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We had this recent shake up in Singapore last week, resulting from the massive under sea earthquake near Indonesia, the first of which measured 8.4 on the Richter scale. Since the local news was slow

People ask me all the time which digital camera they should buy and, without hesitation, direct them to the Hasselbald brand. Hasselbald stands for qualit

Had a great time in Alaska, only one bad weather day in the two weeks that we were there. Only got to do one flight - around and over the Mount McKinley base camp. Unfortunately we were too late in th

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My checkride is scheduled for tomorrow! I'll be meeting the DE at KGLS, I've been there a few times, but it is not my home airport. So yesterday I went flying with my CFI to KGLS to get a little more

It looks like Alaska Airlines is the newest airline to promise us Wifi internet on board all their flights! They are going to test a Wifi system from Row 44 on a 737 in the spring. If all goes well w

It looks like Alaska Airlines is the newest airline to promise us Wifi internet on board all their flights! They are going to test a Wifi system from Row 44 on a 737 in the spring. If all goes well w

It has been a long couple of days for me during my last 3 day trip. the last two days were 12 hours a day with just under 8 hours of flying. It will definitely get to you. For those of y

It has been a long couple of days for me during my last 3 day trip. the last two days were 12 hours a day with just under 8 hours of flying. It will definitely get to you. For those of y

iPhone pic: Flying through some beautiful cl

iPhone pic: Flying through some beautiful cl

Today I am thoroughly exasperated with A. He did one bad thing and possibly one even worst thing that will make the bad thing not matter. One thing will take a month to resolve itself, the other possi

We all know that Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" is amazing, but I just learned that it grossed $49 million and that it is the fourth-highest-grossing documentary film to date in the United St

This probably won’t be of any interest to my regular readers, but since the forum that this was accessible from recent went away, I needed a new place to post it and link to it from many forums

Half-way through a very busy day at work yesterday, my husband called me from his minibus on the way to a regional airport for an overnighter. Amongst all the usual topics - genial nature/axe murderer

What on earth is going on at Socal Approach these days? It seems every time I fly, they find a new way to confuse, infuriate, or disappoint me. Sometimes all three. It really pains me to say that, b

I apologize for the almost two months of silence on my part. In early August I graduated

Not much has been happening in life but work work work.  That is to change soon.  I’m taking my bride of 20 years to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.  Look for a trip report in a couple of weeks. 

We are in probably one of the best locations for a fire. Big Bear, what a great town. It's been busy and I don't have time to comment right now. One of the SEAT's(single engine air-tanker) went dow

And I want to support him:
In today's political climate, publishing this cartoon takes guts.
Thanks Chris.
Keep your eyes open a