Air-Minded: UFO Letdown
So here I am, continuing to disappoint UFO believers all these years later.
"No matter how cynical I get, I can’t keep up.” — Lily Tomlin
There I was at 30,000 feet
So here I am, continuing to disappoint UFO believers all these years later.
The military continues to train, pandemic or no. Sailors gotta sail, soldiers gotta soldier, aviators gotta aviate.
“Yeah, we know what you fly!”
When I flew for the US Air Force, the incentive ride nightmare scenario was that a passenger along for the ride would (intentionally or unintentionally) pull the handle and punch out.
If you follow aviation accounts on social media, you’ve probably noticed how quick fellow aviation buffs are to pounce on photos of unidentified aircraft. The only thing worse is when the original poster gets the aircraft type or model wrong … then it’s Katie bar the door!
It has often occurred to me that perhaps the comparatively new science of aviation will bring the making of wars to an end by reason of the very terrible consequences which will fall upon those nations which, in the future, have the temerity to declare war upon each other.
Okay, we’re all up to our eyeballs with social distancing and sheltering in place. So here’s something different.
In 2011, when I started leading visitors on walking tours of the aircraft in Pima Air and Space Museum’s exhibit hangars, PASM had a fantastic volunteer program.