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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Getting a License
One of the books we produced at BluewaterPress LLC came to us from Captain LeRoy Brown. LeRoy lived the life all pilots would have wished to have lived, if they could have been as lucky. LeRoy, a fine gentleman of proper age, … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying
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Tagged airplanes, aviation history, CAA inspector, Captain LeRoy Brown, cropdusters, discipline, Dr. Leo Murphy, Florida, Getting a License, inexperienced pilots, judgment, L-1011, learning to fly, memories, National Airlines, open cockpit biplanes, Pan American World Airways, professional pilots, Samuel Dellinger, Stormy, taildraggers
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Pilots, Briefers, and Weather, Oh My!
There is something to be said for knowing the weather in a particular geographic location. Additionally, I really miss flying in air masses over which I was capable of seeing vast expanses of air and moisture. I liked being able … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying
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Tagged "zero-zero", a promise of good VFR, airplanes, Cessnas, critical fuel, cross-country flight, discipline, flight training, Florida, flying, fog, Hazardous weather, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, learning to fly, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, terrain obscuration, turbulence, weather, wind shear
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