Tag Archives: the Caribbean

Hurricanes and Emergency Diverts

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Joe Clark

Thirty years ago this month, I checked into my first operational squadron in Gitmo. They gave me the “gouge” about flying in the Caribbean, including divert/bingo information for any reason when we could not return to Guantanamo. I gathered up … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying, History, Life in General, Personal | Tagged A-4 Skyhawk, airplanes, airspeed, altitude, Cuba, discipline, divert/bingo information, flying, friends, Gainesville, Gitmo, Hurricane Kate, hurricanes, Hurricanes and Emergency Diverts, Jamaica, judgment, Kingston, Marines, memories, military service, Navy, Norman C. Manley International, old friends, professional pilots, the Caribbean, The Gators, the “gouge”, Weather guessers | 2 Comments

Wow! Thanks!

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Joe Clark

I was surprised this week, when I found my blog had attained the distinction of acquiring more readers than I could possibly have imagined. From all over the world! And all this since I started the blog last August. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing | Tagged a long lost cousin living in Switzerland, a small world, accomplishing everything I want to finish, and South America, baseball and football players, comments, losing discipline, making myself write, MidLifePilot’s Flying Blog, my Cuban grandfathers, my “grand experiment”, pianists, pilots, practicing, private messages, readers, research & writing tools, Russia, staying on top of your game, surgeons, the Caribbean, the Internet, the movie Julie & Julia, the Pacific Rim, the trials and tribulations of learning to fly, this blue marble sitting out and spinning in space, Wow! Thanks! | 4 Comments

Flying Offshore

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Joe Clark

For whatever reason, as a pilot flies farther away from land over the water or other inhospitable terrain, the engine(s) run rough. There is no factual or statistical evidence of this phenomenon, but there is plenty of emotional, anecdotal information. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aviation, Flying | Tagged "min sink", airplanes, airspeed, altitude, away from the sight of land, best glide, calm sea, cumulus clouds, do not deviate from the approved approach procedure, drug runners, drug wars, engine failures, Florida, fly as high as possible, flying, Flying Offshore, Flying over water, friends, IFR flight plan for flying after sunset, inexperienced pilots, inhospitable terrain, instrument flying, instrument skills and experience, island checkpoints, judgment, keep security in mind, minimum sink, navigation, no night VFR, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Pirates of the Caribbean, tune and identify all navaids, VFR navigation, visual navigation, water survival | Comments Off

My Grandfathers

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Joe Clark

Every now and then, you have to stop and think about how you got here. In my case, I came from England, on both sides of my family, but not directly. My father’s family came to America from England by … Continue reading →

Posted in Life in General, Personal | Tagged America, Bahamas, England, half-Cuban, Letter of Marque, My Grandfathers, Nottingham, pirates, pretty Cuban girls, San Francisco de Paula Regla Havana Cuba, Spanish galleons, Straits of Florida, the Caribbean, the King of England, think about how you got here | 5 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

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