by Michelee Cabot | Jul 24, 2015 | Flying
So there I was, on a hot summer day, sharing a flight with fellow student Danny. Danny was a Boston bartender with flying dreams. (We all liked to split expenses in those days, when we could.) I’m in the pilot’s seat, and Danny is directing me over a big Boston area...
by Michelee Cabot | Jul 17, 2015 | Flying
THE INNER VOICE Can it save your life? We all get nudges from our Inner Voice. Some say it’s your Conscience – some insist it’s your Guardian Angel – some say instinct. Or psychic events. Whatever you call it, I pay attention whenever I get that...
by Michelee Cabot | Jun 27, 2015 | Flying
3 Axes (plural of axis) Learning to fly – to maneuver an aircraft – isn’t hard, once you get it into your head that it’s nothing like a car. A plane can be a slippery eel. It maddeningly wallows and bobs if you don’t remember it’s got three axes to...
by Michelee Cabot | Jun 27, 2015 | Flying
But before I could get into the air, I had to speak that Arabic numeral thing… the new language. He reached over, clicked on the radio, and twiddled a knob. We listened to a string of babbled numbers coming from the speaker. (The ATIS, automated terminal Information...
by Michelee Cabot | Jun 27, 2015 | Flying
The first time The moment I had fantasized, been dreaming about, anticipating with sweaty palms – had arrived. Two weeks before, my world had rocketed out of humdrum grey with a mere phone call. I was poking around for a glider ride. (Missed out on that during a ski...
by Michelee Cabot | Jun 22, 2015 | Flying
“JEEZ, DON’T GROUND-LOOP IT!” “Jeez! – don’t let it ground-loop!!!” Shrinking from the baggy-eyed bully as he grabbed the controls, I glared at him. “Hey wait, dammit – ground loop?!” He relaxed his grip as we rolled out, giving me back the rudder to steer the...
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