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Time for some varnish on the gunnels, otherwise the shop dust came off and she looks ready to go.

Bucks on the creek bank.

My sisters and I in 1965. I still own this canoe.

potato pancake - jummy

What on earth would cause a turkey to stalk a panther?!... Is there a turkey on YouTube doing insane survivalist challenges?

Panther tracks on my access road: Wild turkey tracks at the same location I know they were less than 24 hours old because I had...

No, not every aircraft; only those with sufficiently robust levels of redundancy. The Gulfstream has four generators, each capable of...

I have and often use one of those, though it's not as nice as yours. That level of technology just means less to go wrong, and it lands...

Not having an electrical systems means that's one less thing to go wrong. I just fly low enough to see the town name on the nearest...

Do you consider the standby 'Whiskey Compass" as permanently unnecessary in every aircraft as well? If you should lose all electrical...

Triangles, French curves, circle stencils of various sizes, various sizes of compasses, dividers, angle gauges.....all still being used...

A wet compass is almost all I have as far as instruments go. I can't even see that when I have a passenger up front.

An old guide once told me to always carry 3 compasses. One as my own favorite primarry, a secondary in case something happens to the...

Well, while this pilot always carries not one, but two compasses on canoe trips, the FAA and aircraft manufactures actually do consider...

I'll see your obsolescence and raise you one... Like a fine mechanical watch, it's a pleasure to hold and use. In fact, Minerva used to...