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Cessna 152 Landing in Seattle

I took this shot way back in 1996 from the pilot’s seat with my flight instructor at the controls.  From 1995, I was learning to fly at Boeing Field in Seattle.  I nearly completed my pilot’s license but I had

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Cessna 152 Landing in Seattle

I took this shot way back in 1996 from the pilot’s seat with my flight instructor at the controls.  From 1995, I was learning to fly at Boeing Field in Seattle.  I nearly completed my pilot’s license but I had

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Landing, Touch and Go, 13 L, BFI

I am flying the Cessna 152 at Boeing Field International Airport in Seattle, Washington.  Runway 13L is the “small” runway used especially for training.  Normally I spend one hour in the pattern doing about 10 touch and gos.  The hour

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Landing, Touch and Go, 13 L, BFI

I am flying the Cessna 152 at Boeing Field International Airport in Seattle, Washington.  Runway 13L is the “small” runway used especially for training.  Normally I spend one hour in the pattern doing about 10 touch and gos.  The hour

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Parachute Riggers

The Parachute Rigger School.  The good old days at NAS Memphis.  It was funny since the Naval Air Station was not located in Memphis, Tennessee, but outside in Millington.  I remember this town very well.  Small, a place only families

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Parachute Riggers

The Parachute Rigger School.  The good old days at NAS Memphis.  It was funny since the Naval Air Station was not located in Memphis, Tennessee, but outside in Millington.  I remember this town very well.  Small, a place only families

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Cessna 152

My faithful Cessna 152.  Just a two-seater, not a whole lot of horsepower.  Still fun to fly.  I took this plane from Seattle, Washington, to Hillsboro, Oregon.  It was my long cross-country.  I landed at Kelso, Washington, for a touch

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Cessna 152

My faithful Cessna 152.  Just a two-seater, not a whole lot of horsepower.  Still fun to fly.  I took this plane from Seattle, Washington, to Hillsboro, Oregon.  It was my long cross-country.  I landed at Kelso, Washington, for a touch

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Forward Slip

Since I was a kid, I wanted to be a pilot.  As a kid, I wanted to be a Japan Airlines pilot.  In college I instead wanted to be a Marine Corps pilot.  I got close when I was a

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Forward Slip

Since I was a kid, I wanted to be a pilot.  As a kid, I wanted to be a Japan Airlines pilot.  In college I instead wanted to be a Marine Corps pilot.  I got close when I was a

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A fighter pilot

As a kid, I had always wanted to be a fighter pilot.  the closest I ever got was when I was a Flight Equipment Marine with the US Marine Corps Reserves.  The picture below was taken in summer of 1991

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A fighter pilot

As a kid, I had always wanted to be a fighter pilot.  the closest I ever got was when I was a Flight Equipment Marine with the US Marine Corps Reserves.  The picture below was taken in summer of 1991

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That’s Megan

That’s Megan with her tongue sticking out.  She always had fun with me.  She was the only student I ever had who successfully tied my shoes to a table without me knowing.  Yes, it does really happen.  I miss this

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That’s Megan

That’s Megan with her tongue sticking out.  She always had fun with me.  She was the only student I ever had who successfully tied my shoes to a table without me knowing.  Yes, it does really happen.  I miss this

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Little Japanese Boy

Yep, that’s me on the left.  Many people are surprised when they find out I am half-Japanese.  That is my full-blooded Japanese mother to the right of my half-blooded Japanese brother.  It was VIP day for me at the Ford’s Prairie Elementary

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Little Japanese Boy

Yep, that’s me on the left.  Many people are surprised when they find out I am half-Japanese.  That is my full-blooded Japanese mother to the right of my half-blooded Japanese brother.  It was VIP day for me at the Ford’s Prairie Elementary

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