Archive for January 2021
Laughter & Leadership
“Before take-off, a professional pilot is keen, anxious, but lest someone read his true feelings, he is elaborately casual.” This simple line from the forward of Ernest K. Gann’s book “Island in the Sky” describes a familiar demeanour not only of pilots, but of leadership. It describes a balancing act between awareness of self and…
Read MoreThis Is Your Captain Speaking
As a small child, I remember looking up to my Father as he donned his uniform to go and fly. He took immense pride in the uniform he wore – there was only one way to tie a tie, and his routine was capped off by lifting each already-shiny shoe onto the side of the…
Read MoreWhat Bush Flying Taught Me About Life And 2020
The bush flying part of my aviation career was some of the most valuable flying and life experience I’ve ever had. At 19, I didn’t have a hell of a lot of life experience to build on and being sent off to the far reaches of Zimbabwe with the C206 I’d been allocated seemed like…
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