Aviation Mishaps 10

Aviation Mishaps 10

I. Prologue - Requiescat in Pace Life got in the way - I had an important motion due in a case - and thus there was a brief hiatus from writing my aviation mishap stories. Now we return with even more gusto! WARNING - the next few episodes, unfortunately,...

Aviation Mishap 9

Aviation Mishap 9

[Auth. note - for better context, these are the previous “episodes” in this series: AMST 1, AMST 2, AMST 3, AMST 4, AMST 5, AMST 6, AMST 7] A Collection of Tales Always remember, Kids! Even under the best of circumstances, it can all go to shit in an instant. - One of...

Aviation Mishap Story Time 8

Aviation Mishap Story Time 8

More Stuff Top Gun Never Mentions [Note: Prior pieces in this series can be found at AMST 1, AMST 2, AMST 3, AMST 4, AMST 5, AMST 6, AMST 7] PostScript to a Crash After “the crash” - as I like to think of it - the squadron performed...

Born poor, but raised well. Marine, helo pilot, judge advocate, lawyer, tech startup guy... wannabe writer. Lucky in love, laughing 'til the end.

AMST-3

Spring 1993 - Beginnings and Endings... [Author note: It will probably help if you read AMST-1/Intro and AMST-2 before reading this one for background and context.] When Marines Still Wore Choker Whites - in the background, the CO holds our newest daughter We are...

Aviation Mishaps: Part 1, an Introduction

I'll get to this story (eventually) There I was… in the Ready Room When I was a youngling wanna-be pilot in the post-Top Gun Era of the early ‘90s, there was a military aviation magazine called “Approach” that populated all of the Ready Rooms where we wannabes sat and...

The Spark: Chapter 7

After his first stop at the convenience store near his apartment for a drink he knew he had surveillance. By the time he left his second stop he identified which surveillance team was following him.

The Spark: Chapter 6

She tells me she gave up her teaching job. She’s laughing. “They said learn to code, so I did.” She looks more beautiful than I’ve ever seen her in her whole life.