Reno Air Races: Just plane fun
Can I tell you something? I’m not usually a huge air show fan. They’re too often out of touch with audiences. Too much time between acts,…
Finally, flight!
So I semi-market this as a blog about farmers who fly and yet there is so little evidence of flying! Since we’ve moved out of our…
Big Jon teaches Little Jon how to fly
Jon’s right-hand cattle man is a good old country boy who wears worn work boots and works hard and works hard to teach his kids to…
So, we flew over the Grand Canyon yesterday
Damn. You know life is good when you buy a one-way ticket home from Vegas because you have to get back to work asap, and then…
Flight behavior
The other day I was trying to clear some clutter off the counters, but so much of it is Jon’s stuff. We have a small apartment…
Gone the sun
Last week, I had to drop Jon off at the airport. He’ll be gone for most of November. I don’t mind being alone for a few…
Another kind of sailing
Years ago, Jon went to Maui for glider training, where updrafts on the cliffs make for perfect thermals. When he was done, he bought a Stemme,…
Peepshow
Context: We have a farm but we don’t live on it. The one house there is full of snakes and looks haunted. So instead, we live…
The Whole World Underwater
I mentioned earlier that we got some torrential rainfall that both: A) Interfered with my ability to get out and garden… and by garden, I mean…
Circus monkeys
Yesterday was the 6th annual fly-in at Stearman Field, a small, privately-owned airport just outside of Wichita. Jon knows the owners from an aircraft purchase a…
the flying farmers 