Archive for May 2004

Thu, 27 May 2004

Fri, 14 May 2004

Friday Video

I was talking to Bob Hunt, the editor of Model Aviation, confirming that I will be covering the R/C Soaring National Championships again this year.  This will be my third year of doing photojournalism for them on this event, last year you might recall I was on the cover of the magazine!  Bob and I got talking about his other hobby, high performance sport bikes.  One of the bikes Bob owns and rides is a Suzuki Hayabusa, probably the fastest production bike ever made.  I mentioned I rode for many years, but now do it with 4 wheels instead of two with my Z06.  Bob also is a Vette fan and has owned several, so then I mentioned I saw this video of a Vette pulling a 'busa.  I could tell by the tone of his voice he thought I was full of it, he was quick to reply "that is a 9 second bike."  I know, I said it was from a roll.  He said, "that bike has a top end of 184", and I mentioned that some Vettes could top that.  The subject switched around, and he got another call, but Bob, this video is for you...

Here is a video of a Corvette running a Hayabusa and taking it.

Wed, 12 May 2004

I mainly write about three subjects on my blog, virtual microscopy, soaring and sports cars.  Basically I work really hard, and then I play hard with the time left over.  If I have any spare time from doing these activities I blog them.

So I created a new set of links on the left under the Articles section, that will allow one to filter my blog and read my posts about any one of these particular subjects.

Mon, 10 May 2004

Just got back from New York this evening, I was out at Nikon USA Headquarters on business.  That's always a fun and interesting trip, I the opportunity to see a bunch of cool new stuff today. 

Cool as in COOLSCOPE.

Sun, 09 May 2004

Fri, 07 May 2004

Friday Video

I've had Corvette videos for the last couple of Fridays, how about some Ferrari action today.  In the first video four Ferraris play on the streets of Italy.  I don't know what the speed limit is there, but I am sure these cars are up to it.  The camera car is a 355, a F50, 358 and a Testarossa all are playing, wow, would that be a sight to see live.  In the second video this guy has the bling bling red ride, and takes it to the local spot to show it off.  Spinning the tires is easy with this much horsepower, especially when it is a little wet out.  Apparently keeping it on the road is not as easy...  nor is stopping...

(There's a lot more where these came from, thank you Nikolas Motorsport)

Wed, 05 May 2004

Here is a list of North America's Fastest Production Cars.

1968 was an impressive year for the muscle car, those cars are FAST!  (Of course those times were on drag slicks, the tires of the day would have shreaded apart using them like that).