I In Memory of Bob McSwiggan It was the worst weekend I’d ever had. I had sold my flight school and was rudderless, floating without a job and in the middle of a divorce. What was I going to do with myself? An FAA inspector told me he had given my resume to Bob McSwiggan withContinue reading “In Memory of Bob McSwiggan”
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Aviation and Gender Bias
I learned to fly to fly before I learned to drive. Going to the airport and getting in a plane is as normal to me as getting in a car is to anyone else. I started to work when I was 13 years old and saved every penny I made to pay for my flying. Continue reading “Aviation and Gender Bias”
Summer, 1973 – The Job From Hell
My father is furious. My mother is ready to kill me. Daddy’s gone through the time on the engine and my mother has gone through her gas card receipts and they know what I’ve been up to. My weekly trips to the beach have to stop. I’ll never forgive the line boy at the MyrtleContinue reading “Summer, 1973 – The Job From Hell”
Facing my fears plus other observations on Ghana
We got up early today and traveled out to the Kakum National Park. No one will believe this but I am TERRIFIED of heights. I have been obsessing over the rope bridge at Kakum National Park since our very first planning meeting. One way or another, I was going to do it. Anyone who knowsContinue reading “Facing my fears plus other observations on Ghana”
The Saga of the Missing Cat
In anticipation of my husband’s birthday party and 100 guests walking in and out of our home, we decided to board our cats with Plantation Animal Hospital, the veterinarian we had used for over three years in Macon, GA. You can imagine our surprise when, on Friday afternoon, someone from the vet’s office called andContinue reading “The Saga of the Missing Cat”
Dr. Suzanne Minarcine 