After 61 years of service, Aloha Airlines will
cease operations today. Good luck and God speed to all the employees.
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My
best friend sent me this
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There is no greater beauty than an airplane in flight.
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Now This Is How You Marshal A Jet
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Every now and then I have the privilege (sometimes) of having a celeb on one of my flights. Two of the best were
Huey Lewis and the late newsman
You have to hand it to Sir Richard Branson. He's about the only guy that could make
this happen.
I recently came across
this essay written by an airline pilot who started his career flying
February 20, 2008
I came across this
interesting video clip from the Today Show circa September 1976. It is an interview with
February 15, 2008
My
IT buddy may very well have taken this frantic call...
There are a handful of days in ones life when the stars line up just right, and everything comes together for a few splendid moments. One such day for me was supposed to take place back in August.
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Ordinarily I chastise the media for their extremely uniformed stories concerning the airlines and aviation in general.
This story
Wearing your airline pilot uniform around town (even tough you aren't really an airline pilot) is not a good way to get attention. Sorry, John. You're still not in the club. BTW: Wow, Tom Cruise
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There is an old book called "Six Horse Hitch" in which the author, Janice Holt Giles, spins a fictional yarn of adventure and romance set against the operations of the not-so-fictional Ben Holladay's
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Alright, It's Not Quite This Bad...
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Another Reason To Hate Hummers
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When To Check Your Bags
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Before take-off , a professional pilot is keen, anxious, but lest someone read his true feelings, he is elaborately casual. The reason for this is that he about to enter a new though familiar world.
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This Says It All
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Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines will be one of four inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Click
December 27, 2007
Out of all the classics I was assigned to read in high school and college the only two I actually read (sans 'Cliff's Notes') were "The Last of the Mohicans" and "Moby Dick". For some reason the latt
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Last week Mr. Bush officially upped the retirement age of airline pilots from 60 to 65 thus initiating one of the biggest hose-jobs in the history of the flying profession. These older pilots will no
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Finally the truth is printed. Tired of
horrific air travel experiences? Look no further than your fellow passengers. I
Caution, this cheesy little
video game is highly addictive, and a good way to waste time. Use the arrow keys to go up or down and the space ba
Every pilot in the world is thoroughly familiar with movie "Airplane!", and more often than not is guilty of evoking a few of the many classic one-liners. At the outset of a particular tricky approac
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First time this has happened. We pulled into the gate in Vegas this morning and promptly received a vicious tongue lashing from a 4 foot high octogenarian who was thoroughly miffed because we deliver
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Believe it or not, there existed a time when government trained high school dropouts were not allowed to paw through your luggage. When passengers simply walked across the ramp, and boarded the airpl
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It's been more than twenty years since my
best friend and I sat hunched over a Commodore 64 singing the praises of Sid Meier's
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Mike Johnson's new animated film take us on a wild ride through the animated world of the Red Bull Air Races. His brilliant (virtual) camera work allows for a bizarre mix of participants.
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