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I've thought for years that it would be really cool to work at a place like NASA Ames or SETI or JPL. I would love to be in a position to write software for a Mars rover and watch it touch down and b

Listening to - 132.4 - JFK Final

DONE!

Not the hardest exam I've ever taken, but definitely one of the longest. By hour 5 you just want out of there. Started 830 finished 1345. N

Here’s what it cost to own and operate a 1979 Piper Warrior II in Ottawa, Canada in 2007 with 80 hours air time (a bit more flight time, of course). Since the US and Canadian dollars are basica

Some non-flying skills can make our flying better. This topic has been in the air on this blog over the last days, and here is a new development: common points between weather and poker. The first sim

A description of a typical day's flight from Montreal to Vancouver and return - as a backdrop for a detailed, non-technical description of what an airline pilot does. (check left hand column for serie

I'm sure you know how to finish the sentence in my subject line, don't you?!
A few posts back I asked abo

Today the general weather forecast was not so great, so I guess that's why no other pilots were at the field. But the thermal forecast was actually not that bad, and a "marine layer with reverse clear