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• August 17, 2008
• 18:41

  Art! Yes I said that... I can appreciate art.

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  Had some downtime in Chicago and went to Millennium Park... found the Cloud Gate. I have
• August 10, 2008
• 9:23

  Yankees!

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  Finally made it to a Yankees game, last season in this stadium! We had great seats!
• July 20, 2008
• 4:26

  the Newseum in DC

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  Yesterday, I went to the Newseum in Washington DC. I had no pre-conceived notions about the museum and was pleasantly surprised at how many "artifacts" from recent events were stored inside. One of
• 4:22

  West Side of the Berlin Wall

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  The west side of the Berlin Wall... Graffiti and all...
• 4:19

  East Side of the Berlin Wall

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  This side of the Berlin Wall faced East Germany. Notice the lack of graffiti and th
• July 10, 2008
• 20:35

  Truckee Smoke...

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  This picture does not do justice to how yellow and brown the sky was in Truckee from the fir
• June 29, 2008
• 7:18

  Gas Prices!

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  And to think I would actually get misty thinking about the price of gas from a few years ago
• May 12, 2008
• 18:09

  Home Plate

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  Unfortunately, they lost 3-0 to the Blue Jays... but is was cool to see a game in a d
• 18:05

  Cleveland!

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  Unexpected got tickets to the Indians game when we landed in Cleveland... had good s
• April 26, 2008
• 16:39

  Welcome to Virginia... here's your hydrant.

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  I saw this near a restaurant in Virginia... What the heck is this? Really, really adv
• 16:35

  TEB Parking...

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  Always plenty of parking at Jet...
• March 16, 2008
• 14:13

  Landing SFO 28R...

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• 11:03

  [nt]

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• 10:59

  Cool Contrails on as I flew IAD to TEB...

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• March 01, 2008
• 17:09

  Ramp in Truckee

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  Just made it into Truckee after the freezing fog burned off... Freezing fog, always a favor
• February 16, 2008
• 1:55

  Dual visuals...

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  Up to and don't pass on the way into SFO... with the sun going down in the background
• February 12, 2008
• 10:17

  Freezing Rain!

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  Sitting around in Dulles, on the waiting list to get in the hangar, but didn't get th
• February 04, 2008
• 16:21

  Quiet Bridge Visual

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  Almost done, 28R... SFO
• 16:18

  Mammoth Lake

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  With Denver far behind us, we passed over a freshly powdered Mammoth Lake.
• 16:15

  Scottsdale Sunset

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  Another view of the ramp in SDL as the sun goes down.
• 14:18

  Superbowl

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  This is a view of the ramp in Scottsdale. It barely shows 1/3 of the ramp in front of
• January 16, 2008
• 3:19

  Welcome to SFO!

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  Hmmmmm, aren't these for my passenger's feet? At least I can't suck it up into my engine...
• October 24, 2007
• 20:19

  Everyone likes pie!

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  Passing Denver last night, heard the call sign "Key Lime"... would love to make fun of that, but everyone likes pie. I wonder who those guys are and how they got that call sign?
• October 09, 2007
• 17:44

  Cow Country

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  A while ago, I landed in a Citation II in Santa Monica. That day, I was flying a different company's Citation that was significantly older, but still is in good condition. I parked at the only FBO o
• 17:08

  Historic Telluride

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  Rented a mountain bike in Telluride and saw this sign on the way back into town... my
• June 21, 2007
• 18:52

  Who's flying the plane?

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  Last week I was flying from Burbank to San Francisco, just chugging along in cruise and the Oakland Center controller asks me if I had time for a question... I said of course, and he asks, "Who's flyi
• April 23, 2007
• 2:57

  Ramp in Ottawa

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  Cold for April in Ottawa, note the snow on the left!
• 2:55

  Tired Radio Call

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  On the way into San Jose, this is one the best radio calls from a tired pilot: "Cleared to Left on Thirty Land." The name(s) have been withheld to protect the moderately innocent.
• 2:52

  Ramp in Toronto

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  Sitting on the ramp in Toronto, still cold out, unusual for April in Canada.
• 2:50

  Downtown Toronto

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  Quick shot of downtown Toronto with the CN Tower, it was as cold as it looks..
• March 04, 2007
• 11:38

  Yosemite Valley at 20,000

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  A clear shot with the sun going down, El Capitan visible in the foreground and Half
• February 07, 2007
• 14:04

  Shasta from 390

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  Mt. Shasta on the way back from Portland.
• January 28, 2007
• 14:18

  Smoke...

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  Did you ever want to say a smartass comment but for the sake of decency hesitated and then said nothing? Here is the something I wish I transmitted, but didn't: A few years ago, during "fire season" i
• 14:13

  Lincoln Memorial, at night

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  14:08

  Good Call Signs...

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  Okay, here are two examples of good call signs: Evil (a flight of two checking in as Evil 1 and Evil 2) and Wiley. Since I complained about some bad call signs, I should mention the two cool ones I he
• 13:20

  DC

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  January 18, 2007
• 12:57

  Passing Traffic

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  January 03, 2007
• 17:23

  Passing Philly on the way home...

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  December 28, 2006
• 6:01

  Worst Call Signs

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  During my flight last night, I heard the two worst call signs. The first is: Windrider. Who picked that? Did some board member's wife insist on the call sign Windrider? What's next? Dreamcatcher?
• December 09, 2006
• 6:10

  One of my favorite airplanes...

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  6:02

  A good Santa Monica Picture

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  December 04, 2006
• 6:34

  Other Pilots

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  A few nights ago, we had a good mix of people from the jet center out at our local pub. We had taken over a section of the outdoor seating and we were having a good time shooting the bull. One of the
• December 01, 2006
• 5:45

  Fish?

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  I propose that we eliminate the following phrases from our ATC vocabulary regarding TCAS:
  
  1. Fishfinder - I am not a fish, you are not a fish... Okay Captain Ahab, you just sound like a jac
• November 27, 2006
• 17:51

  Welcome

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  You probably got here by accident, but this blog is going to about some of my experiences as a corporate pilot. I have been itching to write about things that happen: good/bad experiences and funny t