Captain Dick

Down the West Coast of the U.S. to Mexico

2011-08-15T05:02:00.000-07:00

Joann and I took our 48', twin diesel, boat to Mexico. It was a 13 month cruise. We stopped every night (except two) and did a lot of sight seeing and visiting along the way. Click here.

Hijacked to Cuba - Better to be Lucky than Smart

2011-05-29T05:17:00.000-07:00

.MD-11 big brother to the DC-9. When I retired I was flying this pretty bird to Asia.

I had only been a captain for a couple of years when my Delta Airlines DC-9 was commandeered by a man with a bomb. Read this factual account by CLICKING HERE

Midnight Ride Across Khutze Bay

2011-05-07T04:22:00.000-07:00

Our anchor came unhooked at midnight. We drifted for over a mile across the hazards of Khutze Bay in the wilderness of British Columbia's Northwest Passage. Click here to read the story.

I could see flashes coming from the gun

2011-03-10T16:47:00.000-08:00

We were flying a recon flight out of Key West.. Taking low level pictures of shipping off the northwest coast of Cuba. We were chugging along at 180 kts only 150 feet above the wave tops. I saw the gun flashing - I don't know how they missed us. Click here to read more.

Tour of the Naval Aviation Museum

2011-02-18T13:01:00.000-08:00

Click here to go Inside the building

Click here to visit the new addition 'Hanger Bay One'

Refueling at Turtle Bay

2010-11-14T16:22:00.000-08:00

My gorgeous bride sitting on the beach in Pensacola in 1959 has nothing to do with this article.

Our cruise from Anacortes Wa to Puerto Vallarta Mexico had many interesting happenings. I enjoyed this stop halfway down the Baha Peninsula.
To read more about Turtle Bay refueling Click here

Cruising the San Juan Islands of Washington State

2010-10-16T06:46:00.000-07:00

Over a period of 23 years we owned and operated three different boats from Skyline Marina in Anacortes, Washington. Anacortes is on Fildalgo Island. Here is a picture of our cruising buddy, Eagle Spirit. She is a 64 foot Ocean Alexander luxury yacht. Together, we cruised the San Juans Islands, and north to Alaska.
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Log of the Cumberland - Alaska to Mexico

2010-10-06T14:22:00.000-07:00

Joann and I owned and operated Cumberland for 12 years. Our 53 foot, twin diesel boat was docked in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. We cruised the West Coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico,

The read daily accounts of the cruise Click here

Antietam Cruise - Over 200 Carrier Landings in my logbook

2010-08-29T20:37:00.000-07:00

Our Task force of 9 ships crossed the Atlantic and entered the Mediterranean Sea. I was a pilot in Anti-Submarine Squadron 31 aboard the USS Antietam. These pictures, taken with my Argus C3 camera, capture carrier operations in 1956
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The Airlines - Coming of the Jet Age

2010-08-29T08:05:00.000-07:00

Started my career on the DC-6

My years as an airline pilot were a time of change. The jets were just coming online. The pilots were all white males and the flight attendants were all single, white females. Click here to view.