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The journey begins.....C12......1 hour till boarding....

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Combat medical training class . . . yawn .... Some people actually think that you can tourniquet a neck. Hopefully theyre not in charge of maintaining the runway in Iraq.

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Where am I???
Playing faux soldier in the remnants of Hurricaine Ida. Off to more fun. Formation at 0900 and done at 1900 - ten fun hrs of lines and forms.

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My big mouth

Happy Halloween!

A visit from Yoda this season.

"Enjoy the holiday, you must", Yoda said.

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In the car

The C-12 sim

flown flawlessly

Welcome Back . . .

Well it's been a long time since I've posted on the old blog but i figured that I'd get it back up and runnin because I'm headed to Iraq in November. By the way, here's my new ride . . . .

I put two pics up, just for fun....

Oh well, more to come folks....

My ride in the C M H

From eBay to pimp mobile in a few short steps. Hey . . . It gets me around.

Climbing out tonight

Took off from Pittsburgh and had to dodge thunderstorms but the sun poked out - gorgeous night - but all things being equal . . . I'd rather be in Philadelphia. The sun always shines in Philly!!!

Home in Kansas

It took 15 years but I finally have made my triumphant aviation return to Wichita, Kansas. Go figure that it was on a date like 6/06/06! Beautiful land here in the heartland but it is flat and hot in central Kansas in the summer.

Early AM Show

On the road again - tired and exhausted but thrilled!!!!

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Amazing Headwinds

Typical large high pressure moving through the northeast U.S. a few days ago. It really caused some high and low groundspeeds. Here - our PFD (primary flight display) shows a vector arrow showing a 170 knot wind from ahead and from our left. The effective headwind component was appx. 130-140 knots. Great for anything Northeast bound and crappy for anything Southwest bound.

Nose

My snot locker - congested and sore. I'm going home to get some much needed rest and take some meds that are verboten in the air. Maybe another septoplasty is in order - I guess that 2 surgeries weren't enough.

Crusin around

Saw some awesome groundspeeds recently so I wanted to pass this one on. I'm in Buffalo,NY tonite; I was repositioned here so that I can fly some trips in and out of Washington, D.C. tomorrow. It should be a quiet day and then off to home for some much needed rest. I am battling a cold and some rest sounds tempting.

Calgary Flames Game

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A View From Above

This is the view from the cabin into the cockpit. I recently ferried an aircraft from one of our maintenance bases to another airport and ferried another aircraft back. It was a nice opportunity to fly an empty aircraft, which performs much better when empty. It was also a beautiful day for flying, mid 60's, clear blue skies and calm winds.

Chicago is Hazy tonight

This is a shot after taking off from O'Hare this afternoon. You can barely make out the downtown skyline and specifically the Sears Tower which has the tall white antennae. We were at 5000 feet flying eastbound just 3200 feet above the structure. We spent today flying in and out of Chicago's O'Hare as well as Dulles outside of Washington D.C. - it was a long day that started out early and it was another "tough to get out of bed day". ;-)

Foggy day in CMH

1/8 mile visibility and no one going anywhere yet this am. Another airline day full of airline delays.