Taking Wing

When I jumpseat on other airlines, it's usually to get across the country, so I go in 737's or bigger. It's pretty rare that I r...

Today was supposed to be a tough day to begin with; it ended up being nearly three hours longer than scheduled. The airplane we started with...

This last week, Dawn and I took our first backpacking trip of the year. The idea was to do a strenuous hike that'd help prepare us for t...

Well, our summer has been officially kicked off with a backpacking trip that left Dawn and I more or less lame; all the brutal details with ...

You'll never get me to admit flying for the carrier whose livery is on this airplane, or flying the type of aircraft pictured, but you s...

In response to my rather derogatory recent post about Butte, someone commented that they would've spent their layover "appreciatin...

This recent post by Aviatrix reminded me of a similar failure I had three or four years ago when I was flying the Weedwhacker for AEX. A li...