Gas-O-line
2016 04 14 Thursday 13 July 2016 Adam Broome, in his much modified Beechcraft Bonanza is as we speak, departing
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Around the World: Flight Planning
The last half
After all of his travels, our friend Adam Broome is not that much more than halfway around the world. He
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I Love This Place — 20 May Rethymnon
Friday 20 May Rethymno, Crete I bloody well love this place. For dinner — wine, bread, olives and feta. For
Read moreThursday 16 June 2016: Keeping hope alive
Jesse Jackson said it at the 1988 Democratic Party Convention. “Keep hope alive.” Tonight I spent the evening — in
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Regular or Hi-Test, Sir?
Nothing so useless in aviation as the runway behind you, the air above you, and the fuel in the truck
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It Takes a Village: General Aviation Support Egypt
Nobody flies around the world by himself. The next time you hear one of your pilot friends say, “Did you hear
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Around the World Flight Daily Journal: Chiang Mai — Brightly colored birds
Chiang Mai, Thailand Thursday 9 June 2016 From the 12th floor corner suite of the Amora Tapae Hotel Chiang Mai,
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Round the World Flight Daily Journal: Night Falls in Abu Dhabi
Wish you could be here with Adam and me, as the night falls over Abu Dhabi. Nothing, no moment, could
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Politics made real
I have a standard, personal prohibition against talking politics at the airport. Aviation should bring us together and politics, particularly
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Wednesday Morning at Biggin Hill
Climbing that student pilot mountain once again. The mysteries of Eurocontrol. What does “crossing Schengen borders” mean exactly? (Turns
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