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I Woke in England

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Joe Clark

I woke this morning at 0530 and could not sleep any longer. I did not wish to disturb my wife, so I got up and started working. When I looked at the computer, I had forgotten to close Google Earth. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History | Tagged B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers, Bert Stiles, captured, Google Earth, Hitler’s war effort, I Woke in England, killed in action, missing, P-28s, P-47s, P-51s, The Eighth Air Force, the Royal Air Force, US Army Air Corps, V-1 buzz bombs, V-2 rockets, World War II bases, wounded | Comments Off

102 Years Ago Today

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Joe Clark

A little after four o’clock in the morning this day 102 years ago, 30 year-old Louis Charles Joseph Blériot, an engineer and early French aviator, was nursing a badly burned foot. He and two other early pilots, Hubert Latham and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History | Tagged 102 Years Ago Today, a 25-horsepower Anzani engine, a very rough landing, Blériot #VIII, Blériot #XI, Blériot-Aéronautique Aéronautique, Calais France, Charles de Lambert, crossing of the English Channel, Dover England, Hubert Latham, Louis Charles Joseph Blériot, Société Pour Aviation et ses Derives (SPAD), Société pour les Appareils Deperdussin, the airplane would never fly again, the Daily Mail, the Musee des Arts et Metiers | 1 Comment

It’s Another Year

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Joe Clark

Well, until today, I was older than my best friend, Paul. Today, he is as old as I am. Unfortunately, we both went over the hill a long time ago. In other words, we are a couple of old fa… … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged a damn Yankee, a lifetime of gratitude, Alberto Santos-Dumont, barnstormers, biplanes, gypsy pilots, in the fifth grade, It’s Another Year, It’s [a] old Southern joke!, my best friend Paul, my only interest was jets, over the hill, the Demoiselle, the First World War, the summer of 1986, the Sunshine State, the War Between the States, ultralight airplanes | 1 Comment

The Last Landing

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Joe Clark

It is difficult to fathom what has happened to our space program. Yesterday, with the landing of Shuttle Atlantis, the United States no longer has a manned space flight program. Many of us are truly appalled. For the first time … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General | Tagged a failure of common sense, across the shores, Alan Shepard, beyond the horizon, ending the space program is a big mistake, Freedom 7, further exploration of the universe, into the depths of the seas, into the skies and beyond, manned space exploration, national security implications, Shuttle Atlantis, the end of the Shuttle Program, the International Space Station (ISS), The Last Landing, the United States no longer has a manned space flight program, the universe, this blue-green marble rotating around the fiery sun | 2 Comments

We Choose to Go to the Moon

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Joe Clark

(Found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25G1M4EXrQ.) When I was a child, I heard these words spoken by a President who dared to dream; by a man who said we would be on the moon by the end of the decade. Many thought he … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, Flying, History, Life in General | Tagged a President who dared to dream, Apollo 1, Apollo 11, Apollo missions, Ed White, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Gus Grissom, January 27 1967, July 20 1969, Lunar Module (LM), Mars is waiting..., Michael Collins, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Roger Chaffee, The Eagle, the Sea of Tranquility, the summer of 1969, We Choose to Go to the Moon | 2 Comments

Happy Birthday John Glenn

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Joe Clark

Today, war hero, space hero, and Democratic Senator, John H. Glenn, turns 90 years-old. Glenn holds several distinctions for the life he has led. He was the first American to orbit the earth. To date, he is the oldest person … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General | Tagged 59 combat missions in the South Pacific, 63 combat missions over Korea, a Marine Corps pilot, a national hero, a personal friend of the President Kennedy, a ticker-tape parade in New York, and 8.4 seconds, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Democratic Senator, flew in both the Mercury and Shuttle Program, Happy Birthday John Glenn, jet fighters, John H. Glenn, Marines, Navy’s Test Pilot School at Patuxent River MD, orbit the earth three times, space hero, the F-4U Corsair, the famous ball-player Ted Williams, the first American to orbit the earth, the Mercury program, the oldest person to fly in space, the third Mercury mission, the Vought F8U-1 Crusader, transcontinental speed record of 3 hours 23 minutes, war hero, World War II | 2 Comments

41st Anniversary of Airport Screening

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Joe Clark

Forty one years ago today, the US instituted airport screening at New Orleans’ Moisant Field, now known as Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Prior to 1968, the hijacking Of US airliners was very rare. In the two years leading … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History, Life in General | Tagged 41st Anniversary of Airport Screening, Airport Security, Athens, Beirut, Cuba, Florida, flying, Havana, Hezbollah, hijacking, Islamic Jihad, judgment, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, New Orleans Moisant Field, non-confrontational compliance, professional pilots, Rome, September 11 2001, the Middle East, TWA flight 847, United 93, US Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem | 2 Comments

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

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

Flying, Biplanes, and Museums

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Joe Clark

This morning when I got up, I began trying to catch up on some of my reading. One of the emails I read came from AOPA_ePilot@aopa.org and the lead article, titled, “Plane Jane makes last flight,” made me reflect on … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General | Tagged a 1929 Fleet biplane, a birdcage of flying wires and anti-drag wires, AOPA_ePilot@aopa.org, barnstormers, Charles Lindbergh, emails, Ernest K. Gann, flying, Flying Biplanes and Museums, Gene Breiner, maintaining older planes in flying condition a retired FAA maintenance inspector, museum artifacts, open cockpit biplanes, qualified pilots and mechanics, rare antique airplanes, Richard Bach, Sarah Brown, Smithsonian, struts, the secret, training aircraft, two wings, working on antique airplanes, World War II, “Plane Jane makes last flight”, “the peculiarly sensual delight” of flying an open cockpit biplane an open cockpit, “You haven’t flown until you’ve flown a double-winger.” | Comments Off

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