Every occupation has its own humor. Pilot humor comes in many forms, much of it fatalistic. Here are some of my favorites. Q: “At a party, how can you tell who’s a pilot?” A: “You won’t have to. He’ll tell…

Today, as I write this, is December 1, 2021. My sister, Jeanne Daly Salacinski, was born on this date, seventy-one years ago. Unfortunately I can’t celebrate her birthday with her because frkng cancer killed her twenty years ago. I frkng…

A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away … it was a happier time. I started flying in 1975 – I believe that means 45 years ago. Lemme tell you of a particularly embarrassing – and totally…

Funny you should ask. If you don’t get the reference, look at the title of this post. Duh. Well, since I’m still not instructing and only occasionally flying, I decided that we needed to establish an accounting for our movie…

Our thirteen year old Golden Retriever, Skye, left us on 30May2019. She was the sweetest, smartest, most loving dog anyone ever knew. I can’t write about her because the tears start flowing and splash on the desk. I’ll share some…

Last month we peered into my pilot’s library and found 5 books – out of the more than 100 flying-related volumes I own. We may only get that much farther, but, what the hell, I like this exercise and none…

Do you have your own library of flying books? I do. I’m thinking that most pilots do, but I haven’t asked the question – so we’ll just assume that all pilots have a library … and, if they don’t, they’re…

Were there any decent flying movies made after 1960? In last year’s Christmas blog, we mentioned Tora, Tora, Tora, which hit the theaters in 1970 – and is still worth a viewing, especially if you like great flying sequences and…

If you’re lucky, one day you’ll get to fly in Hawai’i. I had the opportunity for nearly a year and loved it. You would too. The temperatures are tropical (more in a minute), the clouds are usually benign, the skies…

It is our habit – Laurel’s and mine – on Thanksgiving Day to start watching all of the 25 or so Christmas movies we own. Our Thanksgiving tradition begins in the morning with pumpkin pie for breakfast – face it,…