The Miracle of Flight
Just like that, we were beyond the inversion gripping Seattle and looking at the Cascades and the Sierras from the east. And we’re on our way to warm, sunny Mexico!
Thinking about Flying
I hate flying. Tomorrow, we are flying. I hate that. In light of today’s horrible news (down plane despite happy ending for shell-shocked terrified people who may never fly again), it is worth thinking about the amazing thing that flight is. Click right here on FlightAware.com for one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen: [...]
The Turbulence Forecast
Maybe I’ll be asleep over Michigan and the turbulence won’t be so bad. To the untrained eye, this forecast at 33,000 feet looks promising. I’m also on an Airbus 320 which, according to Airsafe.com, only crashes into mountains and runways due to pilot error and bad weather. Blue skies. Nothing but blue skies from now [...]
Northwest Farewell
Flying is a terrifying thing, trapped as you are in a small can hurtling thousands of feet above the ground with someone you don’t know in control. I almost always try to get a window seat and if I’m not fixated on some screw coming loose on the wings and it’s not too turbulent, I [...]
