It was one of those days where I wonder if I should be allowed to fly airplanes. I'd rather not go into details here, just suffice it to say that within ten minutes of takeoff I had decided that I ha
Once upon a time in the Land of Evil Airline CEOs, there was a good man that started a little airline that could do no wrong. It was a cute little east coast airline with new airplanes staffed by happ
I've been studying for the dispatch exams. They cover the same material I learned for the airline
transport pilot exams I wrote years ago, but of course some of it I have forgotten through disuse, a
Unfortunately I am not an instrument pilot yet. My check ride was cancelled due to the fact that the Examiner had to catch an earlier flight to New York because his original flight was cancelled. So
The stars finally aligned today: the airplane was available, the winds were ok, the clouds were high, and the temps were warm enough. K and I went out to the airport for the first time in 4-5 weeks f
When I flew medevacs on the MU-2 and we had an especially gooey, infectious patient, we would have to wear the gown, gloves and mask while flying. During the SARS scare of Summer 2003 in Ontario, we
It was one of those days where I wonder if I should be allowed to fly airplanes. I'd rather not go into details here, just suffice it to say that within ten minutes of takeoff I had decided that I ha
Once upon a time in the Land of Evil Airline CEOs, there was a good man that started a little airline that could do no wrong. It was a cute little east coast airline with new airplanes staffed by happ
Goals: Knock the dust off.Practice maneuvers again.Flying with a pseudo-DPE and being critiqued. Flight: One month to the day since my last time in the cockpit. Sad, eh?
This may not be of much interest to my regular readers, but I’m posting a link to this on a few message forums since to the best of my knowledge there is no video of this heli available online a
Just a couple of weeks ago I had a three hour productivity break in LGA, so rather than waste the time, I jumped on the Delta shuttle bus with my camera and went over to the Marine Air Terminal. Hope
It was about time I got around to posting my first 'fuge video. No sound unfortunately, but I think its pretty funny. For those of you that do not know, every Air Force fighter pilot goes to the cen
One of the difficulties, and attractions, of flying is how easy it is to get into trouble. And, once in trouble, how hard it can be to get out. For as long as man has ventured into the air, we hav
Anyone who closely monitors my blog (and I'm sure there are many who do) will notice that I revise entries many, many times in the hours after they are first posted. I don't spend much time revising
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