Kevin Garrison plugs in and gets an earful…of silence. Gather round, boys and girls, and let me tell you of a time, long ago, when nobody used headsets while flying. It was an awful era, full of...
(This article is from November 2018, please confirm current information before planning a trip) Whether you are passing through or planning a long weekend, the city of Jackson, Mississippi, can...
(This article was originally published in December 2018, please check for current information before making plans) Whether you think of Las Vegas as Sin City, the City of Second Chances, or the...
Onboard weather avoidance equipment, and techniques for using it. Anyone who has listened to an AM radio in thunderstorm country knows that lightning creates a lot of static on the radio. Likewise,...
A walkabout in a historic Georgia city. Georgia was the last of the original Thirteen Colonies— and Savannah was its first city. The colony of Georgia had been created in 1732 as a “buffer state”...
A lifetime of learning contained in a story about Capt. Richard de Crespigny and his Qantas Airways crew. When I began narrating audiobooks several years ago, I naturally found myself committing a...
Kevin Garrison ponders all of the futuristic stuff going on out there and wonders why it has passed him by. Thirty years ago, we all used VORs or looked out of the window to navigate, and...
A primer of what to expect and what to do at the Annual Gathering at Waupaca and AirVenture. In just a few short months we’ll be heading to Wisconsin for the Annual Gathering at Waupaca and...
You won’t be let down by the Heart of America. Kansas City is the closest major city to the geographic center of the contiguous United States. As such, the city has been a hub throughout U.S....
A conversation next to a B-17 can reach across generations. I asked Steve, a local teenaged ramp rat, to go with me to the airport to look at two World War II bombers that were visiting for the...
Though it is as beautiful and sunny as it looks on television, the city of Miami isn’t exactly like it’s portrayed. This is a city that’s best viewed in-person. What I thought I knew about Miami, I...
Lessons learned about wind and mountain waves. As I sit to write this, the major theme in my life these past few weeks has been wind. I say that because, first and foremost, we are right now...