I Love Airplanes

Back in 1976 Russia was known as the USSR, the Cold War was in full swing and the huge military industrial complex that comprised Lockheed, NAS Atlanta and Dobbins AFB was a busy place. All branches of the military represented by...

I remembered building a model airplane that had what the instructions called a ‘bathtub cockpit’. It never occurred to me that one day I might be sitting in a literal bathtub cockpit, but I was. And I didn't like it, not one bit. At...

I was fifteen back in the mid seventies when I joined the Civil Air Patrol, officially known as the US Air Force Auxiliary. The kid who recruited me had a great sales pitch—airplane rides. I love airplanes, and I wanted to someday at...

Airplane. The word airplane makes me alert, responsive. I have always loved being in the air. My first flight was at the age of 4 months, on a SQ 744 in March 1999. Since then, I've flown on the Boeing 717, 737-400/700/800, Boeing 747-3...

Ever since I could remember I Love the Awesome Power of an Airplane taking off or landing. The Power! The Noise! I'ts Awesome, BUT....I never ever flown before and never plan to. I just love to watch em as in this cool video! 

I have found a few things that just bring me back to the state of childhood excitment and one of them is parking my car at the airport and watching the planes come in and take off.  The sounds of them all, the loud booming echo as...

Airplanes has always been a fascination for me since childhood. I traveled on several airplanes, and it is always fun to experience.