Dayton, Ohio: Up Close And Personal with the XB-70 Valkyrie The National Museum of the United States Air Force made for a fun distraction on a layover this week.

Fun little side-trip for an AvGeek in Dayton yesterday: A speed-walk through the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

Never be afraid to write your heart out. To write your ass off. To write until your hands cramp. Because when you look back at the miles of ink behind you you might just have a masterpiece.

Coffee cup and pot bathing in emergency lights as the background is bathed in the shadows of a darkened restaurant

The hotel in Jackson, Mississippi just lost power - conveniently moments after squaring up my check. “We goin’ home early!” Was the unified cry from the kitchen. Lights are out, elevator is down, but the music system plays on. Priorities and all.

At least they parked the car on the safer side of the building!

Extracurricular Activities The opportunity for events outside the flight deck presents a fun change of pace and a different sort of challenge

Good Monday morning, y'all. Flying tale up on Substack. Speaking at a school's career day on the heels of a major airline accident, and students threw a curveball I should have expected.

Thanks! I’ve kinda been trying to ignore FB as much as I can (some work related stuff still has to happen). Nice day at home with BBQ on the smoker.

The Aftermath: Coffee. Clouds. Coping. Caring. It's been so long since a major airline crash in America that many pilots haven't had to process a major accident before.

A little behind schedule here, but it is still Monday morning. A few words by and for those in the business, following an air travel catastrophe.

If I post something and it looks paywalled, hit up the reader view… because that’s probably how I read it in the first place.

Lots of folks calling for heads on pikes, RE: NTSB posting updates only on X. For aviation news, there’s no better source than this guy, and he gives important context. Read. Thanks.

FAA employees with disabilities targeted by Trump's anti-DEI push Despite current policy, the FAA during Trump’s first administration actively sought to recruit workers with disabilities.

The first time around, Donold didn’t seem to have a problem with DEI programs at the FAA. What changed?

Hello all cable news: do not broadcast the President of the United States talking about air traffic control. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

We are watching in realtime the systematic unraveling of decades aviation safety accident investigative precedent and process from the President of the United States.

The seed packets from Sow True have always been beautiful. We’ve been solid customers for a decade or more. Keep up the good work.

Methodist church in Atlanta. In a sermon opining that church attendance is down because there’s not much Jesus left in Christianity, Budde speaking truth to power was chief among other examples how to right the ship.

We Bought A Flight Simulator Reviving a dusty flight sim raises an interesting question: Now what?

Monday morning flying tale is up!

Come on to Georgia. We’ve got a Pizza Hut Classic in Clayton. I’ve wanted to go.. I’ll drive.

JUST SAY NO TO PROFILE SONGS pls. Congratulations, BTW. 💍

Panama and Mexico were the first two nations I blurted out when he asked.

“I know it and my heart hurts for you,” I said.

American citizen. Two generations of military service in the family, and they feel the push to leave the country. Heartbreaking. 4/4

I told him about some Central and South American countries I knew expats lived on a budget. Two of them are nations that may stop being so friendly in the near future, we both realized as the words spilled out of my mouth.

“This place isn’t safe for me, at the rate things are going,” he said. 3/4

“You see more than Atlanta. Where in the world can I go live?”

I blinked hard, caught off guard.

“Let’s make that, where can I go live, without fear, on a modest budget?”

The driver is a 60 y/o black man, retired military. His son is about to retire from the navy and plans to join him (2/4)

“While I’ve got you here, let me ask you something,” the driver said. I was the last one on the employee bus, my stop well beyond the point where the others got off in the parking lot today.

“I’ll make up a good answer if I don’t know.” I expected some airplane question. (1/4)

“Here we see the Cessna 310 in its natural state…”

I didn’t see the new location until we were on our way out of town. I’ll find them when I’m in town next!

Less than an hour after being home, was right back out the door for an evening of riding shotgun with a friend while he practiced his instrument approaches in his Mooney 252. Thank goodness for cabin heat!

Made a quick trip to Asheville with Amy. WNC has been out of the news cycle for a while but folks are still hurting. Pictured is second Gear’s former home, a favorite stop of mine on layovers (secondhand sporting goods). The businesses still hanging on need your support… get up there and spend!

You just made me log back in to make sure… nope, not yet. I’m sure it’s just a matter of time.

Any Mooney with a six cylinder engine on the nose, I’d probably keep on pavement. The old short body birds, though, are right happy doing things that make most Mooney owners cringe. Solo and 10 gallons/side, it’s a completely different airplane.

The irony is that I’m based on grass. Paved airports ARE my adventures.

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