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American women don't seem to like American men. As an American man, I find this discouraging. Are there women in the world who do like American men? I've heard that German women like American m

Last week, I'm set to do the first flight with a CFI candidate who has been referred to me. After a notice of disapproval, he's been stalled for a couple of weeks. The Thanksgiving holiday didn't help

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Revisiting my Toronto Island Airport rant, there was a

On Wednesday afternoon, I got a voice mail from the Director of Admissions at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

"Big Country, please give me a call. I'd love to speak w

Just as I'm mired in my own thoughts about communicating with ATC and other airspace regulators, I get the AOPA ePilot newsletter with info about a new program called

I'm very happy with my subscription to onlymyemail.com. I get basically no spam - perhaps 10 messages in the past week. I've had about the same number of fal

Last week, I'm set to do the first flight with a CFI candidate who has been referred to me. After a notice of disapproval, he's been stalled for a couple of weeks. The Thanksgiving holiday didn't help

Male,
Mid 50's,
Married.... a family man.
At the peak of his career.

He's having more than a little difficulty remaining faithful to his wife.
He gets involved with a wo

We watched Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope last night. Luke, Han and Chewie got sucked into the Death Star and after many ordeals finally rescued the Princess and made their way back to the "hangar"

I inherited another student, because his instructor is leaving the flight school for an airline job. He hasn't been teaching here very long, but he's been very busy as one of the few full-time instru

The title of this post sounds pleasant, doesn't it? It'd be nice if I thought that was the real intention of the FAA inspector who ramp checked my plane yesterday, but I don't think that was on his ag

The lads are on the ground in Shelbyville, TN, awaiting return of the crew car so they can get some lunch. This puts us halfway to the Big Easy. Can taste that Hurricane already!!!

I am in Nassau at the moment, which is great. What's even better is that Lisa is also here. We are going to tour all over the island and see the sights, then get 3rd degree burns on the beache befor

So today is my first day off and I am sitting in a Tim Hortons in Detroit, Michigan. No I didn't have a personal reason to come here its because I got drafted to work. It's an easy day of Detr

Male,
Mid 50's,
Married.... a family man.
At the peak of his career.

He's having more than a little difficulty remaining faithful to his wife.
He gets involved with a wo

The title of this post sounds pleasant, doesn't it? It'd be nice if I thought that was the real intention of the FAA inspector who ramp checked my plane yesterday, but I don't think that was on his ag