Category Archives: History

High Flight

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Joe Clark

My last blog was about the men who saved England, no, indeed the world. The documentary I watched about the pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain moved me. Their story overwhelmingly impressed me because of my realization of … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History | Tagged airplanes, Canada, discipline, England, fighter pilots, flight training, flying, friends, High Flight, inexperienced pilots, John Gillespie Magee, Jr., judgment, learning to fly, military service, No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, RAF, RCAF, student pilots, taildraggers, the Battle of Britain, the Fleet Finch, training aircraft, Winston Churchill, World War II | 1 Comment

The Battle of Britain

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Joe Clark

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 | 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 | 1 Comment

A Quiet, Nerdy Engineer

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Joe Clark

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 | 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 | 2 Comments

Curiosity…

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Joe Clark

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 | 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 | Comments Off

The Problem with Time

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Joe Clark

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 | 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 | Comments Off

Life Only Began Yesterday

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Joe Clark

It was a moment one can only describe as profound. We were driving northeast on Pacetti Road thinking about the recent visit of the grandkids. All of a sudden, the realization hit us like a runaway logging truck hurtling down … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged Cardenas Cuba, centuries, Cuba, decades, England, grandkids, Highway 16, instant “connections”, Life Only Began Yesterday, lifetimes, Pacetti Road, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Spain, Tampa, the age of 30, the loss of a friend, the Pacettis, the passage of time, the passing of a grandparent, the Triays | 2 Comments

Seventy Years

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Joe Clark

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 | 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!” | 2 Comments

Late Night TV

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Joe Clark

It was a miserable night. At 4:30 a.m., the bladder was demanding, the sinuses had a headache working, and after a trip to the head and a glass of water chasing an Aleve, the next thing was tossing and turning. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged A Matter of Trust, All About Soul, Allentown, An Innocent Man, Baby Grand, baseball, Billy Joel, Goodnight Saigon, I Go To Extremes, It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me, Last Of The Big Time Spenders, Late Night TV, miserable nights, Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song), Piano Man, She’s Always A Woman, She’s Right On Time, The Downeaster 'Alexa', The Entertainer, the greatest American game, The Last Play at Shea, The River Of Dreams, We Didn’t Start The Fire | Comments Off

I Woke Up Old Today

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Joe Clark

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 | 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 | Comments Off

BluewaterPress Goes National

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Joe Clark

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 | 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 | 1 Comment

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