I was a flight engineer crewing Army CH-47s in Korea. We were scheduled for a night instrument flight, which in a Chinook means several hours of abject boredom for the crewmembers. (The radar controllers are working us, all the enlisted…
Christina and I decided to write this together. The great time we had was beyond anything we ever expected from a mile high experience. It was New Year’s eve day as we flew to Laughlin, Nevada for our first New…
It was the night before my sisters wedding and my boss refused to give me the day off to make the trip north. As such my girlfriend “Joey” and I had to take a flight in the early evening in…
This lovely story happened many years ago, in 1981, without being planned and it is incredibly true. I am a cabin attendant for the national airline in Italy, at that time I was working on short range. I have been…
I was taking the “red eye” home from Los Angeles, after BOMBING at an Intercollegiate gymnastics competition. Needless to say, after the horrid floor routine I had just experienced..I was in need of some excitement. I was sitting in my…