Category Archives: Life in General

Surviving an Airliner Crash

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Joe Clark

This week’s crash of Asiana 214 was a terrible event with great miracles – the survival of 305 people out of 307 onboard the airliner. When I initially wrote about the accident, I said I would follow up with some … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General | Tagged able-bodied passengers, airliner accidents, airplane crash, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Asiana 214, avoiding panic, emergency, emergency exit, engine failures, fear of flying, flight attendants, flying, flying as a passenger, judgment, memorize the way out, pilots, pre-flight safety brief, professional pilots, seat location, smoke, surviving a plane crash, Surviving an Airliner Crash, survivors | 5 Comments

Gettysburg

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Joe Clark

One hundred fifty years ago this morning, the charge on Gettysburg commenced. Many times referred to as the turning point of the war, both armies suffered horrible casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg. Today, many have limited knowledge of what … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged Big Round Top, Cemetery Hill, Cemetery Ridge, Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain, Colonel William C. Oates, General Evander Law, General Oliver O. Howard, General Robert E. Lee, Gettysburg, Little Round Top, my great-great-grandfather, Peach Orchard, Private John Alexander Woodham, Rose Woods, Shelby Foote, The 15th Alabama Infantry, The 20th Maine, The Devil’s Den, Woodlawn Cemetery | 2 Comments

Farewell, Faithful Friend

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Joe Clark

Well, it is over. After 367,910 miles, the Road Warrior swallowed her last little sip of gasoline, sucked in her last breaths through the air induction system, and rolled her last few feet into the Hyundai dealership in St. Augustine. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged 2001 Camry, 367910 miles, broken timing belts, died on the Interstate, half a million miles, the Road Warrior | 3 Comments

First Flights

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Joe Clark

When you first go flying with a new student, you should make certain everything is as perfect as possible. In other words, a new student’s first flight should occur very early in the morning when the temperatures are low and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General | Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cessnas, CFI, engine failures, First flights, first solo, Flight instructors, flight training, flying, friends, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, memories, new students, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft | 4 Comments

Praise and Insults by Hemingway

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Joe Clark

I am writing again about writing pilots or flying writers. Sometimes it is difficult to decide which are adjectives and nouns when it comes to describing writers who are capable of flying, or pilots who can actually write. On my … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History, Life in General, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged airplanes, altitude, editors, England, flight training, flying, friends, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, memories, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, publishers, sailors, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft | 4 Comments

The Dawn Patrol

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Joe Clark

In World War I, the fighters went out at dawn. In short order, the fighter pilots and maintenance crews began referring to this early morning mission as “The Dawn Patrol.” The pilots would rise early, breakfast, and then go out … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General | Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, fighter pilots, flying, judgment, learning to fly, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, taildraggers, The Dawn Patrol, waking before sunrise, World War I | 4 Comments

After Hurricane Sandy

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Joe Clark

As a Floridian, I have experience with hurricanes, from those just glancing past home, to the eye of the storm coming right on top of me. I have gone through too many storms in my life, and I have cleaned … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged Atlantic storms, cleaning up after the storm, experience with hurricanes, facing the cold, Floridians, gas stations out of gas, Hurricane Sandy, hurricanes, the Sunshine State | Comments Off

Night Charter

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Joe Clark

I’m on the drive home going north along Interstate 95. The storms have just passed and they remind of a night long ago in the charter business. There is lightning cloud to cloud and cloud to ground off to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cessna 182, Cessna 210, Cessnas, dodging cells, Florida, flying, flying alone in the dark, instrument flying, Interstate 95, judgment, massive thunderstorms, memories, MIA VORTAC, pilots, professional pilots, somewhere near V-3 at 5500 feet, the charter business, the size of the universe, the soft lights of the instrument panel | 2 Comments

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

Happy Birthday Orville

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Joe Clark

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 | 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 | Comments Off

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Category Archives: Life in General

Surviving an Airliner Crash

Gettysburg

Farewell, Faithful Friend

First Flights

Praise and Insults by Hemingway

The Dawn Patrol

After Hurricane Sandy

Night Charter

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