We all receive forwarded items from friends via email. Sometimes they involve serious subjects that the sender thinks we need to know about, or to further a personal cause, and on occasion, they are offered just for the pure fun … Continue reading →
A good friend and fellow aviator sent me this link: Starjammer. After checking it out, I understand why. He and Elgin Wells are molded from the same batch of whatever it is that makes us what we are, that drives … Continue reading →
What follows is a phone conversation between me and a representative of the GremlinBusters (GB), a company whose technicians combine the expertise and knowledge of Time Warner Cable, Netflix, Apple TV, and all things unfathomable to one of my generation: … Continue reading →
Have you ever felt like you lost a few days? You glance back and wonder where they went? It usually happens to me with the enjoyable side of life. Vacations, holidays, visits with friends and family I don’t get to … Continue reading →
It probably goes without saying that fighter pilots can be obnoxious. This is especially true when they make it a point to illustrate the superiority of their aircraft over those they deem flown by less worthy pilots. The following example … Continue reading →
According to National Transportation Safety Board investigators, the American Airlines Boeing 757-200 that ran off Runway 19 while landing at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on November 19, 2010, was missing a bushing, indicating that “the linear actuator in the automatic speed … Continue reading →
I received this from Bill Schwoeble, friend and fellow veteran aviator, who received it from a classmate in United States Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training. Along with the humor, a wonderful dose of logic underlies these words. My thanks to … Continue reading →
Low altitude aerobatics are an especially dangerous way to spend time. A friend sent me a link to a series of pictures capturing an amazing event in which the pilot in my opinion uses up whatever bit of good luck … Continue reading →
Last August I joined facebook to utilize the triad of website, blog, and the most powerful social networking platform on the planet. It may be popular off the planet as well. I mean, how would we know? Anyway, according to … Continue reading →
For non-pilots who usually fly in airliners and rate a flight based on the landing more than any other criteria, and who judge the quality of the landing by the touchdown, let me expand your knowledge of this most important … Continue reading →
