My car needed a good cleaning, and when it was 60 degrees on a January day, who was I to say no?
The car wash place was a full-service automatic type. I couldn't get out and wash my own car if I wanted to, which I kind of did. But I got in line with other 423,987,429 vehicles (OK, so I exaggerate) awaiting their turn.
We had so much aluminum foil covering our kitchen counter, we could have picked up HBO for free. But instead we used it to keep our holiday treats from sticking together.
Watching my male counterpart wrangle, and all but hog tie, our 90-pound pooch into submission prior to administering several drops of medicated ear treatment, I began to feel a bit horrified for any children we may (or may not) someday have.
“Don’t worry, I got this,” I said with that sense of confidence that only comes after watching an amateur how-to video on YouTube.
One hundred fifty years ago our country was a divided nation. It was North against South, free against slave, and federal government against state government
If things work out as planned, as you read this, I will be camping in the mountains in Colorado. I have the opportunity to help my son, Nathan, on a research project located on Half Moon Creek which is west of Leadville.
Charles Burden was born in Kentucky in 1825 and moved to Missouri just before the Civil War to farm. He was well-known for his good land and hunting dogs.
The past week’s thunderstorms chased pilots from the skies.
Technology is a big part of the piloting experience today. My good friend, fellow pilot and Boonville native Ben Trout, likes to say we used to get to our destination in spite of our technology. Today, we get there because of it.
As the pilot examiner, there is a good chance I have never seen the applicant before test day. I know nothing about them except what is in their logbook. The performance I am about to judge is just going to be a snapshot of their skills.
One thing you can get pilots to agree on is: a successful flight is conducted only with the assent of Mother Nature. Thunderstorms, fog, ice, turbulence, and this past week, volcanic ash, keep even the biggest and most sophisticated aircraft on the ground.
Publicly, pilots praise the time-saving virtues of flying. But in private, they have a saying: “If you have time to spare, go by air.” That was certainly the dilemma I found myself in last week.
Randy Babbittt, Federal Aviation Administration administrator, has announced a landmark change in pilot medical certification rules: The FAA will now allow pilots to take one of four antidepressant drugs and keep their medical certificate.
New Franklin senior Melanie Wilmsmeyer inked a national letter of intent Thursday afternoon in softball with Central Methodist University in Fayette.
Columnist David Bradley, the longtime manager at Boonville's Jesse P. Viertel Memorial Airport, recalls a harrowing experience with a student pilot.
At its last meeting, the Boonville City Council awarded a contract for the installation of a new automated weather observing system at Jesse P. Viertel Memorial Airport.
Quantity or quality? That is the title of the argument occurring in the aviation industry today.
On Tuesday, City Council held its second monthly meeting. In this meeting the council approved the Jesse P. Viertel Airport Master Plan.
The Airplane Owners and Pilots Association has announced its new lineup of safety seminars. One such seminar coming to Missouri has me interested. “Ten Things Other Pilots Do Wrong” is the title, and it will be presented in St. Louis and Springfield in April.
I was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, just home from Vietnam, in March of 1970.
