As soon as I got back from Iraq in February (before I broke my leg), I had planned a Memorial weekend vacation for Pam and me.  A vacation where I rent an airplane and fly us there and back… to Key West… but that was before I broke my leg. [...]

The thought’s occurred to me lately that maybe I’m going through a midlife crisis. Of course, that’s arguable.  I think 31 is a little young to be claiming a midlife crisis, but then again if I live to be 62 then I’m spot on.  Regardless…
While I was in Iraq [...]

I finally got checked out to fly a few different airframes solo (or with anyone else that doesn’t have an instructor rating) out of Savannah Airport about 3 weeks ago.  It took about 10 hours of flying to re-hash both my VFR and IFR currencies (though I have yet to [...]

Or perhaps the title of Grounded could be fitting too.  I’ve been in my current ground-pounding Army job for 2 years; it was only supposed to be a 2-year assignment.  That was about perfect: when I left my last flying assignment, I had developed a pretty bad taste in my [...]

I’m in Olney, Texas visiting my in-laws for the next few days.  They are absolutely loving having both their grandsons here (more of that to come in a later post). 
When we were here last summer, we were able to have a Hound reunion for all those stationed at Sheppard AFB an [...]