tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45322521346365268352024-02-18T23:10:53.201-06:00Decision Height*Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-76968605265358706002022-04-24T18:18:00.001-05:002022-04-26T12:51:31.362-05:00Greetings Decision Height followers, if I have any left after these past several years. I want to let you know I have a new book out, a novel published by Wordcrafts Press and available in hard cover, paperback and e-book from all the major online outlets. See the link below.The book Decision Height is nearly finished and I expect to be searching for a publisher (if not the same one) by summer's Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-58196582299413209932019-07-24T20:58:00.000-05:002019-08-22T22:36:30.074-05:00Mongoose V
The long holding pattern over Lake Winnebago turned into an
hour, and still there was no word from OSH tower as to when we would be allowed
to land. Guys began to complain about running low on fuel. Mongoose ordered a
fuel check. Each of the 12 aircraft reported how much time he had left till “Bingo.”
“Bingo” is the call you make when you are down to enough
fuel to fly to your airport and Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-41165570643007699462019-07-08T20:31:00.000-05:002019-07-08T20:31:02.066-05:00Mongoose IV
I realize that writing a story in installments, as I’m
doing, loses readers when I wait so long between posts. Apologies and promises to be more prompt. Here’s the continuation of
Mongoose.
Twelve pilots took their seats for the briefing. Most of
them had back-seat riders sitting in. Backseaters are not allowed in official
airshow events, but since the show did not formally Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-77287375615098709872019-06-25T11:41:00.001-05:002019-06-25T11:41:19.533-05:00Mongoose III
Mongoose and I breakfasted at the college cafeteria,
which was full of pilots and airshow attendees, then caught the shuttle to the
field. I had an hour to kill before the briefing so I called some old buddies
who I knew were floating around somewhere. Five guys from my pilot training class at Vance AFB
(Class 73-06) were among the growing crowd of tens of thousands
of people.
If you are Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-84567231935625784762019-06-14T21:40:00.001-05:002019-06-14T21:40:12.629-05:00Mongoose, Part II
You’ll recall from the first post on Mongoose that we had
a dicey time getting our 2-ship of Chinese Communist war birds into Oshkosh because of
the thunderstorm. I was flying a CJ-6 owned by Mike, a student pilot who split and
went his own way after we landed.
Mongoose and I took the shuttle to the college and got
our bare-bones dorm room. We changed and hurried to Kelly’s Bar on the Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-10932066803899671962019-06-05T13:34:00.001-05:002019-06-05T20:25:27.754-05:00Following Mongoose Part I
Note to readers:
The
next several posts originally appeared in a new blog I started shortly
after I retired from United, and after I ended posting to Decision
Height. That blog was titled "Three Mike Five." I am going to put that
one to rest and migrate its posts into Decision Height. Forgive me if
you read them on the other blog, but maybe they're worth a re-read. To
fully Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-26058297332448972672019-05-26T14:20:00.000-05:002019-05-26T14:20:01.524-05:00Flying Miss Daisey
Note to readers:
The next several posts originally appeared in a new blog I started shortly after I retired from United, and after I ended posting to Decision Height. That blog was titled "Three Mike Five." I am going to put that one to rest and migrate its posts into Decision Height. Forgive me if you read them on the other blog, but maybe they're worth a re-read. To fully Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-55000086505867877402019-05-14T21:32:00.000-05:002019-05-14T21:32:33.632-05:00And So It Began...and Ended
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career is not so dignified. I had 21 years of combined active duty, Guard and Reserve service. It
Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-39278739792420768052019-04-16T09:43:00.000-05:002019-04-16T09:43:47.191-05:00The Time Machine
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It's been a long stretch of
days off since I last set the brakes on a 767 at gate E-18 at Houston in July
2014. Hence I thought I might fire Decision Height back up to let my followers know
what has been going on.
I've been busier than a retired
man ought to be. My time is split among my growing cadre of grandkids, our
church, our boat, the travel trailer trips, and of course, the FightinAlan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-8628754959723198162014-08-25T11:58:00.000-05:002015-02-22T22:27:10.237-06:00New Horizons
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We three. We merry three. We three polished and experienced aviators on our way to sunny Sao Paulo, looking so forward to its succulent grills and its cold cerveja, were about to discover that the failure of just a tiny piece of old aviation technology can still make us squirm like nervous Nellies on our dollar ride.
Before the trouble even started we had done a thousand miles of Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-21658739170770744512014-02-17T21:52:00.000-06:002014-02-17T21:57:32.042-06:00Reply to Anonymous:
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The holiday season is always tense for airline pilots.
Even the super-senior ones can’t get it all. You want Christmas Eve off, and the
big day, too. And you want the day after off so you won’t have to commute in that
night. Ditto for New Year’s Eve, Day and after. In my case I’ve got my wife’s
birthday to on New Year’s Day to consider, and Alan C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12814339956021192818noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4532252134636526835.post-3243551903317994892013-12-09T12:03:00.000-06:002013-12-09T12:09:07.927-06:00The Big Crunch
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