Tag Archives: Cuba

Life Only Began Yesterday

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Joe Clark

It was a moment one can only describe as profound. We were driving northeast on Pacetti Road thinking about the recent visit of the grandkids. All of a sudden, the realization hit us like a runaway logging truck hurtling down … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged Cardenas Cuba, centuries, Cuba, decades, England, grandkids, Highway 16, instant “connections”, Life Only Began Yesterday, lifetimes, Pacetti Road, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Spain, Tampa, the age of 30, the loss of a friend, the Pacettis, the passage of time, the passing of a grandparent, the Triays | 2 Comments

Sleep, Food, Water, and Performance

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Joe Clark

I have taught about the relationship between a pilot’s need for proper rest and flying for a long time. Corollary to having the proper rest is eating right and proper hydration. It is a complex equation, and I was pleased when … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying | Tagged Air Force, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cuba, discipline, flying, judgment, memories, military service, Navy, pilots, professional pilots, sailors | 2 Comments

41st Anniversary of Airport Screening

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Joe Clark

Forty one years ago today, the US instituted airport screening at New Orleans’ Moisant Field, now known as Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Prior to 1968, the hijacking Of US airliners was very rare. In the two years leading … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History, Life in General | Tagged 41st Anniversary of Airport Screening, Airport Security, Athens, Beirut, Cuba, Florida, flying, Havana, Hezbollah, hijacking, Islamic Jihad, judgment, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, New Orleans Moisant Field, non-confrontational compliance, professional pilots, Rome, September 11 2001, the Middle East, TWA flight 847, United 93, US Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem | 2 Comments

A Lesson in Ricochets

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Joe Clark

One day, the weapons instructors introduced us to the technique of firing live rounds. Now this is a little different from going down to the rifle range and learning to shoot; what we were going to do was learn how … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged A Lesson in Ricochets, airspeed, altitude, Cuba, discipline, experienced instructors, firing live rounds, flight training, flying, friends, Guantanamo, guns pattern, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, learning to shoot, live fire exercises, Marines, memories, military service, Navy, never overfly the target, pilots, professional pilots, pushing 540 knots, sailors, salty lieutenants and lieutenant commanders, student pilots, TA-4J Skyhawk, the weapons instructors, tracer rounds, tracers ricocheting in all directions | 4 Comments

Manned Spaceflight Turns 50

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Joe Clark

Fifty years ago today, the Soviet Space Program launched Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into a singular orbit around the Earth in their spacecraft, Vostok 1. The space race was on and Russia was in the lead, having flown an orbital … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General | Tagged a dangerous dose of possible nuclear annihilation, advancements in artificial limbs, Air Force, airplanes, Alan Shepard, computers, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Cuba, enhanced radial tires for cars, Florida, Freedom 7, going back to the moon and on to Mars, improved baby foods, improved water purification, infrared ear thermometers, landing on the moon first, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), Manned Spaceflight Turns 50, Marines, military service, Navy, new technologies, President John F. Kennedy, Sputnik, Tang, Teflon, tempur foam (think Tempurpedic beds), the Soviet Space Program, Vostok 1 | 1 Comment

Brothers to the Rescue, Hermanos Al Rescate

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Joe Clark

Geographically, Cuba is a wonderful place, truly a paradise. Politically, however, it is a mess. Some of the recent news about Cuban politics includes Castro finally admitting socialism does not work and the Cuban economic situation is broke. The Cuban … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged airplanes, Brothers to the Rescue, Carlos Costa, Cessna 337 Skymaster, Cessnas, Cuba, Cuban politics, Cuban refugees, Cubans risk their lives trying to escape, dreamed of flying, Fidel Castro, Florida, flying, flying career, free Cubans, Hermanos Al Roscate, humanitarian, judgment, Michael Moore's movie, paradise, pilots, professional pilots, quiet confidence, rafting to freedom, shootdown, socialism, the Cuban economic situation, the Florida Straits, volunteer pilots and observers | 2 Comments

Flying Tired

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Joe Clark

It is time for the blog to go up, it is time to write the blog, and I am only at the beginning of the post. Unfortunately, I am really tired. I am not complaining, and I am sure many … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General | Tagged a lethal situation, accidents, airplanes, commercial fishing, crew duty and rest requirements, Cuba, degraded performance, Douglas DC-8 freighter, driving trucks, fighting fires, flying, flying airplanes, Flying Tired, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, Kalitta International Flight 808, Leeward Point, Navy, pilot-in-command’s judgment, pilots, professional pilots, running an operating room, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), tired aircrew, walking a police beat, working tired | 1 Comment

Real Cuban Bread

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Joe Clark

When I went off to flight training in the Navy, one of the first things I knew I would miss was good, authentic, Cuban bread. Ever since leaving for college in 1971, my access to Cuban bread was very limited … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged Cuba, Cuban coffee, Cuban sandwiches, Florida, La Joven Francesca Bakery, Miami FL, palm frond, Real Cuban Bread, Tampa FL, the water in Tampa, Ybor City | Leave a comment

The Juan T. Trippe

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Joe Clark

These days, if you don’t know who Juan T. Trippe is, the old airplane guys can almost excuse you because we have now moved so far down the timeline away from the glorious days of airline travel. This was a time … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General | Tagged air-taxi service, airplanes, Aviation Company of the Americas, Boeing 707, Boeing 747, Clipper flying boats, Colonial Air Transport, Cuba, Eddie Rickenbacker, Florida, Havana, Howard Hughes, international jet travel, Key West, Long Island Airways, Mojave CA, Pacific Ocean, Pan Am, Pan American World Airways, pilots, the early airline industry, The Juan T. Trippe, the Tony Jannus Award | 4 Comments

The Sunshine Skyway

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Joe Clark

Yesterday my wife, her parents, and I visited her sister in Bradenton. It was a nice afternoon – except for the Gator’s game – that was a pretty hard loss to the Seminoles. Afterward, we started home to my in-law’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged B-26 Marauder, Capricorn, Captain Al Ford, commercial airline flight, Cuba, Fort Brooke, in Tampa Bay”, instrument pilot, Jimmy Doolittle, MacDill Field, Seminoles, snook, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tampa Bay, Tampa International Airport, Teddy Roosevelt, the birth of scheduled airline flying, the Gator’s game, the Rough Riders, the Spanish American War, the Summit Venture, The Sunshine Skyway, Tony Jannus, USCGC Blackthorne, WDAE 1250 a.m. radio, World War II, “One a day | Leave a comment

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Life Only Began Yesterday

Sleep, Food, Water, and Performance

41st Anniversary of Airport Screening

A Lesson in Ricochets

Manned Spaceflight Turns 50

Brothers to the Rescue, Hermanos Al Rescate

Flying Tired

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