You start planning a year in advance. And no, it isn’t the Scribe’s nupital anniversary w/She Who Must Be Obeyed, though come to think of it, she will have a part to play… April 2009, the Mustang turns 45. To celebrate, how about: … a major league road trip? Six day road trip finishing up…
Ed note: We’re going to try something a little different here and change the POV for a couple of posts. Note that the events portrayed here are a conglomeration of many encounters over several years and do not represent any one interdiction flight. Think of this part as being ‘informed fiction’ and try not to…
Naval Aviators (and by extension, Naval Flight Officers), of the tailhook variety that is, tend to be a peculiar lot. On the one hand we live to fly “at the boat†and yet, the prospect of actually doing anything besides actually aviating is well, anathema – for some. Early on the behavior was learned at…
Wouldst thou,â€â€“so the helmsman answered, “Learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers Comprehend its mystery!†– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It’s a hard life and one oft misunderstood by those who haven’t been there, for they don’t know the allure, the draw that the sea can have. She is a demanding…
Panama. Two months into this endeavor and the novelty has worn off. Standing in the hangar at Howard AFB, the LCDR surveys the flight line – what little of it he could see through the sheets of rain, and does some mental calculations. ‘Do I make a mad dash for the plane and wait inside for…
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with…
