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- Page 9 and 10: A solo license, or even a private p
- Page 11 and 12: Waiting for the Slow Boat to Paris
- Page 13: Day 1: Silent fears Mikie’s Fun H
- Page 17 and 18: Carl Dye, world’s greatest biplan
- Page 19 and 20: Day 4: An Excursion into the Street
- Page 21 and 22: kilometers (2.4 miles). The sidewal
- Page 23 and 24: of it all. I was content to be on t
- Page 25 and 26: There was still quite a bit to do.
- Page 27 and 28: personally for being so retarded. F
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- Page 31 and 32: element of imperfection that just m
- Page 33 and 34: Day 10: Friday the Thirteenth Paris
- Page 35 and 36: Day 11: Who Is This Guy? What Makes
- Page 37 and 38: Immediately upon seeing the ad for
- Page 39 and 40: For several days after the accident
- Page 41 and 42: Day 12: The Paris Air Show Paris, F
- Page 43 and 44: At 1 pm the air displays start with
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- Page 51 and 52: The HSI (Horizontal Situation Indic
- Page 53 and 54: And they do love their baguettes! I
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we crawled past the big jet stuck t
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deal with their customs when I land
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Day 22: To Fly Is To Be Nangis, Fra
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I'm reminded of an old saying: "It
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Soon after we returned to the airpo
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The mosquitoes were everywhere, eve
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Sean went for a run to work off som
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We drove north, along the west coas
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Day 26: The Global Perspective Ajac
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This afternoon, in a walk through t
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find appropriate for his private co
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To me, this is what an adventure is
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in two different languages, neither
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Day 29: The Animal and The English
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Day 30: Sensory Overload Paris, Fra
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I worked through this process while
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inside the office, no one would hav
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Day 32: Testostérone Alley La Fert
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and the father of the current owner
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Day 33: Just Playing Nangis, France
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Day 34: The Blue Wizzard Bourg en B
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Karim tried to get us hangar space,
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and clouds so that it was impossibl
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Day 36: And We Didn't Get Arrested!
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Day 37: Riding The Edge Of The Stor
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I followed Matthias in the pattern,
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17-month- old son, Hendrik, for a c
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that the way was clear. We had just
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Day 39: Wingovers for Nici Liechten
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almost motionless in the air, and t
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It was right about this point that
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where he is! In fact, I haven't the
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around August 11. After Nici return
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We were at about 7,500 feet and cru
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making arrangements for hangar spac
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Day 43: A Bit of a Dip in the Strip
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Day 44: Wake Turbulence Monster Don
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And here's another one Nici took of
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The only problem is that I'd have t
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would only have a day to play befor
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German. I'm wondering when the day
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There's a lot more to this great st
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Taking a walk around the city, I wa
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Day 49: The North Sea Oostende, Bel
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coast the traffic is almost always
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along the extended centerline of th
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After checking in, we headed for th
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During one of the several periods o
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And looking to the right is the Chi
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Day 53: Party Capital of the North
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When we arrived at the beach at aro
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Day 54: A Walk On The Beach With Je
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Day 55: Leap of Faith Copenhagen, D
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illowy cumulus rain clouds in the s
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Sweden, and the beautiful little gr
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Day 57: Future Aviators Gromitz, Ge
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We did a lot of over-water flying t
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Day 58: The GPS Of The Future Hambu
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Day 59: Unplanned Landing in (Forme
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Today was a big occasion for one of
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Day 60: Runway Snake! Zurich, Switz
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Donaueschingen, Germany is where Ma
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Once in a great while, there are th
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Day 63: Tribute To Lowell Williams
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ground, but it hasn't cured the pro
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The area surrounding Rheims is Cham
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Navigate between two tall radio tow
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As I was taxiing out to runway 24,
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I parked on the ramp next to anothe
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Day 67: Great Hotels, Great Memorie
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And while we are on the subject of
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Have you ever played Snooker? Well,
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Day 69: Down and Out, and Just Arou
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Day 70: Back at the Beach Again New
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Day 71: Hangar Flying New Romney, E
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This place has a Concorde on displa
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Day 73: The American Air Museum Dux
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Unfortunately, it allows only one p
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I should say right off that Keith,
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Day 75: A Most Incredible Day Duxfo
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I should stop here for a minute to
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I watch the takeoff and then disapp
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Day 76: Today Well Lived... Duxford
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Then up walks another fellow, Ray,
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Day 77: They Saved the World East A
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At the end of the road that leads i
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We drove back into town and had lun
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Day 79: Great Planes Duxford, Engla
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Day 80: Playing On the Grass and in
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I did about five circuits of the pa
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Day 81: Anticipation Duxford, Engla
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I'm not looking forward to waking u
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She continues: "However, if we only
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We were cruising around the neighbo
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Day 83: Nice People, Nice Day Duxfo
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Later in the day, I returned to the
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Day 84: Floats For My Biplane! Camb
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Day 85: Ghosts of Greatness Cambrid
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I was constantly changing my altitu
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My tour of Hadrian's Wall was inter
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Day 88: Roots County Donegal, Irela
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By the time I was over land again,
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Day 89: Mourning the Princess Count
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Day 90: Miracles and Monarchs Doon
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into the distance. It was a fine pi
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Day 93: Meeting the Relatives Termo
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Day 94: Flight of Fancy County Done
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Day 96: The End County Donegal, Ire
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Epilogue: The Duck (Three Years Lat
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It occurred to me that in some cult
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Appendix A: Acknowledgements Mom an
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The Spirit of Adventure I February
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Certified for flying instruments-on
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Appendix D: Checklists Preflight In
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Run-up Oil pressure Green Oil temp
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Appendix E: Emergency Procedures En
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Power Off Landing Landing field Loc