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- ▼October (6)
- Captain’s Log — Apparently the Cat Did Not Like Flying
- Get Out of the Hotel and Do Something
- Flying Over Titan
- I Met Him When He Came to the Flightdeck Wanting to Be a Southwest Pilot
- Decades Later, at a Bar, I Met a Stranger. We Talked About Mapping Text Adventures on Graph Paper
- IBM PCjr Flight Simulator is to blame. Or credit.
- ▼October (6)
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His First Joke
For the first time in his life he has come up with something funny. Months later he still calls back to it. And it is funny.He’s had funny…
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My Son. My Chronological Yardstick
Every memorable event in my life that happened before the spring of 2010 is filed away in my brain with a five-year buffer. My mental calendar from the…
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What I Did Not Do During My Summer Vacation
I was on vacation during the month of July. I ceased all work related activities. I also didn’t… It was a blissful month away from the airport. I…
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How Hollywood Gets Airline Life Wrong
In many ways… Hollywood’s depiction of airline life is completely wrong. In some ways it’s spot on and I claim those scenes as just another day at the…
4 min read
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Captain Dad – I Called Maintenance Control for a Toy Helicopter
My work life and home life collided yesterday when my son complained that his toy Hess helicopter wasn’t working as it was supposed to. “My helicopter won’t fly…
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The Things You Find in Hotel Beds
Do not read this if you are in a hotel bed. If you are in a hotel bed please tell me you removed the bedspread. Please tell me…
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