The Continuing Perils of Flying with Mom

I first learned of Baler from the former General Manager at Omni Aviation, Aljess, now a big jet pilot for Philippine Airlines.
He had pictures of a rugged coastline and a small inland airport.  And stories of crab, seafood and surfers.
   
   
     
     
You would think that my Mom, in her 80s, would be fearful of flying.  But she has [...]

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Mount Pinatubo, Zambales

Every year at Christmas, Carlo and Tonet fly an aerial odyssey.  From December 23 to January 4  they did 1,600 nautical miles in 9 days, logging over 20 flight hours.  Not bad for a Cessna 152. 
They took hundreds of pictures.  Thumbnails are click-able.  Photos are copyrighted.
On December 27 Carlo and Tonet sat in the airplane, ready for engine start, flight planned for Baguio, in the [...]

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Anak Krakatau

We have a new guest writer!  John has a passion for cryptic crosswords and sharp humor.   Both qualities show up in his writing.  He celebrated his birthday by flying over one of the legendary volcanos of the world in a homebuilt kit plane.

  
  

      Friday  Dec. 2007.   A real Sagittarian’s day.
      There is in Jakarta an authority which evaluates volcanic [...]

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Flying Into a Volcano

I once had a dreadful, almost revolting, bias against volcanos.  Leprous open sores in the earth, disgorging the planet’s revolting wastes, the disgusting stink of rotten eggs completing the horrid scene….
Is your skin crawling yet?  Well, imagine flying over a volcano crater. 
It’s like getting out of bed at midnight to stand in front of an open window, trying not to [...]

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