Vienna for the Coffee
What should we expect drinking coffee in a land of tea-drinkers? A rainy morning in London. Overcast skies. Steady drizzle.
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31 Romeo: The long cross country
31 Romeo, N5831R, a modified Beechcraft A36 Bonanza, has set sail around the world on a long cross country flight with Adam and George on board. Follow the journey, over oceans and nations, here. Track the actual flight, its progress, and the experiences of Adam and George, long-time friends from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. And don’t forget to follow our blog for more about the inspiration and events surrounding this epic around-the-world flight.
Water Ditching: Please Hurry
In preparation for this crazy enterprise, flying a single-engine airplane around the world, Adam, his brother-in-law David, and I flew
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India, your faith is safe from me…
Of the many daunting bureaucratic tasks attending a flight around the world, few have seemed as ridiculously bureaucratic as obtaining
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A checklist by any other name
Perhaps it is too many years of running checklists in airplanes. Perhaps it is my failing memory. These days I
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Around the World: The Long Cross Country
I have been a flight instructor for decades. In the course of training for the basic pilot certificate, the Private
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Around the World Flight Planning: The Fatal Flaw
So, the other day (back in early March) I’m having coffee with my friend Adam, who is planning to fly
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The Mobius Strip
An old writer’s trick: begin in the middle. Because beginnings and endings are always hard. As the years flow by,
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