“Anything worth doing well is worth doing badly in the beginning” – Marshall Thurber I do not like doing things badly. I want to do things well. The first time. I see others doing a thing well, with grace and ease, so I jump in and, well, you all know the moment: It feels so […]
It’s AWKWARD: First Flying Lesson
[social_warfare] “Anything worth doing well is worth doing badly in the beginning” – Marshall Thurber “Even when it feels award…” – Nancy Cullen I do not like doing things badly. I want to do things well. The first time. I see others doing a thing well, with grace and ease, so I jump in and, well, […]
A New Year, A New Decade, A New Site Platform
If you are reading this, you no doubt have noticed the new look for THE STONEBRIDGE. I began this on-line thing four years ago. In some ways I feel just as awkward and vulnerable as I described in my first post. At that time, I knew nothing about managing a website, but embarked on the […]
Why Bother With A Girls In Aviation Day?
Flying is the best possible thing for women. — Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of France, first licensed woman pilot, regards receiving her license, 8 March 1910. I participate in a closed Facebook group called The Landline. It is a forum for pilots and controllers to interact over questions about anything pilot-controller aviation system related. Recently a […]
How Flying Is A Walk Of Faith
“Sometimes a pilot has to take a firm grip on emotions, forcing oneself to take a firm control of a nervous stomach or shaking hand.” Weather Flying, Robert N. Buck Aviation is a world seeped in perceptions of thrills and frightful emotions. In reality, it requires just the opposite. Being led by ones emotions […]
What Is So Wrong About Distraction?
As a former air traffic controller and current private pilot, we learned about distraction – to recognize, mitigate and, avoid it in my work environment was a core part of training. In the air traffic world, side conversations and noise not related to the work at hand was watched for meticulously. Why? Everyone knew distraction […]
If It Is The Joyland Carousel Then It Is Wonderful Wichita!
My husband and I recently visited Botanica, The Wichita Gardens. This is the new home for the Joyland Carousel scheduled to be open to the public fall of 2019. I have know this was coming, seen pictures and layouts, but it was not until this visit and seeing the building site, did I truly […]
How To Resurrect An Airplane In Style
“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes My roots in aviation came from my father. His sprouted in the 1960s. I do not know what or who influenced him. He had not flown in the military nor been involved in aviation prior to his decision […]
Nancy Hancock-Cullen – My Bio
I am Nancy Hancock-Cullen, a retired Federal Aviation Air traffic controller, current private pilot and married 42 years to a wonderful guy. We live in a 130 year old Victorian house; enjoy cats, vintage and classic anything and our precious friends scattered around the globe. In addition to flying and maintaining the airplane I inherited […]