Category MHC Stories

My girlfriend and I decided to go to Los Angeles on vacation. Since it was a last minute idea, the only flight we were able to get was a red-eye (which would prove to be to our benefit later on).…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…