Thursday, January 20, 2011

Blown mind

A little while ago, I had my mind blown. I had recently purchased a Miles Davis CD, and noticed that it was recorded at the CBS 30th St. Studios. Now, I know a lot of stuff gets recorded here in NYC, but since I happen to work on 30th St, I figured I'd look it up and see where this studio was located. Turns out, it is about half a block from where I work. I walk past it all the time! Here's what it looks like today:

Yeah, it's been torn down and turned in to apartments, but here's what it looked like while it was still in existence:
Basically, from what I've read, this was one of the premiere studios in the city, but mostly used for Jazz and Classical (though later on, others greats like Bob Dylan recorded here). Here's a sampling of some of the albums that were recorded (all of these I own):













As you can see, lots of Miles Davis. Pretty cool to think that I work a few yards away from where all these great albums were recorded.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Red and white and blue

Apparently, I've become something of a one-trick pony, so here's a little break in the monotony. More airplane photos to follow!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Concorde


I wish I could have flown on one of these. Still, being able to board it, even in retirement, is pretty cool.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Biplanes


It's really hard to imagine these being effective in war time, but we really owe a lot to the early aviators.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

Jet Engine

It's not very often that you get to stare down a jet engine from a Blackbird.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011


This is probably one of the biggest downers in TV history, if you watched the whole thing, that is.

O'Riley's Daughter


More Museum of Flight pics (don't worry, they'll keep coming for a while). This time of a Curtiss P-40, looking mighty fearsome.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Museum Phone

One of my favorite parts of the Museum of Flight is the Air Force One that they have parked there. You can go inside and see all kinds of crazy JFK/Johnson era stuff, including this phone which was used by the secretary to whomever was flying at the time. This particular plane has quite an interesting history, being the one flown by LBJ to Dallas (though he returned on another), used by Nikita Khrushcev to tour the US, and Nixon to tour China. It was the primary Air Force One from 1959-1962, but remained in the fleet until 1996.