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Tag Archives: Ernest K. Gann
The Magic Plastic Wheel
Ernest K. Gann, the aviation writer of the Twentieth Century, once wrote about the plastic E6-B flight computer that resided in his top pocket of his uniform shirt. Other pilots had other favorite places in or on their uniform for … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flight Instructing, Flying, Personal
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Tagged Air Force, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cessnas, discipline, E-6B, Ernest K. Gann, flight calculators, Flight instructors, flight training, flying, inexperienced pilots, instrument flying, judgment, learning to fly, military service, Navy, pilots, professional pilots, student pilots, training aircraft, whiz wheels
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Doing It the Old Fashioned Way
Well, I guess I have graduated from the School of Geekdom at the University of Hardknocks. Following this past week’s computer emergency, with the help of some friends, a couple of manuals, and the Internet, I was able to teach myself … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flight Instructing, Flying, History, Life in General
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Tagged a mean old cantankerous flight instructor, a sense of collective history, Alexander Graham Bell, am locomotive engineers, ancient sailors, Apple, black and white prints, Captain Ross, commercial electricity, computer emergency, computers, dependent on technology, digital cameras, Doing It the Old Fashioned Way, English, Ernest K. Gann, Fate Is The Hunter, French, Garmins, history, Johannes Gutenberg, Kill Devil Hill, manual typewriters, measured by column inches, mentors, MicroSoft, Nicola Tesla, proportion wheels, re-loading various software, rocket science, sailed across the Atlantic, School of Geekdom, smart phones, Spaniards, storytelling, the ancient Polynesians, the DC-3, the light bulb, the New World, the printing press, the telephone, the University of Hardknocks, the Wrights, Thomas Edison, Tom-Toms, Trimbles, Vikings, World War II, “the old-fashioned way”
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Flying, Biplanes, and Museums
This morning when I got up, I began trying to catch up on some of my reading. One of the emails I read came from [email protected] and the lead article, titled, “Plane Jane makes last flight,” made me reflect on … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, Life in General
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Tagged a 1929 Fleet biplane, a birdcage of flying wires and anti-drag wires, [email protected], barnstormers, Charles Lindbergh, emails, Ernest K. Gann, flying, Flying Biplanes and Museums, Gene Breiner, maintaining older planes in flying condition a retired FAA maintenance inspector, museum artifacts, open cockpit biplanes, qualified pilots and mechanics, rare antique airplanes, Richard Bach, Sarah Brown, Smithsonian, struts, the secret, training aircraft, two wings, working on antique airplanes, World War II, “Plane Jane makes last flight”, “the peculiarly sensual delight” of flying an open cockpit biplane an open cockpit, “You haven’t flown until you’ve flown a double-winger.”
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Ernest K. Gann
If you are a pilot and you enjoy reading, I hope you have a chance to read some of Ernest K. Gann’s works. If you want to have a sense of aeronautical history coupled with vicarious learning about flying, you … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading
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Tagged A Hostage To Fortune, a pilot’s pilot, a writer’s writer, airline pilot, barnstormers, DC-2, DC-3, Ernest K. Gann, Fate Is The Hunter, gypsy pilots, learning vicariously, MATS, professional pilot, professional writer, The Hump, the Taj Mahal
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The Summer of ’86
My birthday is in June and Paul’s follows in July. I have known Paul since fifth grade, when we were in Mrs. Waterhouse’s class together. Fifth grade was a long time ago. Right after we got to know one another, … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Flying, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged $3 the ride, 4g pull, Alberto Santos-Dumont, barnstormers, best friends, birthdays, Colonel Ernie Moser, Demoiselle, Ernest K. Gann, flying wires and drag wires, gypsy pilots, hammerhead turn, hopping passengers, Jack Nicholson, Jim Moser, Morgan Freeman, open cockpit biplanes, ride of a lifetime, The Bucket List, touring the beach, Waco UPF-7
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