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Category Archives: Personal
More Treasures of The Garage
First it was the Dzus key, then the old high school yearbooks. Then we hit the mother lode. We found some very important old photos for which I had been searching for a long time. I shot these photos as … Continue reading →
Posted in Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged 1959 Cessna 150, aerodynamics, airplanes, Charlie’s Airport, Continental engine, how to fly, N6269H, old high school yearbooks, old photographs, Piper J-3 Cubs, private pilot checkride, rebuilding a Cub, Treasures of The Garage
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Memories of Cuba
One afternoon, one of my friends and I speak of Cuba, Castro, and what might come with Castro’s passing. I comment that I cannot wait for Cuba to open, so I can visit the island nation again. He is of … Continue reading →
Eastline Brief
Yesterday, my wife found my dzus key. Afterward, I found myself thinking more about the T-28B Trojan which was the first Navy airplane I flew in flight training. Here is another memory I have from that time in my life. … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged blind cockpit drills, dodging bullets, dzus key, Eastline Brief, emergency procedures, flight time, flight training, Marines, Navy, solo, T-28B Trojan, training devices, Whiting Field
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Real Pilots
My wife took on one of the most daunting of all tasks: cleaning the garage. For me, there were risks involved. For instance, she might find photographs which could be incriminating, such as the one she found of me with … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged cleaning the garage, cross-country flying, dzus key, maneuvering flight, mementos, Milton Florida, Navy, R1820-86, real airplane pilots, real airplanes, souvenirs, T-28B Trojan, T-34 Mentor, Whiting Field, Wright Cyclone engine
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Driving Around Tampa
I rarely sit in the backseat, but here I am with my wife looking out the back windows. Her dad is driving and her mom navigating as we transit around the city where we all grew up. For me, it … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged Alessi Bakery, B-26 Marauder, Cuban bread, Cuban sandwiches, Drew Field, in Tampa Bay, MacDill AFB, One a day, Rough Riders, sitting in the backseat, Tampa International Airport, Teddy Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, University of South Florida
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Life Experience
I remember a time when I seriously talked to my mother about what I should do when I grew up. She knew I wanted to fly airplanes for a living; she also knew I had a proclivity for writing. I … Continue reading →
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Writing
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Tagged Catch-22, life experience, living life, wisdom, writing
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First Blog, An Introduction
OK, this is a new blog, probably numbering somewhere up in the tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions currently on the Internet. If you are reading, good for you! I humbly hope you are interested enough to continue … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged ancestry, Cuba, flying, genealogy, growing up, Tampa, writing
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