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Category Archives: Aviation History
The Battle of Britain
This week, I had the opportunity to watch a very well done documentary on the Battle of Britain. Hosted by Ewan McGregor and his brother Colin, they told of how they grew up in England studying about the fighter pilots … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History
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Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, British pilots, Colin McGregor, discipline, Ewan McGregor, flight training, flying, friends, Harvard, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, military service, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, Stampe trainer, student pilots, T-6 Texan, taildraggers, training aircraft, World War II
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A Quiet, Nerdy Engineer
Neil Armstrong has passed at the age of 82. Yesterday, Fox News reported Armstrong regarded himself as, “a quiet, nerdy engineer.” Well, he may have considered himself in those terms, but for many of us, he was the nation’s hero, … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation History, Flying, History, Life in General
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Tagged airplanes, Apollo 11, Cape Kennedy, discipline, flight test, Florida, flying, Gemini 8, instrument flying, judgment, Korean War, learning to fly, Lunar Landing, memories, military service, NAS Pensacola, Navy, Pad 39A, pilots, President Kennedy, professional pilots, sailors, Sea of Tranquility, the moon, USS Essex
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Happy Birthday Orville
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared this day, August 19, as the first National Aviation Day. Why August 19? Well, it is the anniversary of Orville Wright’s birthday. For most of us who fly airplanes, today is a special … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General
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Tagged airplanes, First Flight, Happy Birthday Orville, Kill Devil Hills, National Aviation Day, Orville Wright's birthday, pilots, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, professional pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft, wing warping, Wright Brothers National Memorial
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Curiosity…
The last few weeks have been flying by and I am a little behind on blogging and observations about life. One of the most incredible things of these past times has been Curiosity and the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) landing … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General
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Tagged a 352-million mile journey, Curiosity, Curiosity landing on Mars, exploration, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), MSL, NASA, Neil Armstrong’s first walk on the moon, our solar system, rocket scientists, space travel, the race to the moon, the Red Planet, true imagination, we went to another planet
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The Problem with Time
Forty-three years ago today, the United States put man on the moon. It is amazing to think that much time has passed. Even more astonishing is the rate at which time is now flying. I stood in the passageway at … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged aviation and space, dreams of flying, life, man on the moon, memories, Neil Armstrong, our leadership in aviation, pilots, professional pilots, We Chose to Go to the Moon, World War II
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The Cub Versus the Champ
One of the ongoing debates in general aviation pertains to the merits of two of the most classic airplanes that flew in the formative years of aviation. The airplanes are the Piper Cub and the Aeronca Champ. I have written … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying
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Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, discipline, first solo, Flight instructors, flight training, flying, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft
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Seventy Years
Seventy years ago this morning, 80 brave men took off from the USS Hornet on what would later become known as the Doolittle Raid. It is hard to imagine babies were born, lived their entire lives, and died having lived … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History
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Tagged 500-pound high explosive bombs, 500-pound incendiary bombs, 80 brave men, Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, Admiral Yamamoto, Afghanistan, American history, an extraordinary display of airmanship, April 18 1942, B-25B Mitchell, bailing out, Beirut, China, Grenada, Hawaii, Iraq, James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, Japan, Kobe, Lexington to Gettysburg, Nagoya, Normandy, Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, Purple Hearts, Russia, sacrifice, secret mission, Seventy Years, sneak attack, the Air Force Museum in Dayton OH, the Ardennes, the Chosin Valley, the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Doolittle Raid, The Eighth Air Force, the Ia Drang, the Japanese army, the sleeping giant, the Twin Towers, the USS Hornet, Tokyo, volunteers, World War II, Yokohama, Yokosuka, “Toujours Au Danger!”
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I Woke Up Old Today
When I woke up today, the talking heads on television were talking about historic events—in particular, John Glenn’s three-orbit flight around the world. I remember that flight. Just like it was yesterday. It was, however, 50 years ago. I turned … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged Air Force, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Atlas, discipline, February 20 1962, flight training, Florida, flying, John Glenn, judgment, Marines, memories, Mercury, military service, Navy, Pearl Harbor, pilots, professional pilots, training aircraft, World War II
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BluewaterPress Goes National
Yesterday and the day before were busy days for BluewaterPress. As I finished the fall term at school, my mind naturally began thinking of the things I had to finish for the press. Highest on the list was drafting a … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History, Life in General, Personal, Publishing
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Tagged airplanes, flying, inexperienced pilots, Juan Trippe, judgment, Lockerbie, oeing 314 Clipper, Pan Am 103, Pan American World Airways, Pearl Harbor, pilots, professional pilots, publishers, Tenerife, World War II, writers
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So Long, Allan Wise
Two or three years ago, the veterans of World War II were dying at an alarming rate of more than 1000 per day. Of the 16 million who saved the world while wearing the uniform of one of the United … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged Air Force, airplanes, airspeed, Allan Wise, altitude, EAA, flight training, Florida, flying, friends, homebuilt airplanes, memories, military service, open cockpit biplanes, Pietenpol Air Camper, pilots, professional pilots, World War II
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