Blog Posts
From Italy to Aviation: The Colapietro Journey
Background For the “Aviation Wrecks of Southern California” book, one of the planned chapters is about the story of the pilot who bailed out of a F4D “Ford” Skyray at 650 miles-per-hour at 18,000 feet — and lived! I’m digging deeper into the story of Leo J. “Pete” Colapietro and trying to get more photos…
The Mystery of the Purple Heart: Stephen Endres’ Journey
Background I’ve been busy working on the Aviation Wrecks of Southern California book and haven’t been diving much locally — even though the conditions have been nice so far this year. I have done a couple dive projects that I will find time to write about, but most of my time has been writing and…
Solana Beach P-38 Photogrammetry Model v2 (Solana Beach — 180 fsw)
Introduction We first located and identified the P-38 off Solana Beach back in 2022 and I published a series of posts about the wreck, including a “basic” photogrammetry model. I’ve been back a couple of times but it was always with a few other divers which makes building a photogrammetry model tough. In that time,…
Aviation Wrecks of Southern California
I have been asked many times “when are you going to write a book?” I was gently prodded in December 2024 when my wonderful wife “published” a book with some of my diving trips and pictures and gifted it to me as a Christmas present. I’ve been thinking about what would make a book that…
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