A few scenes of the new Sukhoi Superjet 100, the first airliner by the Sukhoi company.

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Blogged about this here: http://bit.ly/EkOJK

In addition to a solar reflective coating to keep the cockpit cool, a thin-film gold coating is used as an anti-fog device, eliminating the need for blowing air to defog the front windows. A PPG representative explains.

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Just some raw footage of a sunrise. No music. Just the sounds and view from the cockpit. The other pilot didn't realize I was filming it, he thought I was taking a few still shots. So you get some candid comments, too.

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Just a few of the highlights of the Paris Air Show. Tigre helicopter aerobatics, Sukhoi Superjet 100, Airbus A300, A340, A380 fly-bys.

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See the blog post here: http://bit.ly/bETpD

We managed to visit with the creators of the new electrically dim-able window shades. We were shocked to see what a range in brightness they have.

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See the blog post I wrote about this training video:

http://www.gadling.com/2009/04 /29/cockpit-chronicles-practic ing-takeoff-and-landings-in-a- 737-w/

We call 'em 'bounces.' This video was taken in 1999 when we were required to perform some takeoff and landing practice in the actual airplane after we finished up our simulator training.

Our training airport was San Jose, CA with the touch and go landings at Sacramento. Airplane was a brand new 737-800.

Normally I avoid filming below 10,000 feet, but this was a training video, used by our check airman to evaluate the procedures used for future 'bounces'.

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A collection of unique views from my corner office.

Music added from Apple's Garage band app.

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While flying from Dallas to Boston, I decided to film as many of the 'fly-by's' as possible. The recent 1,000 foot separation that began a few years ago (called RVSM) has been great for these interesting views. Just wanted to share this with you...

Read my blog at www.cockpitchronicles.com

Music from www.garageband.com. It's Mark A. Farley's "Even Sorrow Passes" and I think it fits with the sights well.

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We did it. We ended the Competitours race with a first place finish! Here are some scenes from the last day of the contest. Read all about our trip at www.gadling.com/tag/competitou rs

This was the very first Competitours trip, but they have more planned:

More info: www.competitours.com

And now, back to your regularly schedule aviation video programming!

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Some of the action from our 4th day on the Amazing Race like Competitours challenge. Read all about it at www.gadling.com/tag/competitou rs

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Madoradam is a 1/24th scale city that we enjoyed. Here are some more scenes from the third day of our Competitours contest around Amsterdam this time. www.competitours.com

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http://www.gadling.com/tag/com petitours

A few scenes from our Competitours challenge at Maduradam. It's a miniature (1/24th) scale world. In the contest video, I called the people living there, "Holland Fairies" and explained that they froze when big people were around.

Here are a few clips from that video and some sights around town. Since we went out of town a ways, we only accomplished 3 tasks, but we really had a good time.

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