Air Force

The two-month layoff from flying had been filled with physical therapy appointments and work until I could return to flight status.  I was cleared to resume flying 52 days after a total knee replacement.  It was a happy day! WHAT HAVE I BEEN MISSING? I promptly went flying with my good friend, David Schiff, a…

On September 19, 2019, a group of retired Air Force pilots received a presentation from Alan Armstrong on his book, Preemptive Strike – The Secret Plan That Would Have Prevented the Attack on Pearl Harbor. The pilots were from the United States Air Force Class 55U and 56A.  Some of the pilots who graduated in…

The activities of Claire Chennault and his Flying Tiger pilots in China is a remarkable study in the ability of a smaller force to keep a vastly larger force at bay using the elements of surprise and superior combat tactics to offset the sheer numbers and weight of the Japanese Air Force in China. The air war in China was anything but orthodox. It was a maverick or guerilla air war flown by American pilots under the leadership of an American commander who had gone rogue.

I cannot say enough kind words about David Cate and his staff.  The were courteous and profesional and treated Katie with kid gloves.  To hangar Katie for nine days without compensation was extremely generous.

Extraordinary. That is the only word that comes to mind after spending 26 hours aboard the U.S.S. Roosevelt (CVN-71), one of our Nation' s nuclear powered aircraft carriers.

Today, Roswell International Air Center is a sleepy airport in southeastern New Mexico upon which are parked numerous jetliners that have been mothballed or are being broken up for salvage. Located three miles south of the central business district of the City of Roswell in Chavez County, New Mexico, the airport has a unique place in American history.

Any pilot aspiring to fly a high performance World War II fighter will likely find himself in the backseat of an AT-6/SNJ North American Texan Advanced Trainer. The reasoning behind requiring a pilot to check out and fly from the back seat is that he has to learn to fly with his peripheral vision and develop techniques and procedures to maintain an awareness about the location of the runway even though the runway is obscured by to long nose of the aircraft