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AURORA ALERT

A coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth today at approximately 1400 UT, and the impact may cause strong geo

Those of you that grew up here in the San Fernando Valley at some point during high school hung out at "The Tower" on old dirt Mulholland up in the Santa Monica Mountains. You either went there to ge

While the last four weeks have not been without minor event, there has been a decided lack-of-impetus to write about any of it. Things just aren’t as interesting here as they are in other parts of t

While the last four weeks have not been without minor event, there has been a decided lack-of-impetus to write about any of it. Things just aren’t as interesting here as they are in other parts of t

Had my first aborted takeoff yesterday as well as my first heavy and high takeoff. It was an interesting day. The abort came on the first take off of the day. It was my leg and my takeoff. As we took

I had to do my 5 hours of required cockpit observer on Wednesday. Had a blast doing it, but not looking forward to doing it again anytime soon. The jumpseat on the Brasilia is so damn small...and I

I'm hoping that I can do a flight tomorrow morning (I have a plane booked at 8am). The forecast isn't looking good though. However, it doesn't hurt to study at all.

Had my first aborted takeoff yesterday as well as my first heavy and high takeoff. It was an interesting day. The abort came on the first take off of the day. It was my leg and my takeoff. As we took

One of my students is in checkride prep, and the other one will be starting checkride prep in a matter of days. And, the weather has been bad. So, I've been doing mostly ground study with them both.

Morning of Day 3 saw us up before sunrise. Returning from NOLA to the Home Base results in losing an hour, so if you want to get home in the early afternoon, as we did, you got to get an early start.

Mmmmm, caffeine

I was up to 3 or 4 large Tim Horton's double-doubles per day when I flew medevacs. It was the only way to make sure I could keep my eyes open at any time of the day (or nig