Tag: altitude

Well, it doesn’t hurt to ask. It took me a while to learn that a lot of things are possible or available, if you just ask for them. It’s important to not cross the line between being bold and being …

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Here is another snippet out of our new book “Moments in Aviation History”. To read the whole story behind it you will have to buy the book. Also, let’s see how many times I can shamelessly plug the new book …

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Here we have another story from the “not invented” books. We were ferrying a Skycrane from the Pacific Northwest to Texas. The pilot I was flying with was also a fixed wing guy who believed in going high and let …

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Talking about seeing signs, do any of you (who are old enough, I guess) remember that song “I saw the sign” from Ace of Base? There you go, now you have a stupid song in your head for the rest …

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