Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual “GPS 4-1 “
Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Section 4. GPS Systems and Offshore Navigation issues 4-1 The long, dark tunnel Before we delve into tuna helicopter specific GPS systems, first a general warning about GPS and the over reliance many pilots place on it. In two short sentences: “Don’t be one of those GPS slaves who always meekly…
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Castles in the Sky “The Expert “
Castles in the Sky The Expert A buddy had told me that it wasn’t a problem. I can still remember the authoritative look in his eye when he said it: “No problem… “ I believed him implicitly. He was after all, an Irish Parachute Club expert. A really seasoned skydiver. Had at least ten jumps.…
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual “Too much Gloom and Doom? “
Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Too much ‘doom and gloom’? 4/6/2010 I’m enjoying the feedback I get from pilots, usually total strangers, who kindly drop me an email from time to time. I had one today, and it just brought a smile to my face. I have to thank you for the time you spent assembling…
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Untold Stories from Vietnam (2) “Chance Encounters “
Untold Stories from Vietnam (2) ” Chance Encounters “ a War Experience of Jay Fitch (as told to, and written up by Francis Meyrick) A decade and a bit after Vietnam, back in the eighties, I was flying single pilot over the Gulf of Mexico, ferrying oil rig workers to and from their various platforms.…
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PCP Madness
Law Enforcement Stories PCP Madness Few things get your attention as quickly. The sound of an officer in serious trouble over the radio. The gasping, breathless, half strangled attempt to call for backup. Clipped, short, half sentences, never finished. With the sound of a desperate struggle going on, cursing, yelling. You can almost sense the…
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This is just my temporary home
Driving in the rain at night. Wondering what direction to head – where to go. Debating whether all is over – all is lost like some dream of yesterday that is fading faster than your will to hang on to it. Waiting to see what each day will bring. Feeling powerless, isolated and uncertain. Surely…
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Of Helicopters and Humans (8) “The Sports Section “
“The good-looking guy is ME. C’est MOI. As for the ugly looking weirdo, with his arm around me… Some crazy old chopper jockey, I believe… “ Of Helicopters and Humans (8) The Sports Section It was just another routine helicopter flying day in the Gulf of Mexico. I had landed on a platform, and I…
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Of Helicopters and Humans (7) “The Road of Light “
Of Helicopters and Humans (7) The Road of Light 3/19/2010 I went to a funeral today. No, not a tragic, miserable, meaningless ritual. With grey faced folk, standing around, pretending so much they wished to be there. When they just really wanted it to be over… No, not like that at all. In a strange…
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The Little Bird off Slea Head (1)
Photo: “Rough Sea ” by Michelle1973 The Little Bird off Slea Head (written over a Christmas break in 1982, during a howling gale; I was alone, in an isolated, rain sodden cottage up on a steep cliff of Slea Head, County Kerry, Ireland; reading and writing poetry, and drinking in the timelessness of Old Ireland;…
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