Hangar Flying

As much as I like having my pictures on my computer, I really enjoy a good "Coffee Table Book" and unfortunately, we don't have one just for canard aircraft. There's just something about feeling the glossy paper between my fingers while turning those pages and not looking at a computer screen. So the idea of "The Big Book of Canards" (working title) is something I've decide to do for the canard community. Also, it makes it easier to let those that are not at my computer to enjoy the photos as well and I think a lot of non-canardians will enjoy the book. Since there are about a billion photos already taken of canard aircraft (during construction, on the ground, in flight, etc) I thought I'd solicit for donation photos. Having looked at many over the years, there are some absolutely beautiful ones out there.

Here's my offer, I'll assemble the book by retouching/cropping, editing photos as needed, write captions and other info that will be supplied by the donors. Of course they would have their name/photo credits and any info included in the book as well. I would build the book and store it at www.blurb.com (or similar company) where anybody can order a book at anytime from Blurb (or similar company) and it would be shipped directly to them, I don't have to do a thing, except create the book and store it at a company like Blurb. The printing price will be the same for everyone (including me) and cost will depend on how many pages are in the book, anywhere between $30 - $100. This will become a winter/spring project for me and I'm not looking to make any money off of this especially since the photos will be donated.

Here's what we'll need:

The photos need to be high resolution images, 72 dpi will not look good at all for printing, great for TV or computer viewing. We need at least 200dpi or better for printing.

I'll need as much info about the photograph as you can supply, the typical who, what, where and when information, at the very least who took the photos.

Any and all types of canard aircraft are welcome, AeroCanard, Berkut, Cozy's, Defiant, Dragonfly, ERacer, Ibis, Long/Vari EZ, SQ2000, Velocity, Quickie/Q2/Q200/Tri-Q and others that I didn't mention or know about. I'd like to include some construction shots as well.

You can send them via email or snail mail on a CD/DVD.

bruceATpursuitofflightdotcom

Bruce Sturgill
PO Box 652
Troutdale, OR 97060

Any and all suggestions/questions about the book are welcome, this is our "Big Book of Canards".


Best regards,
Bruce Sturgill

I'm having an issue with the full scale drawings of the 2 X 2 aluminum extrusions on page 9-3 not aligning up correctly? I was having a set made and the metal fabricator called and said the bottoms don't line up. He had me cut out the two sides and put them together like you were going to cut them from the 2 X 2 aluminum angle and I taped them together and hopefully the picture will explain it a little better. In the yellow circle at the bottom you can see where the ends do not line up correctly. I'm going to cut off the extra 1/4" and smooth that bottom corner area. These are from the full scale drawings and I was wondering if any body else had the same issue I'm encountering?

Thanks,
Bruce

If you enjoy watching flying video's check out our web site www.pursuitofflight.com Pursuit of Flight is a web based TV series involving all things flying, especially experimental aircraft, but we'll mix in anything interesting. For example a friend of mine down the road is rebuilding a Jenny and I'm stopping in from time to time, shoot some video and get some interviews. My goal is to add at least one new episode a month and I'll be adding some canard segments in the future. Some of you may have already watched some of these segments, but a lot of people haven't had the chance, so now I'm making them available for all.

If you have any ideas for a segment, please do drop me an email, I'm open to suggestions. I'm looking for someone with a LongEZ near the Portland, OR area that wouldn't mind doing a segment with us.

These are the five that are ready to watch...

Episode 1 RV-12 - I was shooting at Twin Oaks Airpark and the RV-12 flew in, it had less than 10 hours on the Hobbs. This is Van's Aircraft entry in to the Light Sport Aircraft world and I caught it out in the wild. More on this craft in later segments.

Episode 2 Glasair - We interview Andrew Seefried, builder of an award wining Glasair at the Arlington EAA Air show, take a flight, get a guided tour and receive some encouragement for other builders. The details of this plane are just fabulous and the instrument panel will knock your socks off.

Episode 3 Lancair- In this episode we visit the Lancair facility during it's yearly three day fly-in. We have some really great air to air shots with an in depth interview with Carl Lewis (not the runner or writer) builder of a Legacy an absolutely beautiful aircraft. "It's really like you'd like flying to be, it just soars through the air with great enthusiasm". With a quote like that how could you not watch this episode!

Episode 4 Viperjet - It's the Viperjet, need I say any more! Tag along as I get the privilege of riding in the back seat of a truly great airplane and go up side down for the first time. Oh my! This is part one of a three part series, the other two will air sometime in the future so stay tuned.

Episode 5 Aventura II - We shot this at Sebring Florida during the Sport Aviation Expo. In one of the planes I was able to go up in was the Aventura II. What a thrill to land a plane on water for the first time, everyone needs to experience this at least once. Want to see what a power on/off stall looks like in this plane, you'll have to watch.

Hope you enjoy the segments, I sure enjoy shooting them.

Best regards,
Bruce Sturgill
www.pursuitofflight.com