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Former U.S. Naval Flight Officer, now retired from Gub’mint work living the life in the mountains of western North Carolina. Had my fill of watching the sausage made in DC in 2018.
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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Thanks to Insty!
Many thanks to Glenn Reynolds and Instapundit for the blog plug! I’ve been a fan of Insty since the early noughts, shortly after Glenn started blogging, and from my blog name you can see I liked the cut of his jib. … Continue reading
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Airplanes
Doesn’t matter if the hood is up for maintenance or if it’s dancing the skies “on laughter-silvered wings,” there’s just something about a plane. Spending the afternoon at Culpeper Airport with Joe “Reb” Edwards and his beautiful T-28 Trojan. Love … Continue reading
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It’s Always 1700 Somewhere: Jimmy Buffett Presented Navy’s Top Civilian Award – USNI Newspapers
We were in Key West back in ’89 or ’90 and were about to head home after a couple of weeks of air combat training. We were the last 2 jets to head north back to Oceana when the brief … Continue reading
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Blog Blogger Blogging
A new widget over on the right side bar lists my current (and expected to expand) blog roll. These are blogs of shipmates, friends and blogs I read on a pretty regular basis, and with the increasing drawdown of my … Continue reading
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Navy Wings of Gold
Here are the Navy wings of gold that my dad wore, above, with mine below. The difference between them are that he was a naval aviator with the iconic single anchor on his wings, designating him a pilot, while I … Continue reading
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Art
Many of you know my dad passed away back in December. Among his many talents, and I call him a true Renaissance Man of so many talents, he had a true gift for art. He did this one drawing of … Continue reading
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Schooner America and USS Ronald Reagan, San Diego
From a visit to San Diego a few years ago, the replica of the schooner AMERICA sails past the US Navy aircraft carrier RONALD REAGAN (CVN-76) on a particularly typical southern California day. The beautiful sail boat has a bit of … Continue reading
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Patriots in Poland
My special Polish correspondent, Anna, sends this note about the US and Poland signing an agreement that would see Patriot missile batteries going to Poland. This is a good thing, making stronger ties with those “old Europe” allies of ours … Continue reading
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And We’re Live!
I just put the “live” post up on Facebook. Hope this new/old site fits the bill and we can get some good posts and photos and discussion and opinion up. I really enjoyed the old blog and had a fair … Continue reading
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Awesome Radar Images
That Chinese space station will be coming down this weekend and a site in Germany is tracking it. Incredible radar images of the beast as it circles the globe and gradually drops in altitude. Radar Images of Chinese Space Station … Continue reading
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