Steve has an article “Riding with the Eagle Hunters of Mongolia” in the Summer 2007 number of Overland Journal. This link does not bring up the article, available only in dead tree version, but I received my copy last week and it’s well worth subscribing.
Month: August 2007
New Arrival
Congratulations (I believe) to Pluvialis who has just gotten her new goshawk. I assume she’s accepting donations to her Red Bull fund.
Ida Hurt 1931-2007
Ida Marie Hurt, 75, of Baton Rouge died Sunday, August 12, at the Ollie Steele Burden Manor on Essen Lane. Hurt was born October 1, 1931, in Albany, Georgia, to forester Henry David Story and Marie Agnus Story. Hurt moved with her family to Amite, Louisiana, as a young girl and later to Baton Rouge …
More Discoveries at the Whydah
Last summer I had a post about underwater archaeology at the wreck of the Whydah, a pirate ship that sunk in a storm off of Wellfleet, Massachusetts in 1717. The NY Times today has the story of the recovery of 12,000 pound mass of corroded metal from the sea floor under the wreck. Researchers think …
This Story Has Legs
I just saw this bizarre story in today’s Denver Post. In Valencia County, New Mexico, just south of Albuquerque, two human legs were recovered from an irrigation ditch last month. No other body parts were found, and though the legs were found several days apart, they were both wearing the same type boot and both …
More Cold Warriors
Here are a couple more shots of some Cold War aircraft from the Mojave flight line. Above is a MiG-15 with my son Travis, age 11, in for scale. This is a Korean War era plane in a two seat trainer variant, I believe a MiG-15UTI. Pictured above is a white F-86 Sabrejet, another Korean …
Larissa gets fired
In favor of two illiterate interns. Sometimes I despair of the magazine world. Go here to see what they are missing as she blogs on harsh truth and loving lies.
Extremophiles
Owners of animals (and we must be in the majority among Q. readers) ought to check out Prairie Mary’s recent essay, “Two Tails of the Social Dog,” an excellent response to the state of polarization over animal issues that accounts for much of the chatter on this blog. “When it comes to domestic pets, a …
BBJ
A few days ago, the Denver Post had this article on efforts by the FAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association to streamline the regulations for certifying interiors for luxury private aircraft. Currently these interiors are required to meet standards set for commercial passenger aircraft and this is difficult when private owners want to do …
The eagle film
I have had about twenty people send me this so thought I should just post it myself. Below is a typical response from me: It is a trained golden taking a roe deer at the annual meet at Opocno in the Czech Republic. They take them as easily as a Goshawk takes a hare. The …