When flying, it is essential to always account for the curvature of the earth. If you fail to do so, you would end up in space! That reminds me of my time in the Austrian army. I met a fellow …
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I’m not old enough to remember the good old days of airline travel, before airline hijackings became a common occurrence in the 1970s. But I sure remember a time, when you didn’t have to pay extra for every little thing …
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Has this ever happened to you? Is this what they call karma? Or “instant karma”? My personal experience from working in the hangar has been that “looking busy” even though you’re not doing much outweighs “disappearing”. When you disappear, the …
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We make fun of Chuck always flying into restricted areas. In real life, these incursions are taken very seriously. A few years ago, while working in Nevada for a fire contract, we were based at a very small airport for …
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