Frequently Asked Questions - Site Related
Q: Will you provide any news on airshows, performers, and whatnot?
A: No, but if you are looking for that, ASB.TV is your place for all of that.
Q: Are you going to be adding any new sections to Steve's Airshow World?
A: Anything's possible... but as of right now nothing new has been planned.
Q: Are you going to have any t-shirts for sale?
A: Not in the near future.
Q: What about an "About Me" section? There was one on here not too long ago...
A: There is an "About the site" section on the Facebook Fan Page.
Q: Why haven't you responded to my e-mail?
A: It could be because of several reasons:
1. I haven't read it yet... give me time and I will read it. I do read every e-mail that gets sent to me.
2. I'm replying to it...
3. You asked a question whose answer can be found in any of the FAQ pages.
4. You didn't provide an e-mail address for which I could reply to.
5. You provided me an e-mail that somehow I have no good reply for.
6. I don't reply to threats.
Q: What browser and resolution should I use to view Steve's Airshow World properly?
A: I HIGHLY recommend Mozilla Firefox with your screen resolution set at 1024x768 or larger.
Q: How should spelling and grammar mistakes be handled?
A: Please e-mail me and specify where on the site you found those spelling and/or grammar mistakes.
Q: How do you handle bad links? What about links to other sites?
A: If I don't catch them and you do, e-mail me. I am always looking for more links for the links page. I am trying to have the most comprehensive list of performer links anywhere on the web, as well as links to other photographer's work.
Q: Do you run any other websites?
A: I used to run The Airport of Game Shows from early 2000 until April 2001. I shut down that site because it was becoming way too much work to keep that site running as well as Steve's Airshow World, which was beginning to get very popular, as well as growing almost exponentially. As of right now, I am only running Steve's Airshow World.
Q: Why does that header image font look so familiar?
A: Because its the same font the USAF uses on their airplanes! Just look at "U.S. Air Force" and the tailcodes on the planes and you'll recognize it. For you font geeks out there, the font is AmarilloUSAF.
Q: Do you have a mailing list for updates?
A: No. It takes too much time for me to write one up and send it out to x recipients.
Q: There's links on some of the video pages that go nowhere but return right back to the same page. What gives?
A: I occasionally will upload a video page and have it all set up, but not all of the videos have been uploaded. Give me some time and within a few days all of the links will go to the right video.
Q: Why are there no videos from the 2005 Thunder Over the Boardwalk Airshow?
A: The 2005 Thunder Over the Boardwalk Airshow presented me with (at the time) the worst situation for shooting video at an airshow. The day of the show started out very windy, with the wind blowing from the ocean, which kicked up spray from the ocean onshore, which required me to clean the lens off practically every minute. The wind also kicked up sand everywhere, making the situation a lot worse, and in turn, you can't hear the airplanes and the public address system over the wind. It just wasn't worth my time to encode and upload anything from that show.
There are also a couple airshows that don't have any videos uploaded (mainly from 2003 and 2004) because of bad audio tracking on the original tapes.
Q: What happened to a lot of the older videos, especially those of the fighter demonstrations?
A: Those that used to have clickable links, but are no longer clickable, signify that the said video appears on one of the Steve's Airshow World DVDs. Trust me - they look A LOT better on the DVD than they do on YouTube.
Q: Why are there black bars around the older videos (2000-2005 in particular)? What about their quality?
A: These videos were originally recorded onto 8mm media, which is analog, and have been re-encoded using the new digital video camera, which, of course, is digital. There's nothing I can do about it, but the video is still viewable. The quality stems from the fact that they are analog videos and have had their quality reduced greatly so that I can upload them onto YouTube (don't worry - if they happen to be on DVD, the video on the DVDs look about a million times better!).
Q: How are you able to upload videos longer than ten minutes onto YouTube?
A: This is my most frequently asked question on YouTube and I feel I should address it here as well. When I joined YouTube, I applied for the Director Program, which allowed me to upload the longer videos. They approved it, and I started uploading. Recently, they changed that to where any new member who wants to apply as a Director, he/she cannot upload the longer videos. Those who have done so in the past can continue to do so, and I am one of those. It's a huge help for me, since I don't have to upload significant numbers of videos for one subject (I'd rather show a jet team's performance in one video, if at all possible).
Please, please, NO QUESTIONS on why you can't upload longer videos... I will not answer you.
Q: There's a mistake on the extended promo...
A: I know. I mistyped the address to the Steve's Airshow World Store. However, I took advantage of that. The link I have listed in that video does in fact exist, but it is treated almost as if it is a welcome page to the store.
Q: Why all the buzz on ASB.TV on YOUR site?
A: It's not like me to promote another site over mine, but to be honest, I spend A LOT more time on ASB (specifically the forums) than I do working on my own site. I am very good friends with the founder as well as several of the co-founders of the site and I feel that Ed Shipley (that name sounds familiar, doesn't it?) has created something magnificent for the airshow industry as well as for airshow fans and I feel the word should be spread about ASB. If you have not checked out ASB.TV I invite you to take a look.
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