Today’s blog honors two occasions…my niece’s graduation from pilot training and Women in Aviation week. If you’ve spent any time on my website or reading through earlier blogs, you already know that aviation is a household word and a lifestyle
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Ever been fumigated on a plane before?
Hunting through plane photos, I came across one I hadn’t added to my collection of travel aircraft. Part of what I like in traveling is to check out planes of other countries and the often unique towers at airports. On
Continue readingFlight to Morocco Part II:
In my last post, our aircraft to Paris was turning back to Atlanta Hartsfield while dumping fuel. (Check out the previous True Airspeed Morocco blog if you missed the first part to the story.) I expected fire trucks would escort
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The best laid plans… Some say the start will reflect the finish. I’m here to claim that isn’t always true. Our vacation to Morocco started out with ominous circumstances. How ominous you ask? Being usual air travelers (a common occurrence
Continue readingMedical Emergencies during a flight
Question: On a flight home from Baltimore last year, a woman sitting in a row behind me rang for a flight attendant. “My husband isn’t feeling well and is having trouble breathing,” she told the attendant. That set me to
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