Monthly Archives: June 2022

Eastbound, but first Down (South)

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Colin Summers

For the forty-first crossing I was trying to get through the northern Rockies between Seattle and Billings, Montana. This was the view on ForeFlight on the morning I was departing. That storm, which stubbornly sat over the Rockies for three … Continue reading →

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Flight Log for a Westward Crossing

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Colin Summers

Dexter will be spending half his summer on San Juan Island in the University of Washington’s fish laboratories studying the creatures he is most interested in. Of all of the summers he has visited the labs this will be the … Continue reading →

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Smooth Running

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Colin Summers

What is probably the greatest aviation short story recounted live, “The LA Speed Story,” has a moment in it that I only noticed after a few times hearing it. It’s just a phrase when Shul is describing how perfect the … Continue reading →

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