-by Bert Botta It had been a routine flight, right up to the moment that the co-pilot dialed 24000 feet into the altitude selector. As I pulled the throttles backContinue reading “A Wannabe Pilot Arrives!”
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Mentor in a Poopy Suit
by Bert Botta In June 1957, with the ink still wet on my high school diploma, the U.S. Navy shipped me off to my first duty station, Barin Field, Alabama.Continue reading “Mentor in a Poopy Suit”
Flying Friendly for our Neighbors
Last March, one of my fellow Rotarians, Jackie Bonner, reached out regarding the issue of low-flying airplanes over her home south of the airport. It was not only the closeContinue reading “Flying Friendly for our Neighbors”