Tag Archives: Cuba

Brothers to the Rescue, Hermanos Al Rescate

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Joe Clark

Geographically, Cuba is a wonderful place, truly a paradise. Politically, however, it is a mess. Some of the recent news about Cuban politics includes Castro finally admitting socialism does not work and that the Cuban economic situation is broken. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged airplanes, Brothers to the Rescue, Carlos Costa, Cessna 337 Skymaster, Cessnas, Cuba, Cuban politics, Cuban refugees, Cubans risk their lives trying to escape, dreamed of flying, Fidel Castro, Florida, flying, flying career, free Cubans, Hermanos Al Roscate, humanitarian, judgment, Michael Moore's movie, paradise, pilots, professional pilots, quiet confidence, rafting to freedom, shootdown, socialism, the Cuban economic situation, the Florida Straits, volunteer pilots and observers | 3 Comments

Flying Tired

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Joe Clark

It is time for the blog to go up, it is time to write the blog, and I am only at the beginning of the post. Unfortunately, I am really tired. I am not complaining, and I am sure many … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General | Tagged a lethal situation, accidents, airplanes, commercial fishing, crew duty and rest requirements, Cuba, degraded performance, Douglas DC-8 freighter, driving trucks, fighting fires, flying, flying airplanes, Flying Tired, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, Kalitta International Flight 808, Leeward Point, Navy, pilot-in-command’s judgment, pilots, professional pilots, running an operating room, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), tired aircrew, walking a police beat, working tired | 1 Comment

Real Cuban Bread

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Joe Clark

When I went off to flight training in the Navy, one of the first things I knew I would miss was good, authentic, Cuban bread. Ever since leaving for college in 1971, my access to Cuban bread was very limited … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged Cuba, Cuban coffee, Cuban sandwiches, Florida, La Joven Francesca Bakery, Miami FL, palm frond, Real Cuban Bread, Tampa FL, the water in Tampa, Ybor City | Comments Off

The Juan T. Trippe

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Joe Clark

These days, if you don’t know who Juan T. Trippe is, the old airplane guys can almost excuse you because we have now moved so far down the timeline away from the glorious days of airline travel. This was a time … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General | Tagged air-taxi service, airplanes, Aviation Company of the Americas, Boeing 707, Boeing 747, Clipper flying boats, Colonial Air Transport, Cuba, Eddie Rickenbacker, Florida, Havana, Howard Hughes, international jet travel, Key West, Long Island Airways, Mojave CA, Pacific Ocean, Pan Am, Pan American World Airways, pilots, the early airline industry, The Juan T. Trippe, the Tony Jannus Award | 4 Comments

The Sunshine Skyway

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Joe Clark

Yesterday my wife, her parents, and I visited her sister in Bradenton. It was a nice afternoon – except for the Gator’s game – that was a pretty hard loss to the Seminoles. Afterward, we started home to my in-law’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged B-26 Marauder, Capricorn, Captain Al Ford, commercial airline flight, Cuba, Fort Brooke, in Tampa Bay”, instrument pilot, Jimmy Doolittle, MacDill Field, Seminoles, snook, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tampa Bay, Tampa International Airport, Teddy Roosevelt, the birth of scheduled airline flying, the Gator’s game, the Rough Riders, the Spanish American War, the Summit Venture, The Sunshine Skyway, Tony Jannus, USCGC Blackthorne, WDAE 1250 a.m. radio, World War II, “One a day | Comments Off

Navigation

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Joe Clark

Getting around the world is a fascinating exercise. At first, a person’s total awareness of his or her environment is the extent of as far as they can see, usually not much further beyond their crib or bedroom at first. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged A-4, backyards, Caribbean Sea, Cuba, degrees, globe, GPS, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, nation, nautical miles, navigation, neighborhood, Pacific Ocean, seeing beyond the horizon, sextants, state, statute miles, TACAN, the ancient Polynesians, the South Pacific | 1 Comment

The Kite Tale

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Joe Clark

In 1959 when my mother divorced, she did not want to return to Southern Alabama. For whatever her reasons, she decided Tampa was the place to be. My uncle lived on Idelwild Street and my mom bought a house two streets … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged Cuba, flying kites, kite tails, Southern Alabama, Tampa, The Kite Tail, Uncle Buddy | 2 Comments

My Grandmother’s Piano

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Joe Clark

Last Friday, I wrote about Cuba and as always, it made me think of my Cuban grandparents. I miss them and everything Cuban, especially the café con leche and real Cuban bread. My grandfather helped develop my appreciation for mechanical … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged 50th wedding anniversary, a concert pianist, a new spinet piano, Cuba, Cuban food, Havana Symphony, her grand piano, I learned to love music, My Cuba My Home, my Cuban grandparents, My Grandmother’s music room, My Grandmother’s Piano, scents of cigar smoke, stealing souls, the music within her soul | 2 Comments

Memories of Cuba

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Joe Clark

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 →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro’s Gulag, Andy Garcia, Armando Vallaredez, Castro, Cuba, family stories, Fred Thompson, Havana, leaving Cuba, Malecón, Memories of Cuba, the Caribbean, “The Lost City” | 1 Comment

First Blog, An Introduction

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Joe Clark

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 | Tagged ancestry, Cuba, flying, genealogy, growing up, Tampa, writing | 4 Comments

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