When fledgling pilots first start learning to leave the nest, they talk about their first solo. How long will it take? How long did it take you to solo? Its a notable milestone and everyone remembe
It's that time of month again! For the past week, crewmembers at my airline have been seen poring over thick packets of paper, armed with pens, pencils, and seven colors of marker, mumbling unprintab
Despite management's failure to communicate, my ex-co-workers have come through for me. I arranged with the Victory cargo slaves to look after my belongings, whenver it was that they finally came down
When fledgling pilots first start learning to leave the nest, they talk about their first solo. How long will it take? How long did it take you to solo? Its a notable milestone and everyone remembe
Regular readers of this blog (if there ever was such a thing) will recall from our post of 12/2/05 (‘Sidebar’) that we don’t answer e-mails. We’ll not iterate the reasons here, but we’ve be
I have had some great aviation experiences over the past few weeks. I recently had the opportunity to fly with the AeroShell Aerobatic Team as they prepared for the 2006 Chicago Air & Water Show.
Arrived at the airport at 1900. Kevin, who'd be my instructor for tonight's flight, shook hands with me. Loyal readers may recall that Kevin taught my grandfather, Scott, and his friend David in '91.
All these were taken by a friend of mine, Brian. He is a pilot also, and he sure knows his way around a camera. All credit goes to him for these great pics. If you want him to do your birthday or w
All these were taken by a friend of mine, Brian. He is a pilot also, and he sure knows his way around a camera. All credit goes to him for these great pics. If you want him to do your birthday or w
So, for those of you who have travelled since the British hair-gel threat, have you tried not checking luggage? Given the things one can carry on-board, it seems reasonable to me to stay with
I once said that, like Jimmy Buffett in "The Wino and I Know," I would like to live my life like a song. As I mentioned in my previous post, a job change is in the works, so the next song would be "Ch
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I was on my way home from a Miami night-stop very recently, and began chatting with one of my colleag
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