Our Beech B-25 Baron Bomber

Carlo’s first instrument flight.  At night.  In IMC.  In a multi-engine cockpit.  Left seat.  It doesn’t get more pressure-laden than that.
     
    
   
     
I’d had my turn.  Two runs.  It was time to give the other Captain a shot at it.
On the takeoff video, Meynard never stops teaching, even as Carlo accelerates to rotate speed.  Meynard [...]

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Twin-Engined Fire Hose

My laptop was stolen in Amsterdam two weeks ago, with all my pictures since 2007.  It turns out I had backed up a few photo albums onto my home computer, which is now yielding these hidden treasures.
One of those albums is from December 23, last year.  T’was the night before Christmas… .
    
     
    
     
Meynard gifted us with a flight in [...]

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