Jack Beyer

It's hard to believe Starhopper's 150 meter hop was seven years ago today. I shot it from the roof of a house in Boca Chica Village that no longer exists. These images clearly illustrate how far the Starship program has come, and how ragtag the beginning was.

I love how socal has so much aerospace history hidden in plane sight (heh). Just off the end of BUR’s runway 15 is the Portal of the Folded Wings, an aviation shrine where Wright brothers’ mechanic Charles Taylor is buried alongside many other greats of early aviation.

There's something magical yet tragic about aircraft boneyards.

I cannot stress enough that there is no better place to watch a Starship launch, a booster catch, or a ship catch attempt than the Rocket Ranch outpost. If you plan on attending Flight 15 this is where you need to be and on top of it all this particular spit of land jutting out into the rio is absolutely magical.

If you can, please donate blood.