FOG IN NEWARK

Newark (EWR), has been a disaster lately due to low ceilings and fog. Here's a shot of one of our B-767-200 series aircraft coming in to land. It's interesting to see that air traffic control slows down the arrivals into Newark whenever the ceilings drop, yet our aircraft are certified to land with almost ZERO visibility!!!! ATC thinks we have a hard time flying whenever the clouds are lower than 1000 feet, yet we pay millions of dollars a year to keep the aircraft updated with the most complex landing data/assistance programs. However, our Air Traffic Control system is still working with 1960's technology and ATC guru's which can't "understand" this, hence the ridiculously long delays. Amazing, eh?

ON THE ROAD

Hey everyone, just a quick note to let you know I'm on the road and will get more "stuff" on this blog on Friday when I get back home. Thanks for checking in................ BTW, if I don't post for a few days, it's because I'm out on a trip.

GOING TO PASTURE

Here's a shot that makes me a bit sad..................parking airplanes that have come to the end of their service life for Continental. We flew a plane to Winston Salem, NC, last week for maintenance, and this was the sight that greeted us. These B737-500's have been at CAL for the past 30 years or so, and now it's time to retire them. One day I'd love to get a few of these planes, gut them, and make homes out of them................ Ahhhh, retirement ideas abound!!!!

SOCCER FEET IN ANTIGUA

I was on a trip to Antigua last week and observed some pretty nimble feet on a couple of "football" players on the beach. I've attached a small video clip of these three guys, one from Toronto, and two from Antigua. They put on a pretty good show for everyone. The sites and sounds were amazing, especially the beautiful sunset and water. Hope you enjoy this clip and the Antigua shots.

HAPPY ST PATRICKS DAY FROM HOLLYWOOD

Happy St. Patricks day from beautiful, warm, downtown Hollywood, FL! Today they had the annual parade (two blocks from my house), and it couldn't have been a nicer day for it. Floats, bands, beads, dancers, Irish Wolfhounds, and just about everything else you could ask for...........in GREEN of course. Here's a few shots and a video of the parade. The older gentleman in the band drew the attention of my girlfriend's son. He made the statement: "I hope this guy doesn't keel over during the parade!!!" :-) Have a good one everyone !