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03-15-2008 - Fairfield, I

I like these aerial sequences and the little ditty. I reminds me how much aviation has changed. We've come a long way, baby:

Being in the computer industry, I'm keenly aware of how nothing published on line is private, and how easy it is to find out information about any person by searching the web. From the beginning I hav

I can tell I have been away from aviation for awhile. Oh, if there are misspellings and such, I'm drinking at the moment.

Arrived at the airport this morning expecting more and more touch

I am sure all of you have seen this video already, but here is info behind it: The Lufthansa jet, with 137 passengers on board, struggled through the strong winds of a powerful winter storm to land a

I am sure all of you have seen this video already, but here is info behind it: The Lufthansa jet, with 137 passengers on board, struggled through the strong winds of a powerful winter storm to land a

I already posted a lot here about the reliability of the Thielert 125 engines. A new episode in this already long story took place on the 12th of March, when the FAA issued an emergency airworthiness

Who'd a thunk it?

You went out and bought 'WAY more house than you could afford...
Got yourself a mortgage with an interest rate that had your friends shaking their heads and chuckling

After trying to fly every weekend since being given 'partial sign-off', althought eh forecast was for solid rain, the morning looked OK, murky, but little wind and easily 1000' cloudbase.

Southwest Airlines has been a huge topic over the past week with their maintenance discrepancies and flying airplanes past inspection times. Southwest pulled 38 planes out of service th

Southwest Airlines has been a huge topic over the past week with their maintenance discrepancies and flying airplanes past inspection times. Southwest pulled 38 planes out of service th

I knew it! I told all you naysayers!! The fuel truck crashed! It wasn't even me driving. The line guys bent it. I knew that thing had a mind of it's own. I'm completely vindicated now.
Yet someho

Well, it was certainly an interesting drive into work this morning. Behold, the METAR from Cleveland Hopkins:

KCLE 151351Z 21003KT 1/4SM FG VV001 00/00 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP115 8/6// T00000000

So I’ve been thinking about buying a new Boeing 767. You know, just something to get up to the lake and back. When Boeing sent me my informational brochures this past week, I decided to take a

This past week I spent a lot of time on Airnav.com. It is THE online aviation database. I use this site, well, A LOT. How do I use it? If you want to quickly find some airport information (like l

There is no greater beauty than an airplane in flight.

The new Terminal 3 is VAST! We parked on it and were the only aircraft there. What a wierd feeling that was.

Ever seen somebody get so out of control on a flight they were arrested after landing? How about two arrests in the same flight? These are some amazing stories -- even a pilot gets arrested and tell