When GA pilots are finishing training, they often look around and say “what now?”. The structured environment is gone, the goal achieved. A friend recently published a book that provides some suggestions for that situation. Read more →
Tag: travel
Nashville
Nashville brings to mind country music and the Grand Ol’ Opry, but it’s also home to classic Greek architecture, Vanderbilt University, and some of the country’s finest barbeque. I just got back from a quick trip to the “Athens of the South” and really loved it. Read more →
World Cup Trip
Just as London had the spotlight two summers ago, now it’s Brazil’s turn. Another trip to Salvador de Bahia recently landed on my plate, and this time it came with a ticket to a World Cup match! If only I knew more about soccer. Actually, if only I knew anything about soccer… Read more →
Solo: The Abandoned Column
No matter how dog-eared and scuffed it may get, an aviator’s logbook is invariably one of his or her most prized possessions, the decimal-based journal of a life lived in the clouds. Yet in this venerated document, there’s one quirky column which lacks appreciation and respect even among pilots; every logbook on the market has a space for this data, yet virtually no one uses it beyond primary training. It’s a shame, because it records one of the purest forms of flying. Read more →
Stockholm
Saint Augustine once declared that the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. While I’m fairly familiar with the tome, one glaring omission in my scholarship had been the the chapter on Scandinavia. Thankfully, the wonderful world of on-demand jet charter provided a northerly flight opportunity last month, so I packed my bag and headed for LAX. The assignment? Airline to Stockholm, hang out for a couple of days, and then fly a Gulfstream to New York. Read more →
Brazil
Brazil has long been on my mental “bucket list” of places to visit. Not only is it one of the world’s largest countries both geographically and by population — fifth on both counts — but it’s also the center of attention right now because they are hosting 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. Then there’s the Amazon rainforest; one in ten known species in the world lives in the Amazon, by far the largest collection anywhere. Anyway, recently a two-week trip came up that allowed me to cross this one off my list in the best way possible: on the company dime. Read more →
Circling the Pacific
He’s off again! This time it’s a west bound trip as we circle the Pacific Ocean in first-class, Gulfstream style with stops in Alaska, Japan, and Hawaii. Read more →
A Weekend in Yosemite
Summer is here, and what better way to start than spending a long weekend exploring the Yosemite Valley! It’s not flying, but the view is almost as good. Read more →
The City of Lights
They call Paris the ‘City of Light’, but the most memorable part of this visit was spent underground in the dark. Read more →
St. Maarten
It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it! A photographic tour of my trip to St. Maarten. Read more →