Author: Francis Meyrick
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.1-A “What’s it all about? – Finding Fish! “
My home, my bird, my own personal airfield, with six feet clearance from my rotorblade tips E-BOOK AVAILABLE FOLLOW THIS LINK For E-Book SECTION ‘A’ PART ONE OVERVIEW “TUNA HELICOPTER FUNDAMENTALS “ This section contains, in rapid sequence, most of the “technical basics ” of tuna helicopter flying. I have tried very earnestly to avoid…
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual – Introduction
E-BOOK AVAILABLE FOLLOW THIS LINK For E-Book A nostalgic Photo: ‘my old bird’ – a Hughes 500 that never let me down The best things in life are wild and free “Moggy’s Tuna Manual “ Memoirs of an Irish Tuna helicopter Pilot on Taiwanese and Korean purse seiner fishing vessels Hints, tips, techniques, wild tales,…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 5) “Near-Miss “
A Blip on the Radar (5) “Near-Miss “ Some stories are so extraordinary, that there is no need to invent, embellish, ‘dress up’ or exaggerate. The simple truth in itself is so staggering, that no fiction writer could possibly -ever- dream up such an extravagant tale. This snapshot describes an event that actually…
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The Protest Song
The Protest Song His workmates laughed at him, behind his back. Sometimes, they made unkind wisecracks, in mock stage whispers, and he would pretend not to hear. It seemed easier that way. There were many who thought him strange, and some who even thought of him as slightly retarded. Afflicted with some peculiar mental abnormality.…
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On how to write a story
ON HOW TO WRITE A STORY So you wanna be a writer? If you do a search on the Internet, you will find all sorts of technical treatises on the subject of writing. There appear to be a lot of people who can tell you at great length the methodical steps you must plod along…
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Tiananmen Square Massacre
TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE The twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre is upon us. The events of June 3 and June 4 1989 in Beijing, China, are profoundly relevant to every American. About the worst thing anybody can do is assume that what happens ‘over there’ will have little or no impact on our daily…
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Diary (14) “Alienation “
Diary (14): Alienation May 31st 2009 (NOTE: there was a photo here of somebody kissing the TV presenter goodnight. Apparently, a known phenomenon where extreme loneliness affects people. The link was broken, and I can’t find a copy) When I first saw this photo, I was actually looking for something totally different. I was trying…