I write about aviation, learning, and the passing forward of experience

Top of Descent

I am at the end of a long career as a pilot. Now I want to pass on some of what I have learned over those fifty-eight years since I first soloed. So I have written a book: Still Learning to Fly: a pilot’s life

  • Cassandra, I know people find what you say hard to believe – myself included. Then last Friday the Washington Post ran an article entitled You can filter the Boeing 737 Max 9 out of your flight search. Some specifics: Just…

  • ~ Bulletin from AvProphecy ~ Riddle:             What does it mean to remove a door? Hint:                It hinges on hinges. Henry Ford was antisemitic and a bigot, but he did some things right. He was a good mechanic – a natural…

  • ~ Bulletin from AvProphecy ~ It is January, three years from now. Yesterday an atmospheric river slammed the West Coast, its most violent core centered on the Golden Gate. BART tunnels are still flooded. Waves are still breaking over the…

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