“To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. To fly is everything.” – Otto Lilienthal An airplane building project my father began in the 1960s has been re-begun. “The Biplane – A Dream And Hope Resurrected” post provides the background for the extraordinary turn of events that has resurrected a dream all but […]
Cessna Aircraft And Showing Love For The Isolated
“That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.” Deut 11: 21 Recently I was privileged to be part of a delegation who converged at the Textron Customer Delivery Center in Independence, KS […]
The Biplane – A Dream And Hope Resurrected
Me, at seven years of age: “Daddy, how long will it take to build the biplane?“ Daddy: “I’m not sure, but you will probably be old enough to fly it by the time it is done”. Me: “How old to I have to be to fly?” Daddy: “At least 16 years old.” I asked the […]
Tora 101 – The Last Flight – Tora! Tora! Tora!
Living in Wichita, Kansas, the Air Capitol of the World, I am privileged to know many aviators. Men and women who influence the world, without necessarily being well-known. I attended the memorial service of one of those special people recently, the pilot of Tora 101. I met Douglas Roy Jackson during the restoration of […]
Drones, Airspace and Liberty – How Are They Compatable?
“Owning a drone does not a pilot make.” ― Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe I am an Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified private pilot. This is one of three FAA airmen’s certificates I hold : The first one I earned was the Control Tower Operator (CTO) when I certified as a controller at the Wichita Airport Traffic Control […]
This Time With Music! A Flight To Longda, Papua Indonesia
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. – Plato In a previous post, I wrote about a flight I took to Longda, Papua in the interior of Indonesia. For the video, I used a […]
A Day At The Kansas State Capitol – Aviation Style
Last Fall I contacted a fellow pilot/mechanic, Spencer, to inquire about the dates of the 2018 Kansas Air Tour. I have been wanting to do some kind of event like this, but the Women’s Air Race Classic is out of both my and my Aircoupe’s league, so this sounded like a good alternative. Besides, Kansas […]
He Is Risen! He is Risen Indeed
The resurrection of Jesus Christ. That historical event that has brings out chocolate bunnies, colored eggs and marshmallow peeps. I like chocolate and even put out the wonderfully painted eggs and decorations we acquired during our years living in Europe, but it’s is rather jolting to put those things in the same sentence: Jesus’ […]
Flight As A Stone In Life’s Bridge – About THE STONEBRDIGE
Air traffic Control is easy until it gets hard. Then it gets very hard. The problem is, it can get very hard very easily. – Unknown There’s something just magical about flight. Period. – Graham Hawkes When one spends 34 years in an occupation as unique, challenging and wonderful as air traffic control, it never really […]