Happy Birthday Kano!!!!!!!

Just a couple of images from Omni this weekend. Stef and I had to subject ourselves to a "check ride". Apparently the final hoop...haven't we been there before?

Anyway. Despite a rather enthusiastic return to Angeles City, we managed to drag ourselves into the air and complete the prerequsite ride. We hadnt both flown for over 3 months so we both didn't give our best. Never mind. Done now.

So all we need to do now is wait for the postman to deliver our paperwork.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=58ab7474-bdb8-4f1b-8c8e-727658a7e508&&Headline=Two+Indian+women+killed+in+plane+crash

RIP Girls and Guy....

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirthOf sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred thingsYou have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swungHigh in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,I've chased the shouting wind along, and flungMy eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .
Up, up the long, delirious burning blueI've topped the wind-swept heights with easy graceWhere never lark, or ever eagle flew —And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trodThe high untrespassed sanctity of space,Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
— John Gillespie Magee, Jr


I spent much of my training flying out of Plaridel. I am terribly sad this happend. We learn from each others mistakes in the air. I amdeeply sorry this lesson came at a price.

My sincere condolences to all concerned.