This old guy holding an infant with a toddler sitting in the chair next to him doesn’t look much like a Barbarian, more like…
Betty Jeanne
She was born Betty Jeanne Walker, later on she became Betty Jeanne Walker Spaulding; yes, she is my mom. I’m the cute little guy…
Arm Chair Quarter Backs
Recently I had a gal comment on a Facebook post ‘that might possibly the dumbest thing you have ever done’. What would you say…
Working on the Chain Gang
The spring of 2005 I was in Mesquite Nevada fighting fire, flying for the SEAT program as a pilot for New Frontier Aviation. Mesquite…
Half Comanche
No I’m not half Comanche but as a Southern Idaho farm kid living next to a million acres of desert and horses to ride…
Country lanes and little planes
Landing an aircraft on a county road can be risky business. Crop Dusters use them all of the time so they are closer to…
Out of Aces
The spring of 1993 I was flying a reseeding contract for the BLM not far from Murphy Hot Springs just north of the Jarbidge…
Dead Stick
Dead stick is a term used by pilots when the engine quits or loses enough power that it no longer creates thrust to keep…
Davenport Washington 1984
February of 1984 we were living in a rented house north of Paul Idaho when I loaded up a few days worth of clothes…
Top Sergeants; USMC
During the 3 years that I spent in the Marines Top Sergeants made an impression on me as much or more than anything else.…