The Dilbert Dunker is a training device used to teach Navy pilots how to extract themselves from an aircraft which crashed into the ocean. The Dilbert Dunker is a cockpit mounted on rails above a swimming pool. When released it slides down the rails, flipping over when entering the water, and sinking to the bottom […]

December 10, 1978: From this day forward may you be fleet of foot, strong of body, oblivious to pain, and victorious in the pursuit of your goals and objectives. Those were the words on a telegram I received from a friend before I ran the Joe Steele, Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville, Alabama, my first […]

Air sickness is one thing in more than fifty years of flying I have never suffered. Paul Burnham, one of my former Navy shipmate wasn’t so lucky. And what a shame it was. Paul had dreamed of flying all his life. I imagined Paul grew up wearing a flight helmet to school every day and […]

Recall of my high school years 1953 thru 1957, came roaring back when watching the classic movie “American Graffiti.”  The music, the cars, drive-in restaurants, hot girlfriends, … wow, such a indelible period of time. My proud memories include first honors for an excellent report card, setting a school discus record in track, selection on […]

The New York Marathon is a premier event, second only perhaps to the prestigious Boston Marathon. The twenty-six mile course runs through the five boroughs of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and finishes in Manhattan’s Central Park. The city closes down its streets in support of the run. Nearly 4,000 foreign athletes crossed the ocean […]