Captain’s Blog

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December 2, 2022 Captain's Blog

Captain’s Blog: December 2022 Captain’s Log Starship 1XE, Day 2 in the month December, Earth Calendar year 2022. As a veteran, I always appreciate the recognition of those who have served, and as a kind of eco-warrior, skier and climber who values our protected public lands, I am thrilled with the creation of our nation’s ...

Captain’s Blog – November 2022 Idaho: few salmon, lots of cruise ships, and our nation’s only cobalt mine

November 16, 2022 Captain's Blog

Captain’s Log 6094B, Day 16 in the month November, Earth Calendar year 2022. From the complexities of the largest proposed dam removal in US history to the strange politics of a mine actually supported by environmental groups, this trip to Idaho involved some turbulent topics. The trip started as most do, flying past familiar terrain ...

Captain’s Blog – September 2022 In a Cessna, Everyone Gets a Window Seat

September 13, 2022 Captain's Blog

Captain’s Blog – August 2022 Klamath Basin

August 8, 2022 Captain's Blog

Captain’s Blog – April 2022 Critters Xing

March 16, 2022 Captain's Blog

Captain’s Blog – March 2022 Top 10 Images

March 11, 2022 Captain's Blog

Captain’s Blog – January 2022 Four Corners Cleanup

January 26, 2022 Captain's Blog

2021 Year End Report

December 31, 2021 Captain's Blog

Captain’s Blog – September 2021 Acronyms in Aviation

October 7, 2021 Captain's Blog

Acronyms in Aviation Captain’s Log Starship 1XE, Day 30 in the month September, Earth Calendar year 2021. Nowadays there seems to be an acronym for everything. Whether it is for AARP – American Association of Retired Persons (wish I belonged to that), or on our pilot check lists, like GUMPS,(Gas/Undercarriage/Mixture/ Prop/ Safety belts. Other aviation examples are ...

Captain’s Blog – July 2021 Where there is smoke, there is fire

July 31, 2021 Captain's Blog

The recurrent theme of our summers of late is fire and smoke. The phrase out of the frying pan and into the fire for our flights has been “out of the smoke and into the smoke.” What a month it has been. Right now, there are 105 fires burning in literally all of our western ...