COMEMORATING MEMORIAL DAY Ladies and Gentlemen, in honor of our Nation’s Fallen, may I humbly present an Encore Presentation of one of my most popular blog posts… Flying a Fallen Hero During a routine flight, I experienced one of the greatest—and most heart-rending—honors a modern airline pilot can have: Captaining a flight that is […]
Aviating—Navigating—Communicating! Folks, from the flight blog, welcome back aboard! Yes, I took a little hiatus from regular blog posting, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy aviating, navigating, and generally avgeeking out! As we say in the biz, a good pilot must Aviate, Navigate, and Communicate. So, back to Communicating! Cross Country Pingpong! Aviating—Navigating—Communicating! […]
#Bombogenesis and Airlines—How do Pilots Cope? How do pilots deal with weather, and especially Ice Storms such as the recent “Bombogenesis?” Well, The Points Guy, an excellent travel blog, recently interviewed me and other pilots, such as Patrick Smith of Ask the Pilot, about that very topic. The result is an EXCELLENT and thorough article […]
Blogs & Blog Buddies Part 2! Folks, from the flight blog, welcome aboard! Several great new aviation sites have popped up recently, started by none other than our own Blog Buddies! I’ve been Jonesing to tell you all about them, but other aviation stories kept landing on our desk (cough, UAL, cough!) Well, now’s the […]
An Interview by Tally One—& Free Stuff! Folks, from the flight blog, Not only do I enjoy writing and blogging about flying, like you, I also enjoy reading about flying. One of my favorite pilot-bloggers is former F-22 Raptor pilot (now an airline pilot), Major Rob Burgon, over at tallyone.com. If you’ve read There I Wuz! […]
Iam particularly excited and proud to bring you the unique perspective of Kelvin Pella. A native and resident of the economically-challenged country of Tanzania, Kelvin faces daunting barriers in pursuing his dream of becoming an airline pilot. Indeed, he has yet to fly Hour 1 . . . And, that is exactly why I chose him to […]