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Before we left Germany, I stocked up on aviation-related books, including the depicted one. The plan was to read them during dreary autumn and winter days when I'm unable to go out and photograph airplanes. While Danish spring leaves a lot to be desired, it's not really dreary. And yet, I couldn't resist the temptation of taking a peek. It's a decent book, with plenty of photographs. The information is on the light side, though.
Before we left Germany, I stocked up on aviation-related books, including the depicted one. The plan was to read them during dreary autumn and winter days when I'm unable to go out and photograph airplanes. While Danish spring leaves a lot to be desired, it's not really dreary. And yet, I couldn't resist the temptation of taking a peek. It's a decent book, with plenty of photographs. The information is on the light side, though.
This morning, I hastily packed coffee and a sandwich and biked to CNL. This time, I planted myself on the airside. It has been a busy day. First, I captured a visitor from Czechia (reg. OK-DUD22) and had a chat with its owner. Then I gawked at skydivers from the local skydiving club (and photographed their Cessna TU206G Turbo Stationair reg. D-EFKX). Later, I photographed a Tecnam P2002JF Sierra (reg. OY-MJE) making a flying visit (hah!), and I ended my day with a handful of photos of a Piper Cherokee Warrior (reg. OY-BLO).
This morning, I hastily packed coffee and a sandwich and biked to CNL. This time, I planted myself on the airside. It has been a busy day. First, I captured a visitor from Czechia (reg. OK-DUD22) and had a chat with its owner. Then I gawked at skydivers from the local skydiving club (and photographed their Cessna TU206G Turbo Stationair reg. D-EFKX). Later, I photographed a Tecnam P2002JF Sierra (reg. OY-MJE) making a flying visit (hah!), and I ended my day with a handful of photos of a Piper Cherokee Warrior (reg. OY-BLO).
On the topic of vintage airline postcards, we found these two in an antique store in Paris. They weren’t cheap, but these were originals, not reprints.
On the topic of vintage airline postcards, we found these two in an antique store in Paris. They weren’t cheap, but these were originals, not reprints.
It was sunny but rather windy today. So after an exhausting bike ride in 7m/s head winds, I sought shelter in the flight club, perusing past issues of FLYV. I worked my way through 1970s issues, and, boy, it was a fun ride back in time. Just check out this vintage Airbus A300B ad!
It was sunny but rather windy today. So after an exhausting bike ride in 7m/s head winds, I sought shelter in the flight club, perusing past issues of FLYV. I worked my way through 1970s issues, and, boy, it was a fun ride back in time. Just check out this vintage Airbus A300B ad!
Here's what moving from Germany to Denmark did to my ADS-B stats. On the bright side, my ADS-B station tracks way more airplanes than I expected.
Here's what moving from Germany to Denmark did to my ADS-B stats. On the bright side, my ADS-B station tracks way more airplanes than I expected.
Behold my frugal self-hosted stack! A Fujitsu Futro S920 (right) acts as an ADS-B station and serves TERMINAL-1090 (https://codeberg.org/dmpop/terminal-1090). A Fujitsu Esprimo Q556/2 (left) runs self-hosted applications: - buen8.tavuk.xyz (microblog) - readeck.tavuk.xyz (Readeck Read-It-Later application) All the hardware, with RAM and storage upgrades, cost me no more than ~€200 (maybe even less -- I'm too lazy to do the math). Both machines are hooked up to a 5G router on the 3 network. The speed varies wildly, and the connection itself can be unreliable. But the low price is the overriding factor here. It costs ~€15/month, which is probably the cheapest plan on the market. Next major project: Move my entire digiKam photo library to the Fujitsu Esprimo Q556/2 and serve it using digiKampanion (https://dmpop.codeberg.page/digikampanion/).
Behold my frugal self-hosted stack! A Fujitsu Futro S920 (right) acts as an ADS-B station and serves TERMINAL-1090 (https://codeberg.org/dmpop/terminal-1090). A Fujitsu Esprimo Q556/2 (left) runs self-hosted applications: - buen8.tavuk.xyz (microblog) - readeck.tavuk.xyz (Readeck Read-It-Later application) All the hardware, with RAM and storage upgrades, cost me no more than ~€200 (maybe even less -- I'm too lazy to do the math). Both machines are hooked up to a 5G router on the 3 network. The speed varies wildly, and the connection itself can be unreliable. But the low price is the overriding factor here. It costs ~€15/month, which is probably the cheapest plan on the market. Next major project: Move my entire digiKam photo library to the Fujitsu Esprimo Q556/2 and serve it using digiKampanion (https://dmpop.codeberg.page/digikampanion/).
Sometimes you find aviation-related treasures in the most unexpected places. Case in point: last summer, when visiting Luzern, we walked into a random souvenir shop and I found this vintage Swissair postcard. And as a bonus, they had reprints of other vintage postcards.
Sometimes you find aviation-related treasures in the most unexpected places. Case in point: last summer, when visiting Luzern, we walked into a random souvenir shop and I found this vintage Swissair postcard. And as a bonus, they had reprints of other vintage postcards.