After all the fits and starts and threats and non-guidance for Army personnel blogging, finally, a 2 star steps up to the plate. Half Past Dead release

BZ, MG Oates, CG of Task Force Mountain:

“There are some concerns by some people, based on the nature of our hierarchical organization, who feel this is inappropriate — going around the chain of command,” Major General Michael Oates, the commander of the Army’s Task Force Mountain, tells Danger Room. “It is not in fact going around the chain of command; it allows us to connect to the chain of command in ways we have not been able to experience before.”

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Hmmm…can fly over land or water, has a more affordable price tag (no gear option, I think was $113K), two seats, truck-able, too. What’s not for Neptunus Lex Romero trailer to like about it, or some of the rest of us, too, with a little hankering for fun in a VFR world on a “conservative” budget?

I bring you the Icon A5 Sport Plane!

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and that’s much less expensive. Stuck with flying by eyeball and below 10KFt at a max of 120 kts! Oh, yeah…another “Lex” feature: Auto-fold wings!Saw the article n the new wired.Drawbacks? Well, an F-16 “driver” is part of the design team…which may be a plus for some others.

Get busy filling his tip jar, so we might vie for an opportunity to be a “guest” in the right seat..Just read about this in the Wired Magazine

at the store, but it doesn’t show on the web site. Update 1/19/2009: Here’s the link to the Wired article.

Other update: “Auto-fold wings” powered by pilot and/passenger/ground crew/curious bystanders.Sideways hd