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What I’m Reading

April 11, 2010

in Aviation, China, International Affairs, Reading, Thailand, What I'm

What I’ve been reading this past week (er, weekend actually.) China: Five Myths About China’s Economy – Washington Post 11 April 2010 – HT to @NiuB Stability Preservation in China – ChinaGeeks 10 April 2010 – HT to @GraniteStudio The World: Unrest in Thailand – The Big Picture from The Boston Globe 9 April 2010 [...]

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The Romance of Spain on Every Plane

March 19, 2010

in Aviation, Photo Friday, Spain, Travel

Photo Friday #28 Not a photo and not taken by me, so technically I guess this is not really Photo Friday material. Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but share this vintage advertisement as it does combine two of my passions: travel and Spain. BTW, I think you’re more likely to encounter a redhead in Galicia or [...]

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Up in the Air So Blue

December 7, 2009

in Aviation, Monday Mélange

Monday Mélange

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Sirens in the Fog

December 1, 2009

in Aviation, China

Emergency Preparedness Day From my office at Linyi airport I hear various sirens – sirens that are recognizable as police and ambulance. What is going on? The windows in my office look directly into our school’s aircraft hangar, but I cannot see any further. Couldn’t see further if I wanted to anyway, as this morning [...]

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Live ATC: The Global Gal Version

September 15, 2009

in Aviation, Blogging, Work

Learning to Talk on the Radio “Internet, Global Gal 1976, Good Morning.” “Good Morning, Global Gal 1976, Go ahead.” “Global Gal 1976, We will require a delay of several days in posting to blog due to imminent ICAO Aviation English exam and realization that we do not know how to talk on the radio. Request [...]

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Thank You Nerbulence Fairy

August 11, 2009

in Aviation, China, Travel

Vacation is underway! I am safely in Shanghai, watching Da Shan on CCTV9 (gosh he is annoying!) This afternoon I was freaked out when a couple of the other flight instructors in our school informed me that we might be flying through the remnants of Typhoon Morakot, but luckily our flight was relatively calm. I [...]

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In-Flight Goodies From Your Chinese Airline

August 10, 2009

in Aviation, China, Food, Humor

Have you ever had a cough and wished you had a cough drop? Have you ever felt a little peckish and wished you had a gum drop? Have you ever suffered from coffee breath and wished you had a mint? Have you ever experienced all three simultaneously? Have I got a product for you! Unick [...]

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What I’m

August 6, 2009

in Aviation, China, Health, Randomness, What I'm

reading/thinking about today: Here’s an update on the company dinner last night: two words – warm beer. Enough said. In other randomness: The pneumonic plague has struck China, and as alarming as that might seem, I could barely be bothered to keep up with the news. I know it is isolated to some village in [...]

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When the Airport is Quiet

August 5, 2009

in Aviation, Travel, Work

What a day. It is cloudy and rainy. The perfect day to be at home in bed. I have been tempted multiple times today to just put my head down and sleep. Instead, I have been researching ticket options for our upcoming trip to Spain. I am always astounded by prices. But what can you [...]

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Bangkok Airways Crash on Koh Samui

August 4, 2009

in Aviation, Thailand

This afternoon, just before I left work, I spent a few minutes on Twitter asking a question of fellow foreigners in China when I saw a tweet about a possible air plane crash on the Thai island of Koh Samui. I know this island well as I spent Chinese New Year there two years ago [...]

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