Wednesday Worries
Which I guess tells you everything you need to know on where I stand with regard to abortion and a woman’s right to choose.
Air-Minded: Hack
Even though GPS and computers do all the work today, student pilots are still taught to calculate speed the old-fashioned way, by timing how long it takes to fly between section lines, or to know how long to maintain a standard rate turn in order to turn 180 degrees (one minute). As on the sea, accurate timekeeping is essential when navigating by air.
Class Is as Class Does
A friend, whom I’ll call Tony from Texas, DM’d me about yesterday’s post, Expensive Hobby Update, asking about my watch collection.
Air-Minded: Speedbrake Chaff
We made do with what we had and improvised when we could. So do Russian pilots, apparently.
Air-Minded: Skid & Patches
Here’s to you, Patches, my old friend!
Thursday Bag o’ Bark
When we walk, Fritzi and Lulu bark at anything and everything.
Breaker Breaker
Is it just me, or does the KOLD News 13 staff seem giddy with excitement?
Air-Minded: Go Fish
I’m following news reports of the “landing incident” aboard the USS Carl Vinson in January, wherein a Navy F-35C pilot misjudged his carrier landing approach in the last seconds, struck the ramp, and ejected as his aircraft slid off the deck, splashed into the South China Sea, and sank.