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The Curmudgeon's
Commentary
Musings,
Complaints, Grips, & Humor
from
an Old Engineer, Narrator, and Radio Person.
A 30+ Year Accumulation of Published Airshow Writing
(Newer articles are filed as PDF's, older ones as html)
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World Airshow News and
ICAS Airshows Articles (PDF's):
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World Airshow News
Columns:
By the AirShow Evangelist
ACE Program History, Jan/Feb 1991
The
United States Military: A Thank You and
honest handshake is the minimum. Jan/Feb 2000
“Never
Bring a Box Cutter to a Jihad” Mar 2000
We Got Nothin'
To Gripe About! Aug 2002
Thinking of the Unthinkable,
Nov/Dec 2002
Thunder in the
Valley (The Red Tail P-51 Flies in the Deep South), 2003
When We Forget Who Our Customer Are,
Sep/Oct 2004
Welcome to the Next Level (Music
License) Nov/Dec 2004
What an Event! (But the Navy was late),
Jan/Feb 2005
Air Show Pre-Emergencies, Jul/Aug 2005
Who Made You Da Boss? Mar/Apr 2005
Teaching & Learning, May
2006
Making Connections, Jun 2006
Are
We Missing the Point with the Missing Man?, July 2006
Be an Airshow Ambassador, September
2006
Talk about Value, October 2006
No Room for Prima Donnas,
August 2006
Web Talk,
March/April 2007
A Bad Day In the Valley, May
2007
Command Decision, June 2007
Asking for Complaints, July 2007
The Safety Debate - Again,
August 2007
Opportunity, Aug 2008
Alan
Henley, Sep 2008
Longer is Not Better, Oct 2008
Change, Nov/Dec 2008
Alan Henley Benefit Show
April 18-19, 2009
Cecil Field, Jacksonville, FL.
"Family Reunion"
Trained as an Engineer. Jan/Feb 2009
Dear Mr. President, Mar/Apr 2009
Advocacy May 2009
Who's Your Airboss. June 2009
The State of the Business July 2009
Robots & Video Games. August 2009
Silver Lining to a Poor Economy? Sep 2009
Risk Takers, October 2009
Risk Takers Part 2, November-December 2009
Somebody Gets It, January-February 2010
Lessons from NASCAR, March-April 2010
Striving to Improve, May 2010
Low Bid Mentality June 2010
Promoting Airshow Safety July 2010
Ticket Pricing Theories August 2010
Airshow Photographers October 2010
Aging Out September 2010
Why Should the Military Support Airshows,
Old Business: Ticket Prices, ICAS BoD Election Nov-Dec 2010
The Ghost of Airshows Future ,
January-February 2011
Business Culture Change March-April
2011
Business Culture Change Part II
May-June 2011
Is Free Really Free? July-Augusta
2011
Know Your Enemy September-October 2011
Why We Do It November-December
2011
Features:
Lights, Camera, Wrap (Thunder Over
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The Curmudgeon speaks on the US Military:
The Narrator makes effort at Humor:
The Old Radio Person ruminates on the Airshow
Industry:
The Engineer talks "Nerd:"
Misc. Mussings
"There are two objectives in flying; one is to
have fun and the other is to get old."
Larry Rutt
by Lt. Col. Bill
Starr, USAF
Bill Starr has an epiphany a lot of us need.
This Old Aviator Reflects:
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