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When we were kids in the 1960’s, we’d run next door from our grandmother Mary’s home in Beford, Ohio at 20 Harrison Street (Mary was my dad’s mom) to Mary’s sister’s home, to visit our great aunt Luella who lived catacorner to her sister Mary on Broadway .  Aunt Luella was a widow but always

Good morning fellow ECAHF’ers and happy Friday!  According to the news blog “Morning Brew” and downloaded today from: CLICK HERE Pan Am is back (sorta) One of aviation’s most storied brands is attempting a comeback. Aviation-Images.Com/Getty Images By Brendan Cosgrove June 20, 2025 “More than three decades after declaring bankruptcy, Pan American World Airways has

Courtesy NASA. According to History.com and downloaded today from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-3/an-american-walks-in-space,  “On June 3, 1965, 120 miles above the Earth, Major Edward H. White II opened the hatch of the Gemini 4 and stepped out of the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk in space. Attached to the craft by a 25-foot tether and

Good Mother’s Day-eve fellow ECAHF’ers and happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there that spent the best part of their lives guiding their children to productive adulthood and built the next generation of successful Americans.  Thank you for your sacrifices . My mom, if she were honest, would probably have told you when

Good evening fellow ECAHF’ers.  I hope your week measured up to your expectations.  Speaking of measuring up, how do we measure?  This question has a big impact on all of our lives in many ways, including the impact it has on aviation. Take for instance the minor, insignificant job of mine at Moore County Airport

Good Friday evening fellow ECAHFer’s.  According to History.com and downloaded yesterday from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-18/doolittle-leads-air-raid-on-tokyo, “On April 18, 1942, 16 American B-25 bombers, launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet 650 miles east of Japan and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, attacked the Japanese mainland. “The now-famous Tokyo Raid did little real damage to Japan

Good afternoon fellow ECAHF’ers.  If anything, what scares you about flying?  Though I didn’t dwell on the possibilities too much when I was flying USMC aircraft, when I did think about it or when we discussed the subject in the ready room, consciously burning to death in a crashed aircraft was my #1 fear.  Crashing

Good evening fellow ECAHF’ers.  *Warning* Don’t read this just prior to, during, or just after a meal. “War is hell” Union General Tecumseh Sherman was quoted as saying, and it certainly is as evidenced by the firebombing raid on Tokyo only a few months prior to the devastation of the two atomic bombs dropped in

How many times have you heard (so-called) leaders use this excuse for being risk averse?  What did an abundance of caution ever get us other than lost opportunities?  Of course, this is just my opinion (for what that’s worth…not much…) but leaders who are skewed toward using an abundance of caution do not engender confidence

Good afternoon fellow ECAHF’ers, For those of you in Eastern NC (I think that would be all of you, me being the only “outlier”), I know things were shut down for days there with your recent snow.  Here in Southern Pines/Pinehurst we got far less than you did, but it was a beautiful inch or