Tag Archives: Florida

Sky King!

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Joe Clark

As a bit of humor, yesterday I posed the question of Rin-Tin-Tin and Lassie knowing one another. By the time I finished writing at the end of the piece, I realized the true answer to the question would determine the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History, Life in General | Tagged airplanes, an old Cessna T-50, baby-boomers, Cessna 310B, Cessnas, Florida, Florida’s Beeline Expressway, flying, Gloria Winters, his niece Penny, influencing more young girls and boys into aviation, judgment, Kennedy Space Center, Kirby Grant, Lassie, learning to fly, NASA, Navy, pilots, professional pilots, Rin-Tin-Tin, Ripcord, Schuyler “Sky” King, Sky King!, STS–16-A, The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin, the shadows of Mercury Gemini and Apollo, the Sky King Youth Ranches of America, the Songbird, the Space Shuttle Challenger, The Whirlybirds | 6 Comments

300,000 Miles!

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Joe Clark

Well, I meant to stop and photograph this amazing milestone. I wanted to get a photo of the odometer reading exactly 300,000 miles, but I was not driving. I had Mrs. Blogger driving while I was sitting in the right … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged 000 miles, 300, a side road, amazing milestone, county deputy, deadlines, Florida, grandchildren, insurance card, motorists, odometer, red and blue lights, registration, situationally unaware, verbal warning, writing assignments, “Ma’am” | 1 Comment

Intro to Instrument Flying

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Joe Clark

When I was a very young and most inexperienced private pilot with all of about 100 hours, I had the opportunity to participate in an instrument flight flown by a fellow student from college. It was a most interesting and … Continue reading →

Posted in Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged a fresh instrument rating, a most inexperienced private pilot, airplanes, blissful ignorance, breaking out, Cessnas, crawl before you walking, cumulonimbus, dark inside the cloud, discipline, flight training, Florida, flying, flying the airplane, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, Intro to Instrument Flying, judgment, keeping it under control, learning to fly, other career fields, pilots, probable thunderstorms, professional pilots, radar vectors, spring day in Florida, student pilots, the darkest moment, training aircraft, weak cold front | 1 Comment

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

A Near Miss

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Joe Clark

My students look at me with great incredulity. “No way!” one says. “Six inches?” “Yep. At least we think it was six inches. It might have been closer.” “How could you measure a miss that close?” another asks. “Simple. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged A Near Miss, airplanes, Cessna 170, Cessnas, dark night, debriefing, Ercoupe, Florida, flying, flying the airplane by feel, gopher hole, inexperienced pilots, judgment, lucky, manual flaps, moving airplanes in the dark, nav lights, nosewheel, Paul Harvey, pilots, professional pilots, runway incursions, taildraggers, the airspeed indicator, the rest of the story | 3 Comments

Is the End Near? I Hope So!

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Joe Clark

Well, it is almost mid-February, which means spring is right around the corner. For me, it cannot get here fast enough. I am really tired of the cold. I am over feeling as if I am cooped up inside because … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged airplanes, Cessnas, flight training, Florida, flying, friends, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, learning to fly, open cockpit biplanes, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft | 1 Comment

Remember Today?

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Joe Clark

Twenty-five years ago today, I was learning to fly the A-7 Corsair. My base was NAS Cecil Field in Jacksonville, FL on this particular day in 1986 and I would finally have a chance to watch one of the Shuttles … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged A Major Malfunction, Florida, Jacksonville FL, NAS Cecil Field, NATOPS manuals, of those moments in history, Pearl Harbor, pilots, racing for the heavens, student pilots, the A-7 Corsair, the day Kennedy fell in Dallas, the hangar bay, the ready room, The Shuttle Challenger, The Shuttle Columbia, The Shuttles, the Twin Towers | 3 Comments

Solo! (Part 4)

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Joe Clark

This is the final installment of the story of soloing, originally published in Eagles Tales, a collection of essays by my colleagues in the Aeronautical Science Department of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Eagle Tales is available for sale at 20 percent … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Life in General, Personal | Tagged airplanes, Cessnas, discipline, engine failures, first solo, Florida, flying, inexperienced pilots, judgment, learning to fly, pilots, student pilots, taildraggers, training aircraft | 3 Comments

Solo! (Part 3)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Joe Clark

Excepts from Eagles Tales, a collection of essays by my colleagues in the Aeronautical Science Department of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University continues. Eagle Tales is available for sale at 20 percent off with the coupon code ET2011 on checkout through the … Continue reading →

Solo! (Part 2)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Joe Clark

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300,000 Miles!

Intro to Instrument Flying

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A Near Miss

Is the End Near? I Hope So!

Remember Today?

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