Category Archives: History

Dawn, October 23

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Joe Clark

It is amazing, the things you think about when you are awake at three in the middle of the night. Fifty-three years ago this morning at dawn, a section of RF-8 Crusaders streaked across the Cuban skies to record the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History | Tagged Commander William B. Ecker, Cuba, diplomacy, Fidel Castro, Lieutenant Bruce Wilhelmy, Light Photographic Squadron Sixty-two, MacDill AFB, military assault, National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy, naval blockade, Nikita Khrushchev, nuclear fallout, October 16 1962, overthrow Castro, President John F. Kennedy, RF-8 Crusaders, single-engine single-seat jet pilots, Soviet ballistic missiles, The Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union, the United States, U-2, US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, VFP-62 | 4 Comments

The First Passenger Death

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Joe Clark

“Uh-oh!” It was a simple statement uttered by a man who was about to die. Pilots tend to do that – which is a way of recognizing they will say something very prophetic just before crashing. Usually it is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, History | Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, crashing, engine failures, flying, Fort Myer VA, Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, military service, Orville Wright, pilots, September 17 1908, The First Passenger Death, the first passenger fatality, the Wright Brothers, the Wright Flyer, US Army, “Uh-oh!” | 1 Comment

VJ Day + 70

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Joe Clark

Today, seventy years ago, Japan surrendered. There followed a cosmic sigh in the universe and peace enveloped world for the first time in many years. Photographers around the world shot photographs, which would later become iconic; my favorite is of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General | Tagged airmen, children, grandchildren, Japan surrender, Marines, new beginnings, sailors, soldiers, survivors, Times Square, Veterans Affairs, VJ Day, VJ Day + 70, World War II, young Americans | 2 Comments

Finally!

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Joe Clark

I have not been blogging, because of work with my publishing company. I have been editing projects, organizing workflow, marketing, and giving advice to many would be authors and finally, after seven years in the business, finally got around to … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying, History, Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged airplanes, aviation essays, aviation history, blogging, BluewaterPress LLC, first flying lessons, flight instructing, flight training, From Cubs to Jets, General aviation, inexperienced pilots, learning to fly, making plans, memories, Military Flying, pilots, professional pilots, setting goals, student pilots, Tips and Techniques, writing | 2 Comments

150 Years

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Joe Clark

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the most devastating war America has ever fought. On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee signed the instrument of surrender at Appomattox Courthouse and General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged 150th anniversary, Appomattox Courthouse, April 12 1865, April 9 1865, combat deaths, Company G 15th Alabama Infantry, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, Gettysburg, John Alexander Woodham, Mr. Lincoln's War, non-combat deaths, Southerners, states' rights, the Civil War, The Civil War to Preserve the Union, the North, the prison at Elmira New York, The South, the War Between the States, The War of Northern Aggression, Vietnam | Comments Off

Does It Matter?

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Joe Clark

The year is ending and the world has changed. We are moving from 2014 to 2015 and the changes that are taking place are, for the most part, wonderful. However, some of what is going on is not so wonderful. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged 2014, 2015, Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag, Alan Gross, Armando Valladares, Batista, Castro, Castro’s regime, Che Guevara, communism, Cuban embargo, Morro Castle, my childhood in Cuba, normalization with Cuba, Raul Castro, repeating the same mistakes of history, “El Commandante”, “What does it matter?” | 7 Comments

The Dawn of Orion

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Joe Clark

I always start work early and today was no exception. My wife could not sleep and got up in the middle of the night to watch TV in the living room. Where, of course, she fell asleep. I awoke before … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General | Tagged baby-boomers, Cape Kennedy, George Jetson, I Dream of Jeannie, jetcars, landing on the moon, launching the rocket, Lost in Space, Mars, Orion, Star Trek | Comments Off

November 11

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Joe Clark

I have not been blogging lately, due to a family illness. That situation is quickly resolving, so I will again start posting more regularly. * * * Today is November 11. Veterans Day. For those who served, it is a day … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged Antoine de St. Exupéry, army nurse, aviation, combat experience, deep debt of gratitude, friendship, Marine Corps officer, military, November 11, sea, selfless sacrifice, strong bonds, Veterans Day | 4 Comments

Labor Day

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Joe Clark

We have arrived at another Labor Day. This one is 2014 years A.D. How did we get here? Since we have been recording time, how have we managed to make it all the way to this day? After all, there … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General | Tagged bubonic plague, drugs and drug trafficking, Ebola, extremely high taxes, famines, found our way to the moon, HIV, homelessness, how to fly, how to get along, how to live with ourselves, hunger, Labor Day, natural disasters, navigate the globe, plagues, the story of humanity, wars, welfare | Comments Off

A Stand Up Man

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Joe Clark

It is hard to believe Robin Williams is gone. The man was positively brilliant! Many would never believe Mork from “Mork and Mindy” fame would go on to become an Oscar-winning actor. But that is exactly what Williams did. His … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General | Tagged A Stand Up Man, an Oscar-winning actor, Awakenings, Bob Hope, Camp Arifjan Kuwait, charity work, entertaining military troops, Good Morning Vietnam, Good Will Hunting, improvisation, laughing, Mork and Mindy, Mrs. Doubtfire, Robin Williams, The Dead Poets Society, The Fisher King | Comments Off

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