When others won’t play by our rules: radio, runway and ramp rage Sunday Driver – one who drives slowly, infrequently and in an inexperienced or unskillful way – like one who is out for a leisurely Sunday drive. After qualifying for a concealed pistol license (CPL), I purchased a legal plan and liability policy designed Read More
With Plenty of Petroleum and Properly Positioned in Perfectly Peaceful Air, Pilots Pine to Promote the Purposeful Pleasures of Piloting The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. – Mark Twain I have become sensitive to the use of “wrong” words. “We’d Read More
Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect. – Captain A. G. Lamplugh You have undoubtedly discovered along your hallowed, obstacle-strewn path to aviation enlightenment, that something is learned or re-learned in the course of every trip. If Read More
Landing currency: category, class and type While recuperating from rotator cuff surgery, my landing currency was about to expire. That hasn’t happened since I first learned to fly. You know, back when we shared the pattern with pterodactyls. As my flying skills withered post-op, I wrote at the hangar office while listening to Clapton and Read More
You are on short final when tower directs a go-around. Maybe it is day VMC and you see the airplane, ground vehicle or creature that tower is worried about. Maybe they see a formation of geese or some deer headed toward your runway. Perhaps there’s a taxiing aircraft that is not responding to a hold-short Read More