News and Events
September 2, 2008. We lost Kenai our family dog for the last 12 and a half years today. It is a sad day for the Olson family. Here are some pictures. Here are some pictures when we went out for a walk/run early last March before the snow disappeared on us. He is really missed.
Aug 24, 2008. Centennial Wiseguys: 2008 Division 2 Champions!!! We won our quarterfinal playoff game in a shootout after a 2-2 tie in regulation. We then apparently won our semi-final game and the championship game, but I had to be out of town for work. I got to fly an original 1946 Luscombe as part of my work trip so it's hard to complain too much. Schedule & Scores, League Standings, Playoffs Round One (Aug 17). Playoffs Quarter-Finals (Aug 19). Playoffs Semi-Finals (Aug 23). Championship game (Aug 24).
Aug 6, 2008. I attended the Oshkosh EAA show for the first time in my life. What an amazing collection of awsome aircraft! I've posted my 2008 EAA (Oshkosh) Air Venture pictures here.
July 9, 2008. SPMRC July Meeting Pictures
June 10, 2008. This is my last day attached to the HumanFIRST program and IVLab in the Mechanical Engineering department of the University of Minnesota.
June 2, 2008.
(View the entire fleet.)
Big Stick 40: (6/2)
Successful maiden!
Midwest
Citabria: (5/28) We had beautiful weather in the late afternoon
so I went up for two very nice flights. I'm biased, but this is a gorgeous
scale airplane which flies exceptionally well.
Ultra Sport 40:
(5/28) Flew 2 nice basic flights today. The goal was to shake off some
of the lingering winter thumb rust before taking the Citabria up.
EGN-1 project update: (5/21)
First flight on the new E-Flight 46 motor. Go electric power! :-) This
is a very nice option for this aircraft.
Sig Rascal C: (8/3/2007)
Flew at Brian's parent's place north of Baldwin, WI. Hand launched and
recovered over a cut hay field.
Hangar 9 Cub on Floats:
(7/21/2007) Flew off my parent's lake, but winds were not friendly so I
only did one short flight.
Mariner 40: (7/14/2007)
First water flights of the year. Very windy and wavy ... broke the
keel off once, and ripped two different holes in the fuselage
covering ... almost sunk it twice!
May 26, 2008. Difficult questions to answer: Dad, will Santa Claus ever die? Dad, did you eat all the rest of my DQ blizzard [I got for being player of the day at my last soccer practice?]
May 19, 2008. Happy Birthday to me! Amelia (4) sang me the days of the week song in English and Spanish ... very cute!
May 15, 2008. Hannah has her first soccer game. She really loved being part of a team and being out there running around and chasing after the ball.
April 13, 2008. UAS project updates:
Malolo1: (4/13)
Successful high seas launch and recovery demonstrated. Successful
catapult launch demonstrated.
Malolo2: (4/13)
Successful maiden off the NOAA ship, Oscar Elton Sette. Successful
ocean recovery via a small boat.
MicroGear: (4/13) Added two way
communication with ground station, ability to update home location and
route waypoints.
Senior Telemaster: (11/16/2007)
Logged 50 minutes of solid autonomous flight.
Mar 24 - Apr 9. I am on a NOAA research ship called the Oscar E. Sette doing UAS field tests with a team from Airborne Technologies for the purpose of debris location and removal. Check out the TrekMe live tracking blog of our trip. Also take a look at my Photo Albums of the trip. One of the scientists on board, Kris McElwee, has her blog here. The Honolulu Advertiser ran a story about our efforts. More flight photos and launch/recovery sequences here.
Feb 18. Happy Birthday Amelia!
Feb 8-10. SCALE - at the Westin Los Angeles Airport. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by and say hi! Check out the LFS Technologies booth and full size 747 cockpit flight simulator.
Feb 3. Happy Birthday Hannah!
Jan 30. Happy Birthday Ruth!
Jan 1. Happy New Year! Today we held the first FlightGear multi-player fun fly. We had 9 people competing and about a dozen show up to watch. Much fun was had by all. :-)
December 17, 2007. FlightGear v1.0 (and SimGear v1.0) are released! This new release encapsulates over a year and a half of new development effort: http://www.flightgear.org
December 10-14, 2007. I am in HI this week doing open water UAS flight tests with NOAA & ATI.
September 29, 2007. We've moved. Our phone numbers and zip code are the same. Call or email if you need our new address!
July 14, 2007. Ruth competed in the life time fitness triathlon. She rocked on her run and on her transitions, but informs me that she could use a better bike and needs to spend more time training in the wanter.
May 23, 2007. I've got the center stick from an A7 sitting on my floor right now! It's awsome! Included is a hotas couger grip with buttons and 2-axis force sensors. We are building a control loader around this little piece of hardware and it's going to be amazing!
May 2, 2007. New photo album: USAF Museum, Dayton, OH
Oct 30, 2006. ATC Flight Simulators is featured in an upcoming episode of the new Fox TV show, JUSTICE, as part of a climactic court room demonstration.
January 17, 2006. TerraGear update: Official release of v0.9.10 scenery (for FlightGear) - and there was much rejoicing! Early opinions seem very favorable. You can download all 13Gb from the FlightGear web site, or buy a 3-DVD set of the entire world here.
November 4, 2005. Hannah dressed her little sister today. She said she had to close the door so she wouldn't waddle off. Amelia put on her socks all by herself. Hannah drew a picture with MSPaint for the first time today and seemed to figure it out really quickly.
October 27, 2005. Hannah's teacher says she is excelling at art work and might have the best hand writing skills in here class. Amelia really loves to brush her teeth.
October 12, 2005. Amelia is starting to say little sentences like "Me go.", "More please." and "I want Daddy!" She likes to imitate sounds and do little sound effects. It's fun to watch her learn things by copying her big sister.
October 10, 2005. My Grandmother passed away today at age 93. The funeral is 11am Friday, October 14, 2005 at First Baptist Church in down town Saint Paul (just off 10th and Wacouta St.)
July 25-26, 2005. We visited KHMV (Mojave, CA). We saw tons of neat stuff. Here are some pictures.
July 16, 2005. Hannah has learned how to tie her shoes.
