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Just great shots as always… makes me want a cub!

To keep flying as a RA Commissioned Army Officer I reverted to Warrant Officer for five years….as my joke goes they found out my parents were married and they made me go back to the commissioned side. I declined promotion twice to stay in a flying job. I actually had 20 plus years of continuous...

I sent out a blanket text and email…but yes I had a couple of double take encounters…if it were not for the circumstances of the time some really would be funny today.

When my Arrow bit the dust with a FAA employee and his daughter…the names were withheld because of his employer and the circumstances around it, for a week. Local TV ( Houston) news and print both published my name and address with a picture of the aircraft. Most of my friends assumed I was dead...

I was part of DAST’s (Dedicated At Sea Test) to write a DOD manual on utilizing Army Aircraft on Navy ships…part of the exercise was trying to capture Navy vs Army speak…the manual was never published. My prior experience with Navel ops made me a center point. We flew a lot but in general it’s...

Having been at the beginning of the AH-64 fielding process there were similar issues with it. 9 out of the first 10 battalions (21-24 aircraft per battalion) suffered a fatal class A accident (all fatals are class A) during the Battalion certification process. The 10th Battalion was the first to...

Thanks did not know this existed…then again never looked. I spend a lot of time in England with family and but never attempt to fly there GA. I jokingly hold the distinction of being the first British Apache Pilot…just did it in the U.S. Army…and used the fact effectively when dealing with my...

Crew names released and what strikes me is not only the experience but the unit Commander and Flight Surgeon as well…horrible no matter the crew mix. https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/12/05/air-force-releases-names-of-7-airmen-killed-in-osprey-crash-off-japan/

Bullet hole in an AH-64…but we were in Texas…Three AK-47s taped to the walls of the tail boom in an aborted test flight at the port of Beaumont in a 1st CAV OH-58 when it would not hover right. It was the way home from Desert Storm…

I was in Rugby last week for a few days…great part of the country your from…thanks for joining up. Welcome!

Few details reported but does not look good. US military aircraft with eight aboard crashes off Japan island https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67563915

Not in the business now but my two airplanes on the same policy were 4X the non rental/club rate. It’s been five years and can assume it’s gone up some.

Two true American hero’s…

We subpoenaed the flight surgeon who had recently done a Class One on the guy who crashed my Arrow..basically said, he was not crazy in his office so nothing he could do. It became obvious the med system literally has to be self reported. Considering the circumstances of the incident most would...

I was in insurance as a second career…there are no aviation covered activities in any personal umbrella underwritten in the U.S. just does not exist at a price you want to pay.

Local news all over it…lots of debris on the runway… the Hawker on the ground entered the runway without permission and wing tip sliced through their tail on the go round…Hobby currently notam out till midnight

Even a softer, kinder FAA, that had a pathway to keep pilots with mental illness in the cockpit would not work…most would never report it and the flying public would revolt when they found out after that first major accident…just my take. Imagine the insurance and liability issues alone…

I was a unit commander of a maintenance company and had 21 AH-64s on my ramp. Clinton and AF-1 were due to arrive. Secret Service told me (did not ask) I had to turn every aircraft so the 30mm cannon was pointing away from the proposed parking area. I politely declined and left, as they had...

My Kid who lives in Alaska now and me in Texas saw our Warrior yesterday on the way to a Wedding in Washington State fifteen min from the venue. I sold it in Scottsdale six months ago… I also cannot upload a photo…says it can’t be written to the server and the sight admin will need to address the issue…

As an example the FBO who never worked on the airplane and just happened to be on my home airfield spent 10K removing themselves from the process in legal fees. The estranged wife and mother of the kidnapped child, who was killed was left in financial ruin because of lawsuits against the...