The amazement of it all........

The images here I took from my camera phone which doesnt do justice to the reality of the view. Me and my Van and the big blue, all alone together with the Center chatter in the back ground.
Breathtaking.......
What an amazing world we live in up here.
I have had a lot of experience in aviation, although not a drop in the bucket compared to many. 12 years of life, love, loss, and gain. Everyday an adventure. I sometimes moan about weather or maintenance, ( not to mention the long hours involved with freight flying!)
I often think about the partner and 2 students who were lost 6 years ago to a terrible midair accident. It was hard to come back around the corner and pick myself up to once again join the sky.
It isnt always easy, as my confidence was shaken to the very core, not to mention the sheer personal loss and the great excuse that I had to let it all go. But I believe in the human spirit to overcome, and I work hard every day to prove it. It makes me realize that my loss is but a small thing compared to the many who have suffered so much more ,and I want to at least show that whatever I have been through, If I can do it, so can anyone else....
God Bless All..............

Lately.....

Flying freight can be pretty hairy.
Had a prop overspeed last week in my Van scud running through the mountains trying to avoid nasty weather. ( and be on time dontcha know! ) Prop started fluctuating from 1500 RPM to well over red line.... I could hear the noise of it..Not Good.... Oil pressure/temps are good, so its not that.
Turned back called Center and OPS and told them I was headed back and what was happening. Pulled the power and the prop back, hoping to at least keep it from the red line. No good, fluctuations continued.
Stay high girlfriend, I thought to myself, you have few options over this terrain. ( MEA is 12000 in that region) 40 knot winds on the surface, you KNOW I was getting my @$$ kicked and I had a huge headwind. Was able to get it back to Cutter at Sky Harbor, and they said the engine had to come off. Well I thought to myself, this is going to go over like a fart in church with the owner of the company. And I was right, it did.
He yelled at me and said all sorts of things, tried to make me recant my statements to Cutter. Stood my ground, I know what I saw....later on the FAA arrived, asking me for a statement and putting a red tag on the plane...
Yet another religious experience......
I am officially sick of ice and crappy weather