Here are a couple of tales from my flying days. The first is my encounter with wake turbulence from a KC-135; I was flying a Cessna 150 at the time. The other is not a personal experience; however, it happened to a couple of people in the aero club I belonged to at the time. … Continue reading A Couple of Tales by Gerald Hanner
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Navigating a KC-135 from Alaska to Thule, Greenland by Gerald Hanner
In the very early sixties, when the Evil Empire was actively testing the limits of its power, I joined the Air Force. There was no particular patriotic sense involve. My chief aim at that early point in what turned out to be a 25 year career was to fly airplanes, particularly military jets. Circumstances conspired … Continue reading Navigating a KC-135 from Alaska to Thule, Greenland by Gerald Hanner