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            <h2>I Kissed a Pilot In The Cockpit And I Didn’t Even Know Him</h2>
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perienced the reality of thinking distance on the road. Indeed none of the above three experiences put any of us in the back of an ambulance being blue-lighted to hospital. I hope that my close encounter with thinking distance was also a once-in-a-lifetime experience.</p><div id="7b01" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-first-time-i-experienced-thinking-distance-6222515ef6cc"> <div> <div> <h2>The First Time I Experienced Thinking Distance</h2> <div><h3>And oh my! It really brought home the reality of something I’d only known in theory.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*FVgPM3UkxHDsos8XtVTbig.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="0d38">* Airspeed versus ground speed for anyone who’s interested: a plane needs airflow around its wings in order to fly — the airspeed (speed relative to the air through which it travels) will determine if it has enough. Air- and ground speed are not the same. Ground speed is speed relative to the ground — headwinds, tailwinds, etc will determine which is greater. An aircraft going straight up or — ulp! — straight down would have a ground speed of zero. And if you want to convert one to the other, airspeed is ground speed minus wind speed. Click <a href="https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/move.html">HERE</a> for more detail from NASA.</p><p id="17e3"><a href="https://pennygrubb.medium.com/navigating-the-stories-i-write-84ccd3f2f46d">Read more from Penny Grubb</a></p></article></body>

Memories Of Once-In-A-Lifetime Experiences

Writers flying high

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Seeing the difference between airspeed and ground speed* is mind-blowing. I know how it works in theory but, not unlike experiencing thinking distance, seeing the reality unfold from the cockpit of a commercial jet as it landed at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport was truly awesome and a bit scary.

The memory came back to me when I read a story by Barb Dalton. This led me onto two others by Karen Schwartz and Adrienne Beaumont. I’ve been following these three writers for a while now and it occurred to me that this flying trio should be recommended to others — they write across a huge range of topics.

It’s not the norm for a passenger to sit in the cockpit of a commercial jet and their exploits, like mine, all happened pre 9th September 2001. These days the cockpits are locked and it’s a rare occurrence for anyone other than flight crew or cabin crew to be allowed in. For me, as for them, this was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Here’s Barb Dalton heading for Montréal:

Karen Schwartz en route to Florida:

Adrienne Beaumont flying to LA:

My own aviation adventure had a far softer landing than the time I experienced the reality of thinking distance on the road. Indeed none of the above three experiences put any of us in the back of an ambulance being blue-lighted to hospital. I hope that my close encounter with thinking distance was also a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

* Airspeed versus ground speed for anyone who’s interested: a plane needs airflow around its wings in order to fly — the airspeed (speed relative to the air through which it travels) will determine if it has enough. Air- and ground speed are not the same. Ground speed is speed relative to the ground — headwinds, tailwinds, etc will determine which is greater. An aircraft going straight up or — ulp! — straight down would have a ground speed of zero. And if you want to convert one to the other, airspeed is ground speed minus wind speed. Click HERE for more detail from NASA.

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