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@Ubermeisters

@ubermeisters.bsky.social

Look at this adorable RC cockpit project!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eApU...

OpenCockpit prototype 2

YouTube video by VUDEV

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January 21, 2026 at 1:45 AM

valiantaircommand.bsky.social

@valiantaircommand.bsky.social

Preparations have started for our open cockpit day.

November 29th

#AnytimeBaby #tomcat #VF41 #OpenCockpitDay #opencockpit #vacwarbirds #Warbirds #ValiantAirCommand #FlyNavy

October 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM

Marcus Gropl

@gropl.com

It was another amazing B-17 Open Cockpit Day for the Record Books! 💙 My amazing crew welcomed over 700 people last Saturday onboard our B-17 "Fuddy Duddy". Aviators of all ages were transported back in time inside this aircraft. ✈️

#LyonAirMuseum #OpenCockpit #Aviation #History #OrangeCounty

February 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM

valiantaircommand.bsky.social

@valiantaircommand.bsky.social

See the legendary F-8 Crusader—the iconic “Last of the Gunfighters”—on display at our Open Cockpit Day at Valiant Air Command, Inc.!
View the aircraft up close and capture great photos.

🎟️ Tickets: buff.ly/4XOoNNE

#opencockpitday #opencockpit #ValiantAirCommand

November 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM

Adam Bonin

@adambonin.bsky.social

Give IJ credit (again) for knowing how to find a good test case.
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

2. Now 82 years old, petitioner Ken Jouppi has been
fascinated with flying since childhood. After serving four
years in the Air Force, mainly as a mechanic for B-52s, he
got his pilot’s license in the late 1960s. In the late ’70s, he
moved to Alaska. R. p. 99.1

For those who love flying, there’s no better place.
Ever since Captain Joseph Martin first flew an opencockpit biplane over Fairbanks in 1913 (helped by his wife
and fellow pilot, Lily), aviation has held a special place in
Alaska’s heritage. Ken Jouppi fit right in. Starting out, he

flew for a small company out of Ketchikan, working with
the U.S. Forest Service, flying charters, and occasionally
piloting medevac and search missions. R. pp. 676-77. In
time, he started his own company (“KenAir”), and for
years, he made a living using his 1969 Cessna U206D as a
one-man air-taxi service, shuttling tourists and locals
alike over the Alaskan wilderness.
As a pilot, Jouppi knew of Alaska’s dry-village system,
and he would not deliberately fly alcohol illegally. But nor
would he preemptively rifle through passengers’ luggage
to hunt for alcohol. No law required him to search their
belongings, and, in his view, it would be “invasive and demeaning” to do so. R. pp. 154, 677-78.
On the morning of April 3, 2012, he was scheduled to
fly a repeat passenger from Fairbanks to the village of
Beaver—a fully “dry” village that bans selling, importing,
and possessing alcohol. Along with many other groceries,
Jouppi’s passenger had three cases of beer packed in her
luggage. She herself was not a drinker. But she was travelling to Beaver to spend her birthday with her husband,
who worked there; the beer (Budweiser and Bud Light)
was for him. 8/22/2013 Tr. 247-48, 256.
As Jouppi was loading the plane, state troopers arrived on scene, searched it, and found the beer. While
Jouppi insisted he had no idea there was any beer in his
passenger’s luggage, the officers maintained that, at a
minimum, one six-pack of Budweiser was visible in a
shopping bag. So the State charged Jouppi, his company,
and the passenger with the misdemeanor offense of knowingly transporting an alcoholic beverage into a dry community. The passenger pleaded guilty. Jouppi and the
company went to trial and were found guilty by way of a

July 20, 2026 at 2:53 PM

valiantaircommand.bsky.social

@valiantaircommand.bsky.social

Unveiling the H-19 Chickasaw for our next Open Cockpit Day!
See this 1950s rescue legend up close and learn its history from our docents.
Tickets: buff.ly/BYLk64U

#OpenCockpitDay #OpenCockpit #ValiantAirCommand #VACWarbirds

November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM

valiantaircommand.bsky.social

@valiantaircommand.bsky.social

🎶✈️ Open Cockpit Day – March 15th! ✈️🎶

Join Valiant Air Command, Inc. for a day of history! Climb inside select warbirds and enjoy DJ Stevie O spinning period-correct tunes all day. Admission included with museum entry! 📍 Valiant Air Command, Inc.

#opencockpit #VACWarbirds #ValiantAirCommand