It's been a little while since my last post, so I'll try to wrap up some of the things that have gone on in the tail end of 2010 and the trouble I shall be getting myself into come 2011 ;)
So let's get started, shall we?
When last I left you, I was getting ready to head over to Fantasy of Flight for their 15th Anniversary celebration.
The celebration was three days of aviation goodies, with Kermit flying fifteen aircraft over the three days. I went on the third day, where he flew the Avro Cadet, Fiesler Storch, North American P-51D Mustang, and Travel Air B-4000, the first and last of which I hadn't seen fly before. I also got to crawl in each of their cockpits as a perk of being an annual member ;)
The Avro Cadet banks overhead
Grumman Duck
Travel Air
inside the cockpit of the Storch
In the beginning of December, I hit the Tampa Bay International Auto Show hosted by Motor Trend, as I do every year.
Gorgeous day to drive some cars........or all of them. Which you know I eventually would.
I'm up next in the Camaro SS ;)
After spending a couple hours outside driving everything available, I headed inside to shot the cars on display.
Stingray Concept
Geek wet dream
The New Ford Focus. Every time I see this car, especially in this color, I think of Clarkson using it as an Amphibious lander in Top Gear!
I also managed to get some hobby work done in the latter part of the year.
You'll be glad to know that the Doolittle B-25B finally got decaled and flatcoated. Here she, and a few other new builds, are:
Some of my recent builds. Only the F-117A, F-15E, F/A-18E, F-14D and A-6E are pre this year.
The Doolittle B-25B Mitchell all done and the Junkers Ju 88A-4 representing Opa's bird from KG 30.
Erich Hartmann's Bf-109G-10
A good view of the Ju 88 I did to represent my Opa, Wolfgang Reidel's KG 30 mount. I unintentionally made the call letters spell out Abwehr, or German SpecOps. The WR was on purpose for Wolfgang Reidel. The AB I had extra letters of. ;)
In none me-centric news, but keeping it in the family, my little brother's novel 47 Echo
is to be published in just over a week. I guess that means I have to get the Stanley stuff published now :P
is to be published in just over a week. I guess that means I have to get the Stanley stuff published now :P
Job wise, the year has been a mess. I had the volunteer days at Star Wars Celebration V, then the two week tease at JP Morgan Chase back in November. Cannot TELL you how sick of wearing a suit to interviews i have become.
Finally, we can all quit looking for work. With Scott and Caroline at a job fair in Clearwater. That's right, I got a job. Started it the very last week of December, working Tech Support for AOL out at CGS in north Tampa. That's been keeping me pretty busy, actually.
I have also made a couple of new friends this year, both of whom, ironically, I met at Celebration V while working there back in August. Since then I have gotten to know both Lindsay and Carie better and am honored to call both of them friends. Linds is an amazing artist and geek in Orlando. Carie, though currently on IR, in addition to being hella cool and from the same area as my family, plays in the LFL for the Tampa Breeze.
LFL's Tampa Breeze Offense takes the field, and the league, by storm
I got introduced to the LFL while getting to know Carie Small, and went to my first game last month.
I'm heading to another game on this coming Thursday with Steve and Lindsay, to harass Carie and watch the Breeze take sole control of the LFL lead. The LFL is something I enjoy, but I'll mention more on that in my next blog, hopefully next weekend, when I think I'll devote a blog just to the sport, after i take some better shots this weekend ;)
In developing news, I may be working as an airborne photog at an upcoming airshow in March, so keep your eyes open for that one ;)
Lastly, I opened a Deviant Art account as well. feel free to pop by and harass me there too ;)
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