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Category Archives: Aviation
Hit the Slide
Wow! Can you believe Steven Slater did what he did? Yes, of course you can, because you have thought of doing something similar yourself. Go on, admit it. I do not believe Slater was dissatisfied with his employer; I think … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Life in General
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Tagged 9/11, fearful of losing their jobs, flight attendant, Hit the Slide, Homeland Security, JetBlue, lack of civility, rude passengers, Steven Slater, stress, The Golden Rule, traveling public, unemployment rate
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Rest Easy Senator Stevens
This week, word came of former Senator Ted Stevens’ death in an airplane accident in Alaska. He perished with the pilot and four others when the aircraft they were in collided with the side of a mountain. Four others survived. … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General
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Tagged aircraft accidents, airplane accident, dangers of flying, de Havilland DHC-3 Otter, engine failures, highway fatalities, mountains, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), poor weather, professional pilots, Senator Stevens, weather conditions
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Eastline Brief
Yesterday, my wife found my dzus key. Afterward, I found myself thinking more about the T-28B Trojan which was the first Navy airplane I flew in flight training. Here is another memory I have from that time in my life. … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged blind cockpit drills, dodging bullets, dzus key, Eastline Brief, emergency procedures, flight time, flight training, Marines, Navy, solo, T-28B Trojan, training devices, Whiting Field
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Real Pilots
My wife took on one of the most daunting of all tasks: cleaning the garage. For me, there were risks involved. For instance, she might find photographs which could be incriminating, such as the one she found of me with … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged cleaning the garage, cross-country flying, dzus key, maneuvering flight, mementos, Milton Florida, Navy, R1820-86, real airplane pilots, real airplanes, souvenirs, T-28B Trojan, T-34 Mentor, Whiting Field, Wright Cyclone engine
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Driving Around Tampa
I rarely sit in the backseat, but here I am with my wife looking out the back windows. Her dad is driving and her mom navigating as we transit around the city where we all grew up. For me, it … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged Alessi Bakery, B-26 Marauder, Cuban bread, Cuban sandwiches, Drew Field, in Tampa Bay, MacDill AFB, One a day, Rough Riders, sitting in the backseat, Tampa International Airport, Teddy Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, University of South Florida
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The Importance of Reading
One thing slowly disappearing from the repertoire of many individual’s skills is reading. During this day, when too many are attached to their electronic devices, the idea of reading a book has fallen from popularity. It takes too much time; … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Reading
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Tagged aviation books for sale, aviation textbooks, flying books, learning, reading, vicarious learning
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Technology
The technology we have today is amazing. Each day I grow older, I marvel at the new inventions, which someone perfected yesterday or this morning. All of their efforts go to making this evening more wonderful. Often I tell my … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Writing
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Tagged computers, GPS, navigation, new gadgets, old radios, RNAV, technology, typwriters
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Airplane smell
My logbook starts early on a Saturday morning on the last day of July 1971, the year I graduated from high school. I had been driving around out in the country looking for an old man named Charlie and he … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing
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Tagged airplane smell, airplanes, fabric airplanes, first flight lesson;, learning to fly, old airplanes, taildraggers
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First Blog, An Introduction
OK, this is a new blog, probably numbering somewhere up in the tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions currently on the Internet. If you are reading, good for you! I humbly hope you are interested enough to continue … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged ancestry, Cuba, flying, genealogy, growing up, Tampa, writing
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