Here’s the newest addition to the ranch. She’s a Sicilian donkey Michele bought to guard the sheep. So far the only time she’s been near the sheep is when they come over to the fence where the horses are to graze (where Daisy likes to hang out). She came over to me when I went…
For those of you that seem fascinated by such things. Here’s the bit from the maintenance reposition taxi. You can hear my initial call to ground at 18:15, then I get chewed out around 19:40, then my captain sweet talks them at about 20:45. And here’s a normal call to ground trying to get out…
We have goslings! All that sitting by the white goose apparently paid off. On Saturday was the second and final vaulting performance for Wings Like Eagles this year. Here’s Nikki’s oldest Kayla with a buddy doing a move that the kids last week invented: the Royal Double. Our vaulting performance would not be complete without…
I’m getting there. My IOE Captain said he thought he’d be able to sign me off by the end of this trip. Unfortunately, he timed out (meaning he’d go over flight time limits) this morning in CVG, so we weren’t able to complete the trip. Landing a CRJ 900 is reasonably difficult for someone with…
Berck called me this morning. “Hey! I just landed the plane all by myself! No control inputs by my captain! What time is it there?” “That’s great! It’s 6:30.” “Oh, crap! I’m sorry. I was looking at Zulu time, and I figured it was 10:30 and you’d be at work.” (It’s Saturday.) Fortunately, I was…