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Barry Schiff has the power to make anyone get up before sunrise to experience the wonders of Dawn Patrol. We didnt quite make it before sunrise but we departed shortly after in a Cessna 150.

So that bit about wanting to "roast in the tropical sun blazing directly overhead" two posts ago? We took it a bit far. We returned from Malaysia today looking like that tropical sun got the best of u

I was out walking in the woods when the S64 Helicopter happened by on a training flight. The aircraft is about the size of a Dash 8 airliner and is used in the forest industry to

I don’t normally ask for prayer but I’ll make an exception this time because no one normally reads my blog.  I am 7 days away from having to take my plane over to Nevada to be painted. 

Episode 43 An easy day at work is non-eventful, but those days when crazy things happen... while more stressful...make for much better stories! In this show we hear about swearing, puking, panties fal

Another antidote to those cheezy posters that people plaster around the place to impress or baffle the disinterested.

This is another one of those cascade of incidents story and I know there have been a few of those recently. So I'll preface this one with the fact that I love my job in spite of all that gets in the w

Sour grapes or a good case, Boeing complains bitterly about the USAFs choice of tanker for their strategic requirements. http://www.thedigitalaviator.com/boeing_tanker.pdf

When I first started flying into Boston, I had a lot of people ask me if I had talked to "that controller...the really funny one." For my first two months of flying in the Boston system I was on week

Today’s post is rather short, but I’m certain some of you will spend time on this. This is something I always wanted to know, but I never dared to ask: what is the etymology of the “

Listening to - Regina Spektor - Fidelity

I was supposed to fly yesterday, but the weather was worse than expected and the area airports were reporting 300-200' ceilings with 1-1/4 visibilit

Adobe has released a free beta version of Adobe Lightroom 2. I began using Lightroom during the first beta nearly two years ago and ha

The new colour scheme realised. Any progress on the industrial scene? Hardening of positions and a patient wait for the wheels to turn their required revolutions.

My last flight was in a big jet with a crew and mini-bottles of wine and everything. It made for a change but I think I prefer the Saratoga overall - especially after putting together this grab-bag f