When a pilot communicates with Air Traffic Control, their are very strict procedures for doing so. The controller wants to know 3 things: Who you are, where you are and what you want. Here is how that sounds, “Peactree Tower, Warrior 32 Papa Lima (who I am) is with you,” “13 miles to your northwest […]
My meticulous flight instructor, Mr. Bob always knew precisely where he was at any given moment in the air. His precision came from a thorough knowledge of navigation systems and techniques and many years and hours of experience. He could calculate course corrections in his mind faster than most pilots could with their trusty E6b […]
Folks I appreciate all of the emails and support that you have been sending me about my most recent teachings. The last one “Bobby The One Armed Genius” garnered a huge response with people writing me about how much it made them laugh. A few misunderstood the teaching and thought that we were laughing at […]
Scriptures for Bible Study 6-19-2016 James 1:17 John 16:24 Joy John 14:1 Belief 1Chronicles 16:34 Thanks Psalm 150:6 Praise Romans 6:13 Yourself Romans 12:1 Yourself Matthew 19:21 Your Life 2Corinthians 9:6 Your offerings Proverbs 3:9 Your offerings Mark 1:35-37 Loading the player …
JL is the funniest person on the planet. He is like Henny Youngman. He starts with one joke or comment that is so funny that you get hysterical, then he tortures you by just pounding more and more until you are gasping for breath. JL and I became instant friends the first day we met. […]
I was having a rough night. Mr. Bob my meticulous flight instructor decided to teach me a lesson on night flying. It was a chamber of commerce beautiful night not a cloud in the sky. Perfect VFR conditions. The deal was that Mr. Bob needed to do a few night landings himself, so we would […]
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It was a beautiful cool dry day. Airplanes fly better in low heat and humidity. Mr. Bob had just “soloed” (had me do 3 touch and goes while he stood on the ground and watched.) me and now he was bound and determined that I was not only going to pass my check ride, […]
I must have told Mr.K that I was a LOW time student pilot at least 3 times. He was a flight instructor that happened to be dating my daughter, and that is how I knew him. I had only about 15-20 hours all of which had been training on how to fly by Visual Flight […]
“32 Pappa Lima You are clear for immediate departure from runway 2 left!!!” It was a chamber of commerce day. High pressure. Blue Skies. And the Controller was busy. He had three in the pattern and when he said immediate he meant get the heck off of my runway. My flight instructor was a meticulous […]