Author Archives: Joe Clark

The Old Days in the Airlines

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Joe Clark

Oops! I should have published this last Tuesday, but made the mistake of not pressing the correct button on the blog control panel… So for your enjoyment today… ——————— Monday, I wrote about celebrating the near-end of working on our … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged 2001 A Space Odyssey, a Cuban sandwich at the Columbia, a time before Homeland Security and the TSA, America’s airline, aviation history, Eastern Airlines, Images of a Great Airline, Jamie Baldwin, National Airlines, old round dials in the cockpit, Pan American World Airways, PBA, round engines, smell the oil and the aviation fuel, Stanley Kubrick, the last line flying DC-3s, The Old Days in the Airlines, TWA | 1 Comment

Heat

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Joe Clark

Here in the southeast, the temperatures are unusually high. The same is true of other areas of the south and southwest. This past week, the forecasters predicted highs in the realm of 107 to 110. Of course, as aviators, we know the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged a loss of consciousness episode, airplane performance, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, aviators, flight training, Florida, flying, forecasters predicted highs in the realm of 107 to 110, functioning as an aviator, Heat, high temperatures, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, memories, mental and physical performance, Oklahoma City, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), The National Weather Service (NWS), The South, the southeast, the southwest | 2 Comments

Miracle at Lake Clark Pass

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Joe Clark

Over the weekend, a legitimate miracle took place at the Lake Clark National Park in Alaska. In the designated pass, a Piper Navajo and Cessna 206 floatplane came together in the crunching of metal and no one died. In fact, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying | Tagged Air Traffic Control (ATC), airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cessna 206 floatplane, Cessnas, dependency on technology, discipline, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), flying, judgment, maintaining a vigilant lookout for other aircraft, midair collisions, Miracle at Lake Clark Pass, mountainous areas, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Piper Navajo, professional pilots, radar coverage, rviving a midair collision, see and avoid, Self-Confidence, sophisticated electronics, visual profiles | Comments Off

A Little Cuba in North Florida

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Joe Clark

As usual, we were working far too hard and “she” says, “We need to go out.” I agreed. There was cause for celebration and besides, we needed a break. So with the completion of one last task on the book … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing | Tagged A Little Cuba in North Florida, cause for celebration, Cuban cuisine, Cuban sandwich, Florida’s First Coast, Hypolito and St. George Streets, Northeast Florida, Pavlov’s dogs, Roy Rogers, The 1905 Salad, the Columbia Restaurant, time to head off to Cuba, we needed a break | Comments Off

The End of the Line

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Joe Clark

This week and next, the last Shuttle, Atlantis, will finish a long and glorious program. When they fly her home, it will truly be a bittersweet moment for many. Especially for those who are going to lose their jobs. According … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General | Tagged an aspiring engineer’s imagination, Atlantis, Columbus, laptop computers, technical and non-technical benefits to life, The End of the Line, the last Shuttle, the New World, the space program, We are explorers!, We must never stop dreaming, we should always be exploring | Comments Off

God Speed Atlantis

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Joe Clark

Yesterday was one that truly passed the litmus test for being a day of historical proportions. While the nation watched from all over the land via television, perhaps one million Americans traveled to Florida to witness the last flight of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged a very low rumble, an event of historical magnitude, flying with students, God Speed Atlantis, last, launch, New Smyrna FL, Orlando, seven million pounds of thrust, the Arthur Dunn Airpark, the event of a lifetime, the Gulf of Mexico, the launch of the Challenger, the Orlando airspace, the Shuttle launch, this one, Titusville, to hear the roar of the rockets, watching from along US-1 and the beaches, watching the Shuttle launch, yapping dogs | Comments Off

By the Mark of the Twain

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Joe Clark

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, born when Haley’s Comet passed by the earth on November 30, 1835, became one of America’s most prolific, political, and funny writers of the late 1800s. He made fortunes, and lost them. He traveled extensively and wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Reading, Writing | Tagged A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, America’s most prolific, and funny writer, By the Mark of the Twain, Haley’s Comet, Horace Bixby, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Nikola Tesla, political, public libraries, riverboat pilot, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, science fiction writers, steamboat pilots, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, Thomas Edison, “By the mark of the twain” | Comments Off

Being There

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Joe Clark

Sometimes inspiration comes from the oddest places and in the strangest ways. Following the Fourth of July weekend and the tiring drive home, I found myself dozing at the computer. And in the middle of my dozing, I found myself … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, Personal | Tagged "crack back a couple", a thumbs-up, A-4 Skyhawk, airshows, be smooth and perfectly in sync, Being There, discipline, dozing at the computer, F/A Hornet, finesse, flying, formation takeoff, inspiration, judgment, memories, military service, Navy, pilots, professional pilots, refusal speed, rotation speed, section go, the Fourth of July, the lead pilot, the real magic, the training command, wingman, You had to be there | 2 Comments

The Anniversary of Military Aviation

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Joe Clark

Monday was the anniversary of our Declaration of Independence and today is the 99th anniversary of rated Army pilots. This day in 1912, Lieutenants Thomas D. Milling and Henry H. Arnold became the first and second United States military aviators … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History | Tagged 1LT Roy Kirtland, 99th anniversary of the birth of military aviation, Anniversary of Military Aviation, Arthur L. Welsh, Captain Arthur S. Cowan, Captain Charles D. Chandler, Cliff Turpin, College Park MD, Declaration of Independence, flight training with the Wright Brothers, flying airplanes was very dangerous, Lieutenant Henry H. Arnold, Lieutenant Thomas D. Milling, Orville Wright, Simms Station OH, the 15th Calvary, the Aeronautical Division US Signal Corps, the Air Force, the Army Air Corps, the Army’s first flight school, the Commanding General of the US Army Air Forces, the first and second United States military aviators, the Signal Corps, World War II | 2 Comments

The Cost of Books

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Joe Clark

Yesterday, I was tripping around the Internet, buzzing in and out of different websites looking for ideas for today’s blog. And there it was–staring out at me from the amazon.com pages–a comment about why book prices were so high. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged a lifelong dream, advertising costs, formulas to determine book costs, ideas for blogs, money management, paying the bills, planning, prices keep spiraling upward, publishers, royalty payment to authors, shipping costs, The Cost of Books, why book prices are so high, “day jobs”, “just getting by” | 2 Comments

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Heat

Miracle at Lake Clark Pass

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The End of the Line

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By the Mark of the Twain

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