A Change In the Air
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard World Atlantic, Flight 426 to Havana….” The closest I’ve ever been to Cuba was just over eleven years ago, southbound to over the Caribbean on our […]
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard World Atlantic, Flight 426 to Havana….” The closest I’ve ever been to Cuba was just over eleven years ago, southbound to over the Caribbean on our […]
That’s kind a running theme of the Roadtrip Blog, and my life in general, isn’t it? Who would have guessed that I’d find myself in Miami for the third time […]
I guess the way people normally do things is that, when they finish a big project, they kick back and catch their breath for a while. I guess I’ve never […]
So, a little over four years from when I set the first words down, five and a half months after I threw out my third draft and started again from […]
It feels like Bright Lights, Big City with a Latin twist: the clock has turned somewhere past midnight and the most pressing and insoluble question in my mind is whether […]
It’s a wonderful feeling to spend days out on the ramp with the Collings folks, talking with kids, talking with veterans, helping guide people through the planes and sharing that […]
We’re sitting around the bar at the Best Western, and I’m trying to ignore the ever-present TVs blaring overhead. They seem to be everywhere here, in the lobbies and hallways […]
So, remember that prediction about becoming very grumpy? We did manage another short hop three days ago, but since then, every day has been staring up at the sky thinking […]
Last time I was out in Florida to get my P-51 checkout, we got in almost two days of flying before the weather shut us down. I had my procedures […]
It’s been close to three months since my last Roadtrip post, and that one wasn’t even about me. This should not be surprising: it’s been a full four months since […]