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Tom . 4 years ago
The Grand Canyon Glider
1981 I'm a pretty green flight instructor, in the Seattle area, trying to get an instrument flight student through training under the old Gvt 90/10 rule for vets. Back then you had to have at least a ...
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Tom . 4 years ago
Shark attack! Rough morning in 1990
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Tom . 4 years ago
He made me golf with him! I chalk it up to an MSG overload last night. Nevertheless it was one hell of a dream.
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Tom . 4 years ago
Those damn pipe bombs!
It was about 1976, I was 16 years old and a total ball of mischief. Our family owned the only small 9 hole municipal golf course in the town of Poulsbo Washington. I was a pyro and so was my buddy Ard...
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Tom . 4 years ago
Not as Planned/The Bermuda Trip
Flying for Eastern of course, NY to Bermuda 1986. We have a 24 hour layover, staying at a beautiful 4 star hotel. I spend hours frolicking on the beach and swimming. At night the pilots and flight att...
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Tom . 4 years ago
" Captain, the ice is winning!"
I was just reflecting on my most early days in Aviation. A brand new, most dysfunctional copilot flying for Cascade Airways, coming out of Portland Oregon 1982. If you know the Columbia River, either ...
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Tom . 4 years ago
2 Drunk Inspectors
2 drunk Inspectors: Frankly, not a story I could have told before I retired from aviation for good and hung up my wings. I did, so here we go.
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Tom . 4 years ago
Wun Hung Low on the mend!
Imagine Thor and Wun Hung Low
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Tom . 4 years ago
A Tiger?
Tracking the elusive Indochinese Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) through Vietnam: If you haven't noticed, Carmen and I have been out of pocket for a bit. Carmen saw this damn website about a guided tou...
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Tom . 4 years ago
Trouble in the skies
Pilots may not be as they appear.
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