Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

Spring has sprung  The grass has riz Time to get back to the Lost treasures biz May 5/2013 return to the "Lost Treasure Trove of Abandoned Logging Equipment"...this time with a chainsaw. We hacked our way into 3 machine sites to get better photos and video.  I've heard stories of people using computers to hack into things...but trust me...that wasn't going to work here today. Although...I do remember times when I was tempted to take a chainsaw to my computer. I don't know how many Mack LRSW trucks still exist...but I'm guessing it's not many. Here's a video of cutting our way into the yarder site..Hearing protection and safety glasses required from here on .... Video Tour of the Mack LRSW/ Madill yarder Turbo diesel power Shooting into the sun Front brakes...that had to be rare...way back when Me standing on the yarder pipe...looking over at the b ushed in 892 and TD-20 ...

Photos from the March 24/2013 visit. Full size old planes that are still flyable, sit beside radial and "V" engines of yester-year. Above them are huge and intricate models...some or most of them used to be remote control airplane models. Beside the museum is a great little cafe with a view of the runway. Sunday was extra special because the museum crew accidentally got the Conair FireCat stuck in the grass while moving it to make room for a movie shoot. A few minutes later the rescue tractor was also stuck. Perfect lunch-time airport viewing entertainment. Sidetrack....here's a post featuring the TSB report on the Pacific Coastal Grumman Goose crash that was carrying workers to the Kiewit project at Toba Inlet    http://adventuresinmikeslife. blogspot.ca/2013/03/ tsb - investigation -into-grumman- goose.html Extra aerial diversion...the story Rick Rojatt, the "Human Fly" who rode on the outside of a DC-8 jetliner in the 70"s   http://adventuresin...