Archive for September, 2008

Peak Riders "Free Ride" About to End, and Boy Are They Mad

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Bay Area BART riders are up in arms about the potential of paying higher fares for riding at the peak. In this article in the Oakland Tribune, riders claim it's "not fair" for them to have to pay more to ride BART during the peak, because they have to be ...

Run ORD: 5K on 9L/27R

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Attention all aviation enthusiast runners in the Chicago Area: You can run a 5K on the new ORD runway this weekend! What a neat opportunity! If any blog readers head out for the race, I'd really like to hear comments about it.   Details: Athens Sister City Shuffle ...

Turboprops in the Movies

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

A C130 Turboprop was used as the getaway aircraft in the movie The Dark Knight. See info and a picture here.  Maybe they were looking to save fuel while filming.