Tag Archives: pilot

Learning to Read

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Joe Clark

I always knew I was going to be a pilot and I also knew I would be a writer. When it came to reading and writing, there are a couple of people to whom I am very indebted. My mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Reading, Writing | Tagged baby-books, bookmobiles, books appropriate to age-level, boyhood crushes, Florida, friends, Hillsborough County, Learning to Read, Marianne, mom, new worlds, pictures in books, Pierce Junior High School, pilot, reading and writing, Saturday morning, Tampa, The world of words!, writer, writers | 3 Comments

Automation

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Joe Clark

One thing which tends to strike fear into the heart of a young student pilot working on a career in aviation is the word, automation. Young people hate to hear that word because they think it might keep them from getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying | Tagged airline crews, airline pilots, airplanes, Airplanista online magazine, Automation, Charles Lindbergh, FedEx, first officer, flight engineer, flying across the Atlantic, Fred Smith, fully automated cockpits, life support systems, navigator, passenger flights, pilot, pilots, professional pilots, radio operator, student pilots, unmanned aerial vehicles, Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), young student pilots | Comments Off

First Flight

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Joe Clark

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 | 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 | Comments Off

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