Air-Minded: Skid & Patches
Here’s to you, Patches, my old friend!
"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
There I was at 30,000 feet
Here’s to you, Patches, my old friend!
Is it just me, or does the KOLD News 13 staff seem giddy with excitement?
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.
Russian bot accounts are a standing joke on Twitter. Turns out I may have one among my followers.
Nothing wrong with being a legacy, so long as it’s a good legacy!
Hey, it’s my first post of the new year. Who loves you, baby? Me, that’s who!
The two times I pressed it and landed with emergency fuel, I noticed right away how high the jet rode while taxiing back to parking.
I first posted this in May, 2007. I retold the story at a friend’s retirement party yesterday and forgot a couple of details, so I looked it up this morning to refresh my memory. It’s still a good story, with the added benefit of being true, so I’m putting it back at the top of […]