Nice story. No impending disasters, no drone bring downs of giant airliners, no Trump bashing. Just good ol' - fashioned father - daughter love. And he showed it in a uniquely remarkable way. Good on ya, Dad!

(Written on 2018年 12月 28日)(Permalink)

WOG Switch. Weight on Gear. Can be disabled. For example when doing ground gear checks. So, I would think that the only way a gun could be fired on the ground would be to disable the switch. Unless you're an Aircraft Carrier and back up the starter unit next to the head of a Sidewinder. That was very costly....

(Written on 2018年 10月 19日)(Permalink)

My father, too, was enroute from the Philippines to Tokyo as part of that landing force. I certainly don't have any negative feelings about those bombs being dropped. In my years in the Navy, I moved a lot of weapons that were greatly more sophisticated (and deadly) than Little Boy and Fat Man. Now, I'm very glad we never had to use them.

(Written on 2018年 08月 10日)(Permalink)

A wearisome article and, unfortunately, an even more wearisome set of comments. Not much about planes in this one.

(Written on 2018年 07月 27日)(Permalink)

OK! That clears it up. It's all cyber blah-blahs. At any rate thanks for the input :)

(Written on 2018年 07月 17日)(Permalink)

OK, so I'm in a part of the world where I can't spell internet much less collect it and put it on a computer (can't spell that either) and along comes this magic solar powered gadget to give me access to the internet. Huh? What am I missing?

(Written on 2018年 07月 13日)(Permalink)

OK, OK! I'm going to my room now...

(Written on 2017年 12月 02日)(Permalink)

Yep. Don't know if the Russians ever had an original idea.

(Written on 2017年 12月 01日)(Permalink)

Then there's Sully in the Hudson river.

(Written on 2017年 11月 03日)(Permalink)

Oops. OK. I didn't see my "Sense of Humor Failure" light....

(Written on 2017年 10月 27日)(Permalink)