I thought for sure the pilot would have gone around by about the twelfth bounce... but no. If I didn't know better I'd think they were trying to break the nose gear off! Oh and did anyone else find themselves repeating the words flare over and over?

If you can make it past the "Top Gun" clip at the beginning of the video, the remaining 10 flyby's are AMAZING. The gentlemen at 2:17 has balls of steel!

I've often thought about constructing a hangar near my home, or better yet living in a hangar, but these homes take it to a different level entirely. Check out this link for more airplanes as structures, it's just crazy what you can do when you've got an old 767 lying around.

If these winglets weren't being developed by API, I would probably think they're a joke. However, I don't remember the last time I saw a 737 without a set of winglets designed by Aviation partners Inc. This picture, posted on AviationWeek.com, is of a Falcon 50 with new '“spiroid” loop-shaped wing tip devices.'

I wrote recently about the tragic attack on an IRS building by an unstable man flying an airplane. At the time I was concerned that the possibility of labeling it as terrorism could lead to inappropriately stringent rules for general aviation.

I've been following the competition for the new USAF tanker for quite a while. I was excited when the Northrop/EADS A330 won. A friend of mine who has multiple combat tours in the KC-135 and got to provide input to the tanker decision said the A330 is a superior aircraft. I live right down the road from Mobile, AL, where residents were ecstatic about a new airplane factory and thousands of associated (American) jobs coming to town. I was quite pleased that the Air Force made an effort to be fair and open with the competition following a shady tanker lease deal that got some people in trouble in 2004.

Then, after the A330 was officially named the winner and ground was already broken on the new factory in Mobile, Boeing complained and got the decision overturned and the competition reopened. I was very disappointed. Reopening the competition guaranteed several more years of waiting for a new tanker while the ancient KC-135s continued to serve past their lifetime. It also showed severe prejudice against a foreign product, even if it meant a superior to our warfighters.

The Pentagon released their new request for proposals recently. Sadly, the new specifications so obviously favor Boeing's 767 that Northrop and EADS have decided not to even enter the competition.

Flight attendants are petitioning congress to fund a number of measures in the hopes of increasing airline security. One of those options is money for hand to hand combat classes. In light of the recent "underwear" bombers attempts and the subsequent need for his fellow passengers to subdue him, I'm thinking that this idea has merit... A well placed strike might make the difference In a situation where moments matter, and it's more appealing to me than the threat of a weapon on board.

Worst case scenario is I get knocked unconscious while stretching my legs, and I'd say that's about even odds with clear air turbulence anyways... I don't think most folks would mind if the flight attendant knew how to drop some asshole with C4 in his skivvies before he could get the match lit. What are your thoughts? Is this money better spent on training for TSA agents? or more Air Marshals?