Somebody Read It
Imagine my surprise. I’m less than a month into having a website and blog. A few friends and acquaintances have been kind enough to visit and on occasion add a comment, but it’s not like I need a traffic light. … Continue reading →
SOB Trip Part 4
SOB Trip continues . . . Ilopango International Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, sits on a bluff with deep ravines at both ends, volcanoes all around, beautiful but unfriendly terrain for landing a jet. Fortunately, the weather is clear. … Continue reading →
F1 Boondoggle
Yesterday’s AAS Metro&State lead article headline was misspelled. “F1 track could reap millions” should have read “F1 track could rape millions.” And this morning the hype continues with “Proposed track would be a giant” in a blitz to convince readers … Continue reading →
Status Report 2
Although I’m not sure whether this is the good or the bad news, after twenty-six days of blogging my enthusiasm has only increased. So much to write about and so little time. From the outset, one of my primary objectives … Continue reading →
Where’s the Water?
Austin sits on the edge of the Llano Estacado, part of what was once called the Great American Desert. And although it isn’t the Sahara, it definitely resides on the dry end of the continuum. The founders of Austin planned … Continue reading →
SOB Trip Part 3
SOB Trip continues…… On checkout at 6 o’clock the next morning the desk clerk wants a credit card. Here we go again. I successfully arm-wrestle the guy for who is going to pay the bill, then endure another harrowing automobile … Continue reading →
Sad Fatal Crash by Rick Bolner
My enthusiasm for flying continued in spite of my heartbreaking lack of twenty-twenty vision. In 1968, the year of the Tet Offensive in Nam, and the year Nam got ugly, my family moved into a new house in Metairie, a … Continue reading →
The Bulletproof Syndrome
My first novel Oasis begins a series that tells the story of a pilot’s life in four stages. The third stage is epitomized by the following attitude: I am God’s gift to aviation and therefore bulletproof. Many different pilot behaviors … Continue reading →
Near-Fatal Accident Part 4
The following comments relate to information from AVweb and the NTSB preliminary accident report on this accident. The Premier 1 did not touchdown on the runway and initiate a go-around due to conflict with another airplane on landing rollout as … Continue reading →
Four Hats
You have finally decided the potted plant can be ignored no longer. Maybe you’re the “let ‘er flow” kind of writer who doesn’t want to think about it. Or maybe you’re at the opposite end of the scale, epitomized by … Continue reading →
