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Experience
How did I get here? Many times, I must ask myself, am I a writing pilot, or a flying writer? When I was in second grade, just getting a handle on reading, I remember standing in the hallway of our … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General, Personal, Reading, Writing
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Tagged 1968, authors, aviation, basic math, becoming a writer, Benjamin Franklin, careers, chemistry, Dan Brown, Danielle Steel, drafting, experience, extraordinary lives, Fairy Tales, flying writer, girls, Hans Christian Andersen, history, James Caraway, logic, mom, music, Nora Roberts, research, Stephen King, teenagers, Tom Clancy, writing flyer
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“A Soldier’s Trust”
There’s no question we need to remember our history. We are a nation of 330 million people and a very small percentage of our population served in the military. An even smaller percentage fought in any war. Those who are … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History
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Tagged Captain Ed “Too Tall” Freeman, combat veterans, heroes, history, Huey, LZ X-Ray, military, severely wounded soldiers, the Battle of Ia Drang, the Distinguished Flying Cross, The Medal of Honor, the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), US forces, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, volunteers
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Doing It the Old Fashioned Way
Well, I guess I have graduated from the School of Geekdom at the University of Hardknocks. Following this past week’s computer emergency, with the help of some friends, a couple of manuals, and the Internet, I was able to teach myself … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying, History, Life in General
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Tagged a mean old cantankerous flight instructor, a sense of collective history, Alexander Graham Bell, am locomotive engineers, ancient sailors, Apple, black and white prints, Captain Ross, commercial electricity, computer emergency, computers, dependent on technology, digital cameras, Doing It the Old Fashioned Way, English, Ernest K. Gann, Fate Is The Hunter, French, Garmins, history, Johannes Gutenberg, Kill Devil Hill, manual typewriters, measured by column inches, mentors, MicroSoft, Nicola Tesla, proportion wheels, re-loading various software, rocket science, sailed across the Atlantic, School of Geekdom, smart phones, Spaniards, storytelling, the ancient Polynesians, the DC-3, the light bulb, the New World, the printing press, the telephone, the University of Hardknocks, the Wrights, Thomas Edison, Tom-Toms, Trimbles, Vikings, World War II, “the old-fashioned way”
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107 Years
A century plus seven years. It is almost too much to comprehend, especially when you give some thought to the amazing accomplishments which have taken place since then. It was 107 years ago today the Wright Brothers officially “cracked the … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying
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Tagged 107 Years, 1941, aerial combat maneuvering, aerial combatants, airmail, aviation, B-25 Mitchell bombers, B-29 Superfortresses, barnstormers, Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yeager, December 7, Douglas DC-3, H.G. Wells, history, jet fighters, Jimmy Doolittle, John Kennedy, Jules Verne, Maritime aviation, October 14 1947, open cockpit biplanes, the airline industry, the aviation industry, the Boeing 707, The Korean War, the moon, the sound barrier, the space race, the USS Hornet, the Wright Brothers, times of war, turbojets, World War I
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First Flight
If you are a pilot, or if you are not but have a serious interest in history, you owe it to yourself to visit First Flight on the outer banks in North Carolina. This is the place where the Wright … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying
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Tagged aerodynamics, air screw, December 17 1903, First Flight, flight experiments, gliders, history, Kill Devil Hill, kites, Kitty Hawk, Neil Armstrong, North Carolina, Orville, Otto Lilienthal, outer banks, pilot, propeller, Wilbur, Wright Brothers
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