20 goals for 2020
Amid the debates about whether we’re starting a new year or a new decade, I saw a Twitter thread last week about …
On becoming a private pilot (finally)
After waking at 1:37, 3:35, 5:05, and finally getting up at 5:30, I was just about to head out the door when …
My 2017 top five
I usually spend January 1 wrapped up in reviewing last year’s accomplishments and plotting for the future. This involves generating upwards of 60-80 …
RV-6 30th anniversary formation and West Coast Ravens at EAA AirVenture
Want to know the coolest thing in the world? Watching your favorite person kick ass achieving a major goal. In my case, …
EAA AirVenture airshow awesomeness
In addition to boasting airplanes everywhere, with arrivals and overflights at all hours, a fantastic feature of AirVenture at Oshkosh is the …
A week wandering aviation Disneyland
Trying to describe EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh to pilots who have never been is hard enough, but whenever I talk about it to non-pilots, …
Oshkosh bound: Cross country and formation flying
A couple weeks ago Mr. T and I enjoyed our six-year wedding anniversary. Six years! And T has been delighting in telling everyone …
10 ways to celebrate the end of grading
Like most college professors the day after finals week, I should be grading. The paper piles, more than half-vanquished but still huge, …
Stranded in Albuquerque (and surprisingly thankful)
People ask me all the time: “How did you do it?” Until standing at the ticket counter today, not yelling at the gate …
Flying photos and fall beauty
I’m really glad I didn’t read the news until after my plane landed safely in Vegas today. Apparently a wave of in-flight weirdness …