Sunrise descending into Sydney- 90nm NE of Sydney descending through FL 280 yesterday. Well, it’s 0400 here in Perth and I’m wide awake, it’s 9 degrees Centigrade… Must. Do. The. Math… errr… 48??? Yeah, close enough… Lemme see- Thirteen hours … Continue reading
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Well, I had a pretty good blog going, and our entire subdivision lost power, so y’all are getting leftovers… First, let me say my thoughts and prayers go out to those in California who have lost homes, property and memories … Continue reading
Well, we have a winner. The auction is over. The final bid remained at $2,100,100. The winning bidder, the high bidder: Betty Casey.Rush Limbaugh auctioned off the smear letter sent to him by dingy harry and 40 other democrap Senators … Continue reading
Ever have ‘one’ of those days??? Now I’ll admit I’m a little short of sleep today… I had one today, of course the two hours of sleep ‘might’ have had something to do with it…First the day starts with idjit … Continue reading
Take 80+ people from a dozen different organizations, stick them halfway around the world, throw in one Typhoon, language barriers, multiple locations and still get the job done???Hell yes 🙂Sometimes you get lucky and everything falls into place- Old farts … Continue reading
This morning, when I went in to work out here, I learned that one of the folks I had trained in 1991 as a young pup in the Navy was in the hospital in Jacksonville, FL with a brain aneurysm. … Continue reading
Since we have another $%^& typhoon screwing up our ops, and I was tired of herding cats; three of us went out to dinner last night at Sam’s Anchor Inn in Naha. In the course of dinner, I was reminded … Continue reading
Murphy’s post about flying in Helos reminded me of a couple of instances from my formative years in the navy. First a basic indoctrination on helicopters… The whole thing is held together with what is called the Jesus Nut- This … Continue reading
In 22 years of Naval Aviation, this was one of my most memorable flights. Normally these stories start off- It was a dark and stormy night… This one doesn’t… It was the typical Bermuda day. Nice onshore breeze, sunshine and … Continue reading
Well, ya gotta give em a A for effort, but execution leaves a bit to be desired… On a positive point, looks like no serious injuries were incurred in the performance of these stunts. On a different note- If you … Continue reading