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Yesterday we talked about losing your cookies (not that kind) in the cockpit. Once I lost a pen. It can seem like such a small thing, to drop one’s pen in the work place. You might do it once or twice a week, if not more. But it’s considered really bad form in the [...]  After major maintenance, an aircraft has to be flown by a specially designated check pilot on a PMCF – a post-maintenance check flight, before it’s released for general use. These are also known as FCF’s, or “functional check flights.” The designation is eagerly sought out by pilots, and sparingly bestowed. Being certified an FCF [...] Jonboy shared his first sea story with us yesterday, and as I promised it has broken the dam that held back some of my own. Before going to flight school, I took two lessons with a grizzled black shoe LCDR who taught weapons at the Boat School, and had earned a flight instructor rating [...] Flight school, Pensacola, Florida, 1983. Free time is there for the asking – beaches, bars and ground school. The very occasional flight. The opportunity to go to the gym. Nearby was the fledgling Naval Aviation Museum (it has changed a lot since then). In my day (God, how old that makes me feel), it [...] No, not mine. Son Number One’s. Today he took the oath . Indoctrination Day down at USD. The weekend a whirl of final preparations – finding birth certificates, packing a duffel bag (actually, the Hobbit did that – and typically, over-packed him), final moments at home for a while. I rousted him out of [...] A good read, sent to me by an old friend. For many years Ben Stein has written a biweekly column for the online website called “Monday Night At Morton’s”, from that famous restaurant which was often frequented by Hollywood Stars. Now, Ben is terminating the column to move on to other things in his [...] Son Number One’s. Today he took the oath . Indoctrination Day down at USD. The weekend a whirl of final preparations – finding birth certificates, packing a duffel bag (actually, the Hobbit did that – and typically, over-packed him), final moments at home for a while. I rousted him out of the rack at [...] A modest, not entirely serious proposal for consequence management and meant to engender debate. Fairly long, topically heavy. You’ve been warned. I grew up in the Cold War. As a child I did civil defense drills in the school hallways. During my early service years, I was trained for and prepared to fight the [...] |
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