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Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
Blogging in Formation is at it once again. And this week it's all about...Truth being Stranger than Fiction, and In my case... a bit scarier too. Imagine me writing a fiction novel, Flight For Control,...
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Special Month for Aviation
August is a month of Birthdays. And today I want to wish three special people happy birthday. Connected across the miles by a passion of flight. I'm sure they will all kill me because I'm posting old...
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Aviation History in the Making...
Tomorrow is an extra special Friday Flyer.... Based on the following photos, can you guess who will be joining us for a fabulous interview? This will be a first in the blogging world of mere mortals...
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Dusty Crophopper
Friday's Fabulous Flyer Dusty CrophopperDusty is a plane with lofty dreams and high hopes. A crop duster by trade and a single-prop plane, he dreams of soaring alongside his high-flying heroes in an...
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Spread Your Wings and Fly
Monday Motivation"You may not know where you're going, but you know that so long as you spread your wings, the winds will carry you.” C. JoyBell C.I have decided to spread my wings to find a solution...
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Pilot Gives Back to Community
Mark Berney, a pilot from SkyWest Airlines, and I connected last year at the Women in Aviation conference. He was interested in the flying events we hosted in Seattle, as he was planning one of his...
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Captain Mike Challgren
Aviation ArtistI recently connected to an aviation artist, Mike Challgren who is making incredible sculptures. A captain of a different kind, who builds planes instead of flying them. Mike started out...
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T.H.ursdays with Tom HillI struggled a little bit this week figuring out what to write about. I keep a list on my iPhone of ideas for subjects. When I think of a possibility, I write it into my phone...
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Bill Palmer
Friday's Fabulous Flyer Captain Bill PalmerBill started flying lessons when he was fifteen years old in a Cessna 150 on a small grass strip in central New Jersey, and soloed on his sixteenth birthday....
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A Day to Celebrate...
Celebrate by taking someone you love to see the movie Planes! Go flying. Look to the sky and dream big. Make today special... and know that whatever you do, the sky is not the limit. Enjoy the...
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Airways Magazine...
And Captain Mark L. Berry ... THANK YOU!"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." Melody BeattieMark reviewed my novel, Flight For Control, in...
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Favorite Aviation Geek
VOTE for your Favorite AVGEEK. Rumor has it I am on the list!To vote, just click HERE to go to the voting site. Then click on Tweet to @routesonline. Then add a name where it says @twitterhandle. (Feel...
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The Last Flight
T.H.ursday with Tom HillThere's a tradition practiced by the USAF called the Fini Fight. It's a ceremony marking the end of an aviator's time in a unit and a celebration of a sort. Usually bad $2...
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Sharon Menear
Friday's Fabulous FlyerSharon MenearFrom Flight Attendant to Airline Pilot to Award-Winning Author "Once again it brings me the greatest joy for authors to share their stories. Why? They write...
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Monday Motivation: Inner Peace
If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful...ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you can eat the same food...
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First Flight Lesson
What It Felt Like To Be In Control... I've been corresponding with a future pilot, about the A330 and flying. Then one day last week he sent me an email and said...."So today I had my first lesson...
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Deadstick Dawn
Sharon Menear''How My Pilot Career Ended and My Author Career Began""I was the sort of person who enjoyed high-adrenaline sports and high-speed cars, motorcycles, boats, and airplanes. All those rushes...
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Why Aritistry And Flying
T.H.ursdays with Tom HillA couple weeks ago I introduced the idea flying can be artistic: Artistry in Flying. The comments on that article were fantastic. One included a reference to Jonathan...
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Chetwyn Clarke
Friday's Fabulous Flyer Chetwyn ClarkeChet Clarke's story is one of dedication and commitment, and he is a pilot to keep an eye on. He is giving back to the industry in the pursuit of safety. As...
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Lady Pilots ...
Monday Motivation... "If the uniform fits... wear it!"Lady Pilots D-RULE! Today I'm headed to Amsterdam... and the fun continues! Happy Labor Day! Enjoy the Journey!XOX Karlene
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