All Entries in the "Essays & Opinion" Category
Why I Hate My Piper J-3 Cub
By Jeremiah Wainwright
“Hey, I learned to fly in one of them things,” the aging, overweight goof in the faded baseball cap, overalls and ratty T-shirt declared as he sidled up to me at a small time air show.
“Yup, always loved them Champs.”
“It’s not a Champ, it’s a Cub,” I informed him.
“Yeah, whatever. Boy I flew [...]
Women On Submarines and the PC Tide Infecting Our Military
Guest Essay By
Fredrick Gary Hareland
The recent announcement out of Adm. Michael G. Mullen's office about allowing women to serve aboard nuclear submarines only serves to accentuate the modern day malady that is sweeping through the Pentagon and infecting our Flag Officers.
I'm referring to the discarding of the Warrior Mentality and replacing it with the [...]
What’s Happened To My U.S. Navy?
By Wayman Dunlap
Editor/Publisher
I was, am and always will be proud of my four years of service in the United States Navy but something has gone drastically wrong.
It is now a seagoing force more interested in political correctness (at the Pentagon level) than it is the welfare of its officers and enlisted personnel. Of course, I'm [...]
Just My Opinion
By Sanford Hughes
In the February issue, there was a small story on page 11 revealing that the USAF academy has been recognizing pagans, Wiccans, witches, warlocks, wizards, Druids and other “earth centered” worshippers, in addition to the usual Christians, Jews, Islamists and other faiths.
So I looked up the belief systems of these unconventional “religions” after [...]
We’ve Had Enough Useless War
Eugene Robinson, an editorial writer for the Washington Post, is an erudite, learned man who keeps his editorial eye on the state of national affairs and he has come to the same conclusion we did many, many years ago.
Essentially, it is that America, with its $14 trillion debt (that’s 14 million million or 14 thousand [...]
Old, Bold Pilots Remember The Day
By Jeremiah Wainwright
Joe leaned back against the concrete wall of the tiny terminal at the old airport and looked at the empty runway, a faraway gaze in his eyes.
“Remember the way it used to be around here?” he asked his friend and fellow long-time retiree, Marv.
“How long ago?” asked Marv.
“Oh, 20, 30 years ago, when [...]
A Night for Flight
By Craig Fuller
President, AOPA
I can’t talk enough about the importance of protecting our freedom to fly.
After all, it’s an idea that’s been at the very heart of AOPA’s mission for the past 70-plus years. But protecting our freedom to fly takes resources, innovative ideas, and new approaches.
Times change and new challenges emerge, and our approach [...]
Me and My Ercoupe
By Wayman Dunlap
Editor
This is a true story.
How many times have you heard that phrase, usually followed by, “No, really, it happened to a friend of mine”?
Well, this IS a true story and I know because I was there and it happened to me. Some years ago I had come into possession of one of cutest/ugliest [...]
The Old Curmudgeon
By Jeremiah Wainwright
Due to the overwhelming response from my initial column -(isn’t “old curmudgeon” redundant?) - I’ve been asked to reveal more of my plans for the future.
Once I seize control, of course.
CONVICTED POLITICIANS
Any politician convicted of a felony - perjury, obstruction of justice, fondling pages, taking bribes, having affairs (a la’ Newt Gingrinch,Bill Clinton, [...]
Blind pilot & dog
By Jeremiah Wainwright
The FAA is pretty generous when it comes to who is allowed to fly, allowing via waivers all manner of persons with physical challenges to overcome them in pursuit of a pilot’s license.
Lose a limb? No problem. Lose the use of your legs?
Both arms? No problem. Even deaf folks have been able to [...]
