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May 14, 2008
22:13
"carrier" and bolters!
» ‎ flysomewhere

there's an excellent series on pbs now called "carrier". a film crew went out on the aircraft carrier nimitz for a long period and was given a great deal of exposure to the crew and operations. one

21:55
2 weeks and counting
» ‎ FreightDawginIt

Time to knock the cobwebs out and get to business. Its learning time again. Upgrade class is now 2 weeks away and the preparations have begun. All 3 of the flying bibles have been regularly opened and

20:17
Location Location Location
» ‎ The Flight Life

Listening to - NY Approach 118.00

To follow up my previous post on the possible locations of employment I did some more concrete research and found out some new interesting facts...

16:38
Thank You Panera Bread!!
» ‎ Pitchpull

Dateline Destin, Florida-

Things could be worse. Actually, things could hardly be better. But I have been, in a way, speechless for four days now.
The wi-fi connection I was hijacking

14:00
Flying Superstition
» ‎ Plastic Pilot

I don’t know any statistics about superstition (and don’t really want to know any), but the fact is here: many airlines are affected by superstitious passengers. Typically, most of them ha

13:26
Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
» ‎ Ancientpelican.com

In the eighties, every kid wanted to fly F-14's off aircraft carriers, now they're actually going to want to fly the "rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong".

As it turns out, the
12:58
Destination Lausanne
» ‎ Fear of Landing

I don’t know a lot about Lausanne but hopefully that’s about to change. After a bit of a refresher in North Weald, I’ll be braving a border-crossing into Switzerland: flying to Lausa

9:28
Almost Like Being ...
» ‎ Aviation Mentor

Musicians and dancers tend to make good pilots, in my experience. For all I know, actor

9:13
Week 17
» ‎ Blogging at 69˚ North

A few shots from a crosscountry flight a few weeks back.

On the apron of the island of red tarmac.

4:28
"How can I become a pilot?" - my answer to this frequent question
» ‎ Marriage with altitude

I've lost count of the number of times we've been asked this question, and I know it's something a lot of people are at least curious to know the answer to, so I thought I might try to answer it here.

2:46
"Air Force One Dropped Me Off"
» ‎ Cockpit Conversation

So it seems a drunk guy managed to wander onto the runway in Dallas. That's quite a trick, getting onto airside, crossing th

0:36
Why?
» ‎ Positive / Climb

Remember when you were a kid and everyone of your young friends and perhaps even yourself, dreamed of being an astronaut, a medic or a police officer? Remember how great the world seemed like with al

0:21
Stressfest…
» ‎ Rant Air - Welcome Aboard!

In the airline biz, one of the “perks” we as employees receive is (somewhat) free, space-available non-revenue travel. Provided there are open seats on the aircraft, we (employees and imme

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