The last Saturday in June we spent the day at Arctic Thunder, the air show at Elmendorf Air Force Base. It was a fantastic time! Lots of aerial displays by military and civilian aircraft. Plenty of static displays to walk through.

The most impressive demonstration was the F-22. It was amazing to see the […]

This from the Wall Street Journal:
NASA now begrudgingly confirms that the hottest year on record in the continental 48 was not 1998, as previously believed, but 1934, and that six of the 10 hottest years since 1880 antedate 1954. Data from 3,000 scientific robots in the world’s oceans show there has been slight cooling in […]

49th Star: Alaska Statehood, New Flag Official 5th January 1959

June 30th marks the date the Senate voted to admit Alaska into statehood 50 years ago. The celebration begins tonight with activities downtown and ALASKA’S OPERATION GRATITUDE, a tribute to Alaska’s military personnel. Wynonna Judd will perform at Elmendorf Air Force Base  in a concert that will be webcast worldwide by AT&T and locally […]

If one listens to Congress and many other public voices debate high energy costs one would think that the oil and gas industry is evil. We’re pretty friendly towards oil companies at our house. I’ve worked for a major producer and sat on the other side of the table on the Alaska Royalty Oil and […]

Today’s Washington Post state’s that kids are still reading the longtime faves, Dr. Seuss, E.B. White and others. J.K. Rawlings fares very well for kids in 5th grade and older. Renaissance Learning has compiled data taken from online quizzes children answer about the books they read. Data is broken down by age, sex, region, and […]

I have no idea how people think of these things but I am sure glad they do. Tourist Pictures presents “An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict.” If you don’t get it the first time through (like me), the cheat sheet […]

I don’t know the answer to that question. However, the US Dept. of Transportation has published the average airfares for 100 airports based on one way fares. The study found fares have increased 4.0 percent. This is the purpose of the quarterly study, tracking the increase or decrease of airfares to calculate the Air Travel […]

See how far we’ve come and how blessed we are here. It is fun to see the data punch cards; I learned FORTRAN programming with them in college many years ago. They were a challenge. One line of programming per card and they must be in the correct order or there was no hope of […]

This is a fun geography tool for determining distances and flight paths between any two locations on the globe.
Great Circle Mapper