On the subject of waterskiing, I’ve been hot for a Kitfox lately, one already built with a Lycoming and tundra wheels to be specific. I would like nothing more to build it, but just won’t have the time unfortunately.
Jump to 1:40 for some bush river surfing.
I see the inevitable has finally happened at St Maarten:
So at age 57, she wanted to “fence hang”…
Its a sad occurrence for sure. However at what age does sensibility kick in?
I’d say late 20s…because when I was there I was more interested in watching the planes from the bar…wow…check out those sneakers and socks…!
I have watched the airplanes from the beach at St Maarten but the people holding onto the fence behind a heavy jet spooling up for takeoff always struck me as being less than smart. I saw a few of them being blown down the beach towards the sea when I was there.
Yeah…we saw fence sitters when we were there. I was less concerned with them getting blown off than getting an eye injury due to the debris coming back…but, well…there ya’ go…
Time for a mobile blast-shield, much like being used on aircraft carriers 
Not sure this would help - you can almost guarantee that some idiot will think it’s a great idea to sneak over the fence and ride the blast shield after a few martinis, with consequently bad results 
T’was a joke 
. It’s a complexity your average airport certainly doesnt need at all!
That reminds me of something I saw in a film at the weekend (Operation Chromite) - about South Koreans infiltrating N Korea to get the plans for the minefields at Incheon. The chart got destroyed so they kidnapped the guy who knew and got him lifted away in similar fashion, using a DC-3.
Not quite Green Berets style, but just as much fun, I’ll bet!
Removed the RIAT vid - it isn’t civvy 
Good ol’ Bruce Dickinson took a ride on the Canadian Warplane Museum’s prized Lancaster Bomber “Vera” last Saturday …
… just hours before Iron Maiden’s sold out show in Toronto. Apparently he flew a friend’s C172 back to Toronto Island Airport from Hamilton just before the show.
looks like fun
I am still amazed Bruce Dickinson holds a class 1 medical, his hearing must surely have had a tad more “abuse” than most over the years
Outside of combat flying…this has got to be some of the most exciting flying out there…
His autobiography coming in October might hold some answers for you.
“What Does This Button Do?”. 
Classic.
I forgot if I posted it here before or not, but the Dutch King, Willem Alexander actually flies as a pilot with KLM(Royal Dutch Airlines).
Talk about cockpit gradients…
PF “Flaps Zero”
PM “speed checked, Flaps zero”
PF “That’s Flaps zero., your Highness !”
Haha yeah just imagine, although he’s been insistent on being referred to on first name basis. I can imagine some rules have been setup to avoid that situation.