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I Lost My Medical!
What do I do now? JanineOne of the greatest fears a pilots may face is the loss of a medical certificate. We spend thousands of dollars, time, energy and effort into living a dream of becoming a pilot....
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Pietro Bisonni
Friday's Fabulous FlyerPietro BisonniA 46 year-old Italian pilot since "many years." And many years of excitement he has had. I love to know why and when the aviation bug hits and from planes to...
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Two Private Pilots Create Capital Air Tour... Landing in 49 States in Two Weeks! Press Release:(MEDFORD, OR) The challenge of flying a private “general aviation” airplane to all 49 state capitals in...
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Turbo, the Flying Dog!
Turbo wants nothing more than to leave his boring life at the pound behind. Turbo is excited when he discovers his wish is coming true. He is being adopted! But when he learns he will have to take a...
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Who Won The 747?
He must have had a premonition... or he put something in the air, but exactly 10 hours after he wrote inquiring who won the plane his name was drawn.Was this the power of positive thinking, hopeful...
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Eric Rush
Friday's Fabulous FlyerEric RushFlying did not inspire him until..."I had been up a few times in small airplanes, but flying didn't inspire me the way reading about it did until I went for a short ride...
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Survival
Through strength of perseverance we can accomplish anything!Sometimes the greatest challenges in life are the little ones that pour down all at the same time, making you feel like a drowned puppy that...
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First Commercial Flight
Written by, Pierre de Fermor 1st JANUARY 1914: A divine pilot takes off for the first commercial flight in the history of aviation. St Petersburg: “The sunshine city”, promise local brochures, and...
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Heide Oberndorf
Friday's Fabulous FlyerHeide Oberndorf Next ALPA National PresidentWe do have a voice... Pilots can impact change! Heide began flying as a young child with her father. She received her private license...
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Experience and Life...
"Life is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious."Daniel...
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Automated Into Mediocrity
I often get questions from readers, and this one is especially interesting as the question involves aviation and the Sea. I'm unable to answer it. So, I would love if you could help my friend and see...
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Troy Techau
Friday's Fabulous FlyerTroy Techau So there I was in my first week of ERAU with an outstanding group of people and one of the students said, "I wrote a book too." And what a book he wrote. But I can't...
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Angel Flight West....
Invites You...for Cocktails and Hors d'oversWith Geoff and Jill Woodat their home on Lake WashingtonWhen: Wednesday, October 1stWhere: 5017 NE Laurelcrest Ln, Seattle WA 98188This is an Flight West...
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Giving HOPE
I have never been busier in my life since graduate school began. Flying, writing, family, and school But we can never be too busy to give hope. I hope all of you in the Seattle area ... and commuters...
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Media Gone Wild!
Where's the Truth?Blogging in Formation is at it again and this month is Rob Burgon's choice is about integrity of media in our aviation world. This subject impacts all. Aviation and the Media Rob's...
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Patrick Ryce
Doctor learns to fly at 54!And he needs your help... Patrick Ryce"My wife gave me flying lessons as my 54th birthday present. I think she was trying to get rid of me because when I said to her that...
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NextGen, Voting, and Statistics...
What in the world could these all have in common? Welcome to week five of the Graduate Program. Yes... I survived the first official month. And what a month it was. After returning from Hong Kong, two...
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There I wuz... Again!
"Why I wrote, There I Wuz!" BY: Capn Aux:The opening line of my latest book, There I Wuz! Adventures From 3 Decades in the Sky reads, “Ask any pilot how they started flying, and you will hear a love...
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Cabin Cooling Systems
Airplane Tech Talk for the Non-Technical: By Jennifer Lesher: My prior duo of posts about airplane turbine and reciprocating engines was popular, so I’ll expand the series to talk about the mysterious...
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Puja Niroula
Friday's Fabulous Flyer Puja NiroulaMy friend, Jennifer Lesher began mentoring Puja three years ago whenPuja was entering her sophomore year at Rainier Beach. Puja's family came from Nepal, from a...
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