For some reason, I started to read about the Aleutians this weekend, and it expanded into a posting on my "other" blog here. One of the items that I ended up reading about was the operation of secret reconnaissance aircraft out of the island of Shemya… more »

I have been reading about the Aleutians, that interesting archipelago West of Alaska where the wind never stops blowing, sometimes at a ludicrous average speed. This book explains some of the interesting features of Aleutian Islands weather and how to… more »