Hello? Is this thing ON?

Special thanks to Tyler for essentially just kicking internet ass early and often.

Anyways, this weekend Ian and I made it to the Owl's Head Transportation Museum to satisfy our need for rotary engines and other loud noises. There were interesting vehicles including a Stanley Steamer mountain wagon, essentially a really sweet steam car with four rows of seats. There it is now!

 One of the coolest things at the show was the air mail pickup. Essentially they strung up a rope between two poles and a plane flew by and grabbed the rope with a small hook. The rope was attached to a bag of "mail"and the off it went. Apparently this technique was tried in the 1930s in areas where planes couldn't land easily.

The Sopwith pup at the museum has a rotary engine which was run for the crowd but not flown because it was a little windy. It makes a great noise which was not captured very well by my camera so I will spare you the video and show you this awesome picture. 

Is the prop supposed to do that?!

Long story short, a good time was had by all. I wish we had taken picture or video of us trying to ride the kinetic sculpture bike things. Maybe Ian has a picture of me making a fool of myself?