first win in Intermediate. 

Thanks, as always, to Julie Artz (Youtube: horsemoney) for coming out to play with us and sharing video.

Not my sharpest flight ever but it got the job done. I love flying the Unknown. We receive the sequence only a day before and are not allowed … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/2019-james-k-polk-open-invitational-tournament-of-champions/feed/ 2 1499 Wedding of the Century Images https://www.glenbecker.com/wedding-of-the-century-images/ https://www.glenbecker.com/wedding-of-the-century-images/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:28:11 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1471 All images courtesy of Noel Rowe. Thanks Noel!

Boat Tour

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/wedding-of-the-century-images/feed/ 0 1471 2017 East Coast Aerobatic Contest wrap-up https://www.glenbecker.com/2017-east-coast-aerobatic-contest-wrap/ https://www.glenbecker.com/2017-east-coast-aerobatic-contest-wrap/#respond Sat, 16 Sep 2017 02:47:39 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1438 We had catastrophically-perfect weather for this year’s installment of the East Coast Aerobatic Contest in Warrenton, VA (KHWY). It’s not lost on us this perfection while seemingly the rest of the hemisphere is reeling from the catastrophically bad weather.

I finished 2nd in Sportsman among a talented group. I’m happily surprised but did make satisfying improvements to my hammerheads during practice. I also got some good coaching on flying the Cuban Eight and that helped since it’s the highest-weighted figure in this years’ Known program.
Full results online in IAC’s contest database: 2017 East Coast Aerobatic Contest … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/2017-east-coast-aerobatic-contest-wrap/feed/ 0 1438 Aviation Quote of the Day: Emergencies https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-day-emergencies/ https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-day-emergencies/#respond Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:53:38 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1428 Some pilots will make an emergency out of a bad brake check. Others, upon losing a wing, will ask for a lower altitude.

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-day-emergencies/feed/ 0 1428 Emily goes aerobatic in the Super Chipmunk https://www.glenbecker.com/emily-goes-aerobatic-in-the-super-chipmunk/ https://www.glenbecker.com/emily-goes-aerobatic-in-the-super-chipmunk/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2016 01:24:00 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1425 Emily got a ride with Mark Meredith in his amazing Super Chipmunk. She even said yes to some gentle aerobatics.
Thanks Mark!

Super Chipmunk Restoration on Facebook
AOPA article
EAA’s Warbirds in Review (Oshkosh 2016)

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Shoveling Jonas. 29 inches but it was light and fluffy.

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/the-jonas-shovel/feed/ 1 1415 Aviation Quote of the Day: Fuel https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-fuel/ https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-fuel/#respond Wed, 16 Dec 2015 03:28:48 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1402 Fuel in the tanks is limited. Gravity is forever.     -anonymous

Never trust a fuel gauge.     -every pilot ever

Nothing flies without fuel, so let’s start with some coffee.    -me

coffee gauge

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-fuel/feed/ 0 1402 Aviation Quote of the Day: Climbing https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-climbing/ https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-climbing/#respond Sun, 04 Oct 2015 03:03:42 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1395 Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil For I Am 80,000 Feet and Climbing. – Sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location on Kadena.

sr71-blackbird

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-climbing/feed/ 0 1395 Aviation Quote of the Day: Crashing https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-crashing/ https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-crashing/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2015 03:09:46 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1389 If an airplane is still in one piece, don’t cheat on it; Ride the bastard down. – Ernest K. Gann

If you’re faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible. – Bob Hoover

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-crashing/feed/ 0 1389 Aviation Quote of the Day: Planning https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-planning/ https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-planning/#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2015 01:58:31 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1379 Never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn’t get to five minutes earlier.
-anonymous

oops

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-planning/feed/ 0 1379 Getting down with the other-way up https://www.glenbecker.com/getting-down-with-the-other-way-up/ https://www.glenbecker.com/getting-down-with-the-other-way-up/#respond Tue, 01 Sep 2015 01:54:38 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1382 I’m trying to get more comfortable inverted. I’m so new to aerobatics that just a minute of inverted flight, straight-n-level with the gentlest of turns, is challenging. To maintain coordinated flight, the aileron and rudder inputs are opposite each other. Flying normal-side-up, pilots instinctively use left aileron with left rudder to make a coordinated left turn. All that goes out the window (canopy?) inverted. Awesome.

Eventually, being comfortable with negative-G will be an advantage. I’m not very good at it yet. (I already know I need to get more stick-forward authority from my elevator trim system, so I don’t have … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/getting-down-with-the-other-way-up/feed/ 0 1382 Aviation Quote of the Day: Confusion https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-confusion/ https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-confusion/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2015 02:03:49 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1375 A male pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he’s flying, and about flying when he’s with a woman.
-anonymous

confused-male-pilot

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-of-the-day-confusion/feed/ 0 1375 Emily’s latest El Niño Southern Oscillation article – March 2015 https://www.glenbecker.com/emilys-latest-el-nino-southern-oscillation-article-march-2015/ https://www.glenbecker.com/emilys-latest-el-nino-southern-oscillation-article-march-2015/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2015 20:55:35 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1364 See the full article here.
Enjoy!

 

 

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/emilys-latest-el-nino-southern-oscillation-article-march-2015/feed/ 0 1364 Aviation quote of the day: Landing https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-day-landing/ https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-day-landing/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:02:21 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1353 Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man…landing is the first!
-anonymous

 

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/aviation-quote-day-landing/feed/ 1 1353 Skipsters https://www.glenbecker.com/skipsters/ https://www.glenbecker.com/skipsters/#respond Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:40:55 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1356 Good friends of ours, we’ll call them M&T, are escaping toward escapades and plan to share their hi-jinks with us lowly work-a-day schlubs. Give them a gander over yonder at skipsters.com.

 

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/skipsters/feed/ 0 1356 Quote of the day – Experience https://www.glenbecker.com/quote-of-the-day-experience/ https://www.glenbecker.com/quote-of-the-day-experience/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2015 19:27:35 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1351 Experience is the knowledge that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
-anonymous

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/quote-of-the-day-experience/feed/ 1 1351 Stunning biplane video https://www.glenbecker.com/stunning-biplane-video/ https://www.glenbecker.com/stunning-biplane-video/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2014 02:54:46 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1336 I came across this on biplaneforum.com. I don’t know the creators but they are to be applauded. It’s visually and creatively stunning and the music choice works perfectly. Of course the gorgeous airplanes and magical flying abilities of Skip Stewart and Kyle Franklin don’t hurt either.

Full screen and high volume is the way to watch this one.

 

Kyle and Skip from MikeL on Vimeo.

 

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/stunning-biplane-video/feed/ 0 1336 Quote of the Day: The Future https://www.glenbecker.com/quote-day-future/ https://www.glenbecker.com/quote-day-future/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2014 16:21:56 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1331 The future in aviation is the next 30 seconds. Long term planning is an hour and a half.
-anonymous

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]]> https://www.glenbecker.com/quote-day-future/feed/ 0 1331 First flight in the Pitts S-1S https://www.glenbecker.com/first-flight-pitts-s-1s/ https://www.glenbecker.com/first-flight-pitts-s-1s/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2014 15:34:02 +0000 http://www.glenbecker.com/?p=1316 It’s official. And it’s no April Fools joke, despite the date. Two days ago I successfully took off, flew, and landed my airplane…several times! And what a perfect day for it. Clear, dry, and light winds. I was really nervous, I’m not used to being that nervous, but it was mostly good “sense enhancing” stress. I was tight for the first part of the pitts s1sflight but … Continue reading →

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