Easy folks — completely SFW here 😉 So Scribe — what exactly do they mean by a “Commander’s Moon” ? Well, strictly defined, a “commander’s moon” is: “A night lighting condition with clear skies and a large (late phase) moon, to provide optimum lighting condition for night flights, and especially night traps. Favored by, and…
It began as an ordinary, early spring day – teachers going about their business of teaching students; students doing what normal high school students are wont to do. At 1140, it dramatically, tragically changed with 12 students and a teacher dead and 23 others physically wounded – many more emotionally scarred. Two years, four months…
I will be taking time off between now and Sunday to meditate on and celebrate this, the most holy of seasons for Christendom. I encourage you to take the time, reflect on Christ’s Mission and Sacrifice and what it promises for you. To aid in that endeavor for you, the progress of His Passion, as…
Final log entry for the Steeljaws: “My pennant is hauled down and stored. All records are in order. Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO is hereby disestablished on this 14th day of March in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred Ninety Six” (signed) Commanding
While “Fate is the Hunter†ought to be required reading for any and all associated with flying of any type, Chp 3, “The Seasoning†is particularly apropos. Start at pg. 79 if you like, or here: “I stop pumping, tune the D.F.’s radio to Knoxville frequency, and reach for the loop crank. In doing so…
Lots going on right now – between events in North Asia, a one family attempt to stimulate the local construction economy and completing the first round of writing/editing for the BMD chapter for the book project there hasn’t been a lot of time to post. Still, there are a couple of irons in the fire,…
