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Topic: Mach-Buster.co.uk: Test pilots website
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machbusterman Member Posts: 1788 From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Registered: May 2004
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posted 12-11-2021 07:53 AM
I was faced the decision of either the closure of my website (due to issues with the hosting platform) or completely redesigning it and starting from scratch. I chose the latter! After a month of building it in my spare time it is now live for all to see at: Mach-Buster.co.uk. There is a huge section on Chuck Yeager and the planes he flew, twp pages on Fred J. Ascani and pages on the following: - Bob Cardenas
- Pancho Barnes
- Jacqueline Cochran
- Convair XF-92A
- Captain Eric Brown
Ten pages of test pilot biographies (71 in total) plus. There are now videos on a number of the pages plus I've restored the audio from Yeager's wild ride in the X-1A to the site. Still lots to go but it's a decent start I think! Future updates will include autograph pages and my visits to autograph shows such as Autographica, Spacefest and ASF AAMS shows plus more flight test material including X-2, X-15 and Lifting Body programs. Thanks for looking! — Derek |
Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4416 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 12-11-2021 09:36 AM
Great start Derek. I'm already looking forward to more. Bring it on buddy! |
micropooz Member Posts: 1606 From: Washington, DC, USA Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 12-11-2021 12:52 PM
Spectacular, Derek! Congratulations, and I can't wait to see the additions! |
randy Member Posts: 2520 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 12-11-2021 02:58 PM
Good site. Way to go! |
Scott Member Posts: 3320 From: Houston, TX Registered: May 2001
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posted 12-11-2021 03:08 PM
Nice job, Derek! |
Jurg Bolli Member Posts: 1111 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-11-2021 03:59 PM
I agree, very nice. |
Kite Member Posts: 992 From: Northampton UK Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 12-11-2021 04:00 PM
Glad you decided to continue with your project Derek. A superb site. Thank you. |
oly Member Posts: 1324 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 12-11-2021 06:47 PM
Whilst I applaud your efforts in redesigning your website, I offer the following as a critique only.I encourage you to incorporate a responsive web design that caters to mobile devices because statistically, most users these days view websites on a mobile device that requires the page to respond to the smaller screen size and orientation changes, as well as catering to the large size of modern displays and screens found on high definition resolution screens. Additionally, consider the accessibility of your website for visually impaired users by doing such things as filling the “alt” tags of images in your HTML code with an appropriate description of the image, so that the screen readers used by visually impaired users can “read” the image to the users. Whilst this may sound like a lot of work, incorporating such things from the beginning is far less effort than having to do the same later on, and helps with the search engine optimization of your web page to feed you more traffic. It will also put you in front of the potential accessibility legislation that will incorporate websites in the not-too-distant future. If you have gone to the effort of redesigning your website, I am sure that you will want your efforts to be fluent in modern web design so that it works on modern, interactive devices for as long as possible.
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machbusterman Member Posts: 1788 From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Registered: May 2004
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posted 12-12-2021 05:35 AM
quote: Originally posted by Rick Mulheirn: Great start Derek.
Thanks Rick! quote: Originally posted by micropooz: Spectacular, Derek!
Many thanks Dennis! Hope you are well. quote: Originally posted by randy: Good site. Way to go!
Thanks Randy 👍 quote: Originally posted by Scott: Nice job, Derek!
Thank you Scott! quote: Originally posted by Jurg Bolli: I agree, very nice.
Thanks Jurg! quote: Originally posted by Kite: A superb site.
Thank you, your words are appreciated! |
machbusterman Member Posts: 1788 From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Registered: May 2004
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posted 12-22-2021 05:08 PM
The website has been updated again to include my visits to various autograph shows (Autographica, Spacefest, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation) plus Vostok, Mercury, Gemini and Apollo galleries. There is also a links page which includes a number of highly recommended weblinks to my favourite websites (including collectSPACE!). Thanks for looking. |