Author Archives: Joe Clark

Car Troubles – A Modern Day Nightmare

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Joe Clark

It is 10 a.m. in the morning and you were supposed to be at work two hours ago. Now you stand in the rain on the roadside watching a tow truck driver hoisting your car onto a flatbed tow truck. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General | Tagged avoiding overly costly repair bills, better gas mileage, car mechanic, Car Troubles – A Modern Day Nightmare, costly repairs, electronic ignition, enhanced crashworthiness, flatbed tow truck, happy ending to this day, metal alloys and composites, proper tire inflation, regular maintenance, Renting a car, the question of maintenance, your car in the shop | Comments Off

On Being a Writer

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Joe Clark

One thing about being a writer is that you have to write well, especially when it comes to “selling yourself.” In other words, when you put together a proposal or write a query letter to an editor, the writing has … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Writing | Tagged a rejection letter, an example of the author’s commitment to the craft, correspondence, dedication, discipline, editors, email, grammatical errors, homophonic errors, media mail, On being a writer, patience, proposal, publishers, query letter, the Internet, typos, working with undisciplined writers, writing soundly, you have to write well, “clean” manuscripts, “selling yourself” | Comments Off

The Bell 47

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Joe Clark

Back in the late fifties, maybe the early sixties, there was a great TV show I really enjoyed. The name of the show was The Whirlybirds. It was a show featuring the Bell 47. Today, is the 65th anniversary of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, Flying | Tagged 200 horsepower Franklin engine, 260 horsepower Lycoming engine, 8055th, 8063rd, 8076th, 8209th, 8225th, 8228th, air shows, Bell 47G, Bell Model 30 prototype, empty weight, fabric cabins, field hospitals, flight training, helicopter, M*A*S*H, medevac procedures, metal cabins, military service, open cockpits, operating weight, retired from military service, The 4077th MASH Unit, the 8054th, The Bell 47, The Korean War, The Whirlybirds, training aircraft | 1 Comment

The Amazing Kindle (and other e-readers)

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Joe Clark

Okay, so I finally broke down and bought Ardis a Kindle. With both of us being complete and unabashed bibliophiles, we were not so sure about reading anything off an electronic device. Even though we use computers all the time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading | Tagged Amazon.com, and sentence and a e-books, authors, bibliophiles, books, convenient pay by credit card, distribution problems, easier shopping, electronic devices, military members, printing, publishers, reading and buying public, reading on the Kindle, room for old-fashioned books and e-books, royalty schedules, sailors, soldiers, Steve Jobs, storage, the IPad, The Kindle | 3 Comments

The Lost Promises

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Joe Clark

So, Reveille sounds at 0530 this morning as it always does for me. Only I know longer hear the bugler or the voice over the 1MC calling, “Reveille, Reveille, Reveille, all hands turn…” After years of hearing the calls, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged A plane in every garage!, airplanes, all hands, and Piper, aviation news, Beech, Cessna, Cessnas, flight training, flying, increasing insurance premiums, learning to fly, little grass airstrips, LSA Dream, Mom and Pop flying schools, new LSA airplanes, pilots, product liability, Reveille, student pilots, taildraggers, the 1MC, the American Dream, The Lost Promises, training aircraft | Comments Off

Time

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Joe Clark

Time is fleeting, so quickly it is frightening. Yet, many seem not to notice. They are concerned only with their lives at the moment, thinking not of the future, or of the end. It is coming though, and nothing they … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged Aeschylus, bunch of bunk, discipline, do whatever you wish, fleeting, friends, frightening, have a plan, important things in life, judgment, knowledge, living a full life, mistakes in their past, proper guidance, still must learn, the end, the future, Time, time growing old, where the time went, young person, youth is wasted | Comments Off

The Flying Fort Becomes Operational

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Joe Clark

One of the airplanes I have always liked is the B-17. When I was a kid, I studied as much about the B-17 as possible; I believed it was the airplane that saved the world in World War II and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General | Tagged airplanes, Army Air Corps, B-17, B-17 Flying Fortress, Edward Curtis Wells, Europe, Gifford Emory, heroes of all of the free world, Langley Field VA, Les Tower, Major Peter Hill, military service, Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet engines, reporter Richard Williams of the Seattle Times, Second Bombardment Group, The Flying Fort Becomes Operational, the Model 299, the Pacific, World War II, Wright R-1820 Cyclone engines | 2 Comments

Happy Birthday

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Joe Clark

It happens to all of us once a year and we have little to say about it. There is nothing we can do to hasten the event or prevent it. We celebrate our birthdays every year. Each year we become … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General | Tagged birthday cake and ice cream hold no calories, celebration, fishing, going to the movies, Happy Birthday, just don't work, mothers, napping, skiing, special day, the right to do anything | Comments Off

The Wife Conspiracies

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Joe Clark

I have started to believe there might be conspiracy among some wives. From my observations and personal experience, I have noticed many wives tend think their husbands are hard of hearing, while the corresponding husbands believe their wives mumble. Uhmmm… From personal experience, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged airplanes, Cessnas, flight training, flying, hearing, hearing loss, judgment, learning to fly, pilots, student pilots, talking to husbands while they are in the shower, talking to husbands while working on something that hums or grinds or beeps, talking to the back of the closet, talking to the back of the ’fridge, The Wife Conspiracies, training aircraft | 4 Comments

The Passing of Frank Buckles

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Joe Clark

Frank Buckles has passed. He finished his work in this life last Sunday. He was 110 years old. In 1901, he was born in a Missouri farmhouse on the first day of February. He lied to recruiters to get into … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General | Tagged 1st Fort Riley Casual Detachment, an extraordinary life, Charles Town WV, doughboys, Frank Woodruff Buckles, Japanese, Philippines, prisoners of war, RMS Carpathia, RMS Titanic, survivors, the family Bible, The Great War, The Last Doughboy, the last surviving veteran of World War I, the last survivor, United States Army, veterans, World War I, World War I veterans, World War II | 1 Comment

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On Being a Writer

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Time

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