Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Autumn a favorite time of year!
Autumn, as leaves are falling and the hangar is open cool brisk breeze blowing, I gaze upon the mountainside with the changing leaves, natures fireworks, I yearn to fly in the open cockpit PT 23 on a scenic flight. Where has all the fun gone, aviation seems to be slipping away from my grasp. Avgas is $5.80 a gallon, hangar rent over $400 a month, insurance, maintenance, training, medical requirements, etc...if God had intended me to keep flying he would give me more money. If it is to be, it is up to me. Uncle Sam wants to be paid, business expenses increasing, no end in sight, every time I turn around a medical bill or some other $500 problem I can't seem to rectify. This ship has been turning but the seas are rough and high, the waves are wet and cold, my ship is adrift in a cold dark night...I will tell you a story about the "Red October" someday.
I am the Captain and I knew someday my ship would come in but I would be at the airport!
Music soothes my soul, the part of my DNA, I can't live without. I came home last night to find my dog painted pink my daughter got to stay home from school sick but took it upon herself to pretty up the doggy.
She must've let him upstairs into my apartment and he got locked in my bedroom which he then scratched the the fine wood doors to hell and back trying to get out. I am furious! So, now I must turn on the stereo and relax. Ask me why I drink? Ask me why I don't sleep well. When will this economy improve. What will my soon-to-be ex-wife's next move be? Will I be able to raise my children to be loving, giving, happy, healthy, financially and emotionally stable, and successful in their future.
There will be a hangar party tonight...the one at D 1. A keg of beer, a hotdog cart, maybe some music...what could be better, possibly a scenic flight in the old 1943 Fairchild PT 23. I had hoped to audition for the John Zahn band so I invited him up, maybe we would play at the party tonight. his DNA is of the classic rock variety Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Steve Miller Band, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, Robin Trower, AC/DC, The Who, Bob Seager, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others. This is a perfect DNA matched to me, and my drumming abilities. He is an incredible guitar player!
Music soothes my soul.
Tailwinds :-).
I am the Captain and I knew someday my ship would come in but I would be at the airport!
Music soothes my soul, the part of my DNA, I can't live without. I came home last night to find my dog painted pink my daughter got to stay home from school sick but took it upon herself to pretty up the doggy.
She must've let him upstairs into my apartment and he got locked in my bedroom which he then scratched the the fine wood doors to hell and back trying to get out. I am furious! So, now I must turn on the stereo and relax. Ask me why I drink? Ask me why I don't sleep well. When will this economy improve. What will my soon-to-be ex-wife's next move be? Will I be able to raise my children to be loving, giving, happy, healthy, financially and emotionally stable, and successful in their future.
There will be a hangar party tonight...the one at D 1. A keg of beer, a hotdog cart, maybe some music...what could be better, possibly a scenic flight in the old 1943 Fairchild PT 23. I had hoped to audition for the John Zahn band so I invited him up, maybe we would play at the party tonight. his DNA is of the classic rock variety Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Steve Miller Band, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, Robin Trower, AC/DC, The Who, Bob Seager, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others. This is a perfect DNA matched to me, and my drumming abilities. He is an incredible guitar player!
Music soothes my soul.
Tailwinds :-).
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
My Stratoclub Friends Resume
So, I am an aviation insurance broker for 25 years... Here is the best response to a pilot history questionaire yet. Thanks TD. Happy Landings.
Hi Jon : Good seeing ya tonight. Please send me an email with the 20 questions about who the fu*k I am. No way I was going to remember what you were asking me tonight. Having flown 50+ hrs in "tail-draggers" 35 years ago, I've only experienced around 15 some hrs in recent memory. Only a few in the L-2 and most of that was helping "Magoo" (Kreis) find his way back to the field and then finding the right runway. Oh, don't forget at least one hour flying the "Rat" at LHV. That in of itself is worth FIVE hours. Then again, it has BOTH a tail wheel AND a nose wheel. lol. Okay, besides numerous idle hours in numerous "tail draggers", I only have a total of 25,000+ hours re-directing metal tubes through the O2 and H2O'd atmosphere. It includes several engine fires, electrical fires, pneumatic fires, hydraulic fires, bird strikes, navigational systems failures over ocean, rejected max weight take-offs, go-arounds on min. fuel, tire failures, nose gear dis-assembly on landing, lightning strikes, Hurricanes, TRW's, irate flight attendants, surely agents, whiney passengers, and on and on and on, etc. I realize it's not much time operating aircraft, but it's all I have. Hopefully this will be of some benefit to those of higher intelligence and wisdom than I possess who make the extremely important and sensitive decisions regarding one's insurability. But then again, I don't give a rats ass what they think about my qualifications .... they WEREN'T there when it all happened and that's a damn GOOD thing. Otherwise I'd have to smell the shit in their pants while it all happened while I freakin' saved their ass. Later - "TD"
Hi Jon : Good seeing ya tonight. Please send me an email with the 20 questions about who the fu*k I am. No way I was going to remember what you were asking me tonight. Having flown 50+ hrs in "tail-draggers" 35 years ago, I've only experienced around 15 some hrs in recent memory. Only a few in the L-2 and most of that was helping "Magoo" (Kreis) find his way back to the field and then finding the right runway. Oh, don't forget at least one hour flying the "Rat" at LHV. That in of itself is worth FIVE hours. Then again, it has BOTH a tail wheel AND a nose wheel. lol. Okay, besides numerous idle hours in numerous "tail draggers", I only have a total of 25,000+ hours re-directing metal tubes through the O2 and H2O'd atmosphere. It includes several engine fires, electrical fires, pneumatic fires, hydraulic fires, bird strikes, navigational systems failures over ocean, rejected max weight take-offs, go-arounds on min. fuel, tire failures, nose gear dis-assembly on landing, lightning strikes, Hurricanes, TRW's, irate flight attendants, surely agents, whiney passengers, and on and on and on, etc. I realize it's not much time operating aircraft, but it's all I have. Hopefully this will be of some benefit to those of higher intelligence and wisdom than I possess who make the extremely important and sensitive decisions regarding one's insurability. But then again, I don't give a rats ass what they think about my qualifications .... they WEREN'T there when it all happened and that's a damn GOOD thing. Otherwise I'd have to smell the shit in their pants while it all happened while I freakin' saved their ass. Later - "TD"
My start in Aviation!
14 CFR Part 121 Scheduled operation of EASTERN AIR LINES INC
Event occurred Saturday, October 16, 1965 in CHARLOTTE, NC
Aircraft: DOUGLAS DC-7, registration: N824D
FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA
F S M/N PURPOSE
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1-0063 65/10/16 CHARLOTTE,NC DOUGLAS DC-7 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
TIME - 1647 N824D PX- 0 0 57 41, 12879 TOTAL HOURS,
DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1463 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
RATED.
NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS AIRPORT
OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION
UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
FIRE AFTER IMPACT
REMARKS- FIRE IN RIGHT WING AREA.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Crazy Horse
My Bucket List... Item #1 is to fly a P-51 Mustang.
Crazy Horse will fill the bill but lighten my pocket book $6,500.00. So you see if God had intended me to fly he would have given me more money! My dream is alive...Praise GOD!
Please Send Money to P.O. Box 815 Frederick, MD 21705
Crazy Horse will fill the bill but lighten my pocket book $6,500.00. So you see if God had intended me to fly he would have given me more money! My dream is alive...Praise GOD!
Please Send Money to P.O. Box 815 Frederick, MD 21705
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