The Flight Deck

If any DC area Flight-Deckers are out an about on Saturday the 4th of December, I wanted to pass this along to you. The Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Fairfax, VA (12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Drive) is having a sale, but that’s not the reason I’m mentioning it. From 3-5 PM, LtCol Seth Folsom will sign [...]

Thank goodness for my handy dandy site meter! Mulling through it this last evening last I noticed that someone had spent a fair bit of time and quite a few page views on Free Falling for just coming off a Google image search. Curious, I clicked on their entry page. And reminisced through this post. [...]

It’s a funny thing, inspiration. Lex’s Long War metaphor? inspired me to comment – not altogether unusual – but it also inspired me to think and write about other things unrelated to the topic at hand. Like books, and the things you remember. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

As part of the Valour-IT fundraiser, we’re having an Auction for which all proceeds go to Valour-IT. Simply bid on an item, give a donation matching that bid, and the item is yours. To whet your appetite, here are some of the items as of this morning (more are on the way): Of particular interest [...]

They can barely afford to feed and clothe their families, yet the Iraqi Army, in Besmaya, has donated $1,000 US to help victims of the San Diego wildfires. The money was collected from Iraqi officers and enlisted soldiers in Besmaya. In a speech given during the presentation, Col. Abbass stated that he and the Iraqi soldiers [...]

Its pretty obvious that a fair number of the regulars here are into reading and books.  You might want to take a look at Librarything.com as a nifty way to organize your collections.  More here. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

Well, I’ve decided to broaden my horizons and I’m not quite sure where to start.  So.  I’m blegging. I’m wondering about some good books on military history / military science.  I’m hoping that this learned group would have some good insight into where to start and what to look for.  I like history and have read [...]

I have a couple of old books that are interesting to me, but might be of greater interest/value to residents of The Flight Deck. What are they about? Here’s a teaser…. Bookmark to: Hide Sites

One bright summer day in December 1987 I stranded young Dr. J. P. and old Professor I.F. on an icy bench 9000 feet up the side of Mt. Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. We got them down eventually. However, in the process I scared myself– often a useful experience for a naval aviator, providing you [...]

Following in jpr’s footsteps, here’s another book recommendation/suggestion (“recogestion”?).  I was going to post this on Thursday of next week, but I’m going off to do my “2 weeks” and I’m not sure how connected I’ll be. I just fininshed James Hornfischer’s “Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston…”, and would recommend it to [...]