So yesterday, I was in Xena (XNA, otherwise known as Northwest Arkansas Regional). And sitting is about all I did, too. We rode in the back of a Pinnacle Airlines flight out there, and were to pick up a plane from maintenance for a return to Atlanta.
Long story short, everything didn’t go smoothly for […]
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? On the Ramp, Type IV is glistening. A beautiful sight, on fire tonight, flying in a winter wonderland…
So there we were, on the runway at KABE, Allentown, PA. The visibility was 1/4 mile in moderate snow and the runway was contaminated. Not recently plowed and now navigable, but […]
Alright, it’s hard for me to write a sad story about flying without someone dying. But.. yeah.
I just got out of my first simulator lesson. I swear, if the training doesn’t get me, my body will. I’m in the simulator from midnight till 4 a.m. for the next two weeks - this is the […]
I was just riding the elevator down to the hotel lobby for a cup of coffee and ran into Roosterville, one of my friends from indoc class. Roosterville is in his fifties and has a lot on his plate: in addition to the training we’re working through, he’s got a son headed to Iraq.
As […]
Man, it sure would have been helpful if Rob could have squawked 7600 in the concourse this morning. Unbeknownst to me, his cell phone was safely… with his wife.
See, a couple days ago, Rob told me to tag along for an out-and-back trip or two with him. I’m about to start systems class, and […]
Back in September, I was doing my multi-engine commercial pilot training in Winter Haven, FL. The flight school paired me up with a particularly thorough examiner, and after a long oral, we walked out to find the florida weather pattern held true - the thunderstorms were rolling in rapidly.
“I think we can get the […]
I’m glad I didn’t let my grandad down.
Doyle Agan, a retired engine sheet metal inspector from Delta Air Lines, used to keep the shops at Delta rolling in laughter. Pranks ranged from compressed-air contraptions that sounded like a bomb exploding to a box with holes in the top and a fake furry creature that […]