“The appeal of a physically perilous sport … isn’t the inherent danger of it. It’s about the process of managing risk and anticipating challenges. You need to figure out how to prepare and control everything you can, and then you need to be ready for the things you can’t control.” Ashley Merryman, co-author of ‘Top Dog: The Science of Winning …
NASA Science Pilot Tries Something Every Flight
“I have not flown a flight in my whole career where I didn’t at least try to learn something. You have to in this industry. There’s too much on the line.” ~ Stuart Broce, former USN F-14 pilot, now NASA ER-2 science pilot. Click on the picture to see some cool video from Flying magazine of him flying the civilian …
Quick Thinking Airmanship Saves the Day
Quick thinking airmanship saves the day. What would you do if the windshield become completely unusable, covered in sea salt? The Irish Independent has the amazing full story: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-pilots-save-plane-and-46-passengers-during-landing-aaiu-31186623.html
Emerson on Flying Above Time
Flying is above roads and rivers, but to go higher we make it above time. Quote is from Emerson’s 1841 essay Self-Reliance.
Paulo Coelho on Mistakes
What You Can Change
Publilius Syrus, Maxim 891, Circa 1St Century BC
New Book on Mastering Habits
The crucial thing about habits is the lack of decision-making. Making decisions is draining. Habits free you from using self-control or willpower. ~ Gretchen Rubin
Illusion of Airline Safety Systems
This is a link to an excellent article, Illusions of Safety, published yesterday by the Royal Aeronautical Society. It’s written by Dr Rob Hunter, Head of Flight Safety, British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA). While it is most directly aimed at the safety professionals that regulate and manage airline safety departments, it has interesting reverberations into any personal risk management discussion. Is …
The Tao of Landing?
Who know the Tao Te Ching, written around the 6th century BC by the Chinese sage Lao Tsu, contained such good landing advice? (Chapter four, Gia-Fu Feng translation) The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used, but never filled. Oh, unfathomable source of ten thousand things! Blunt the sharpness, Untangle the knot, Soften the glare, Merge with dust. Oh, …