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Tag Archives: gypsy pilots
It’s Another Year
Well, until today, I was older than my best friend, Paul. Today, he is as old as I am. Unfortunately, we both went over the hill a long time ago. In other words, we are a couple of old fa… … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying, History, Life in General, Personal
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Tagged a damn Yankee, a lifetime of gratitude, Alberto Santos-Dumont, barnstormers, biplanes, gypsy pilots, in the fifth grade, It’s Another Year, It’s [a] old Southern joke!, my best friend Paul, my only interest was jets, over the hill, the Demoiselle, the First World War, the summer of 1986, the Sunshine State, the War Between the States, ultralight airplanes
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The Barnstormers
After the First World War, aviators returned to America in search of their fortunes in aviation. For a mere $400 or $500 each, they were able to acquire training aircraft from the government, the most common of which was the … Continue reading →
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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