Archive for January, 2012

With Senators like this, who needs Constitutional government?

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Montana’s junior U.S. senator Jon Tester is fighting to retain his entitlements in DC. I receive lovely email updates about his activities protecting and defending the constitution of the United States. It was after yet another post about yet another … Continue reading

Hey AOPA, how about a real dogfight?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

AOPA Pilot magazine has its monthly contrivance labeled “Dogfight.” To quote: “Editor at Large Tom Horne and Senior Editor Dave Hirschman have a lot of things in common: lots of ratings, lots of experience in lots of airplane models — … Continue reading

Navy Fairy Tale – An Incredible Story of Survival

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

From Wayne Marshall Pilot Emergency    Incredible story of survival! Source: Chapter 7 in author Ron Knott’s new book: ‘SUPERSONIC COWBOYS’ (sharing forty-five Crusader stories) “I Fell 15,000 Feet And Lived” by Cliff Judkins [abridged] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our in-flight refueling process was … Continue reading