

ANGOLA,75
(Note préliminaire: J'ai fait des entorses à la syntaxe. Il y a dans ce texte le "passé" et le "présent". Ecrire "au présent" quand on...


BUTTERWORTH
I was already in love with Asia before I even started discovering the Far-East, but I could not explain why! But of course, I would fall...


MECHANICS
There was a big difference between « them » and « us ». They knew! One cannot improvise being an aircraft mechanic and if, on occasions,...


HOURS OF STRESS...
(Looking back on these "blissful" days...without regrets but with mixed emotions..) HOURS OF STRESS, MOMENTS OF BLISS It must have been...


LOAD MASTERING : 20 LAWS
We all know the incredible perversity of the universe which was translated in words by the Army Engineer Edward MURPHY (1918-1990) while...


SADDAM
Note : for some reason, this particular trip has "stuck" to my mind. I was not much into "politics" in these days. An other day, an other...


FILL THEM ' UP
(A) Maïduguri With each charter recap came the fuel data information. We new exactly beforehand if the fuel would be “credit” or “cash”...


DECOMPRESSION
I do not remember where we were coming from but I certainly remember that night in Anchorage… ! I Had never seen a place like “ The Bush...


CARPENTERS
"On Monday 5 December 2011, a flight from Aruba by the company Tiara Air departing from Josefa Camejo International Airport was on the...


THE ART OF TIE-DOWN
The art of Tie-Down Flying a commercial cargo airplane has always required at least five basic elements: A competent crew An airworthy...