Instrument Flight Plan
Victoria and I had recently renewed our relationship after almost 20 years apart. We had been invited to Ft. Meyers by some friends for a BASE jumping trip and to celebrate New Years. We had been in the air for…
Phil Kessler
Mail Run
My boyfriend was flying a mail run between Presque Isle Maine and Boston Massachusettes at the time. Occasionally, he would do this run without a co-pilot — these were my favorite times, of course 🙂 He and I had completed…
FAA Checkout
I had just passed my FAA checkout in the afternoon. Tracey couldn’t wait to get me alone “up there”. I rented a Cessna 152 and we left the airport about 4:00. Cruising up the beaches we repositioned ourselves to give…
Thumbs Up
It was a day from hell. We took off from Detroit, and after 1/2 hour in the air the plane was turned around with hydraulic problems. We landed in Detroit with emergency vehicles on the runway. After getting re-booked into…
Cast-Rated
We had just finished a two week stay on the island of Antigua and were homeward bound. Unfortunately (or fortunately), I had broken my ankle in a sailboat accident four days prior to leaving the island. I was able to…
Wet Landing
It was a beautiful July afternoon and I was all set to go on a long cross country that I had to do for my Commercial pilot’s license. I had just met this girl named Lisa who was working on…
Well Deserved Whiskey
It was a rather sad day as I left my friends and family in Australia to start a new life in London. Being a little upset, I decided to relax over a few whisky’s in the frequent flyer lounge at…
White-Knuckled Friend
My lover and I were boarding a flight for San Francisco, the first leg of a trip that would ultimately find us in Las Vegas for my birthday. We had a whole row to ourselves, up toward the front of…
Full Aft Position
Victoria and I had recently renewed our relationship after almost 20 years apart. We had been invited to Ft. Meyers by some friends for a BASE jumping trip and to celebrate the new year. We had been in the air…
Perks Of The Job
I am a funeral director and in September 1980 the family of a deceased woman asked me if I would accompany the remains to Israel and supervise the burial. This is something I was never called upon to do before,…