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Caravan Pilot: May 2015
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Glorious Springtime by Bob Tilden. Stories from a Night Express Caravan Cargo Pilot. Thunderstorms, especially at night, are. My choice between summer weather and winter weather? No doubt it is the same as yours. Thunderstorms might inconvenience us for a few hours or maybe not at all. Winter weather is a full time problem, from frozen plumbing, to balky cars, stinging wind, slippery roads, bottomless mud. and old bones that are no longer invigorated by the challenge. The GPS is s...
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Caravan Pilot: August 2015
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Saturday, August 15, 2015. A FedEx Cargomaster aircraft crashed into the waters near a Caribbean Island. A FedEx Super Cargomaster operated by Mountain Air Cargo crashed into the waters Southwest of Saba Netherlands Antilles after experiencing engine failure. The cargo aircraft was enroute from San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Airport Puerto Rico to Saint Kitts Golden Rock Airport at 10,000ft when it lost engine power on Wednesday August 12. Location: Saba, Caribbean Netherlands. Monday, August 10, 2015. The Ic...
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Caravan Pilot: Glorious Springtime by Bob Tilden
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Glorious Springtime by Bob Tilden. Stories from a Night Express Caravan Cargo Pilot. Thunderstorms, especially at night, are. My choice between summer weather and winter weather? No doubt it is the same as yours. Thunderstorms might inconvenience us for a few hours or maybe not at all. Winter weather is a full time problem, from frozen plumbing, to balky cars, stinging wind, slippery roads, bottomless mud. and old bones that are no longer invigorated by the challenge. The GPS is s...
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Caravan Pilot: April 2015
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Thursday, April 16, 2015. Meet our Featured Pilot - Jason with SeaPort Airlines. Meet our Featured Caravan Pilot Jason, a Captain with SeaPort Airlines. An airline that is headquartered in Portland Oregon and operates out of its bases in Memphis, TN and San Diego, CA. They also operate out of Juneau Alaska as Wings of Alaska. They fly 16 different Grand Caravans (including the new EX model) to 22 different destinations in 10 states and Mexico and use the cool Callsign "Sasquatch". Winter Haven, FL. The l...
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Caravan Pilot: Too Cold for Ice by Bob Tilden
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Sunday, April 12, 2015. Too Cold for Ice by Bob Tilden. A Night Express Caravan being de-iced with heated propylene glycol. Too Cold for Ice. The last few weeks seem to show a trend for a cold winter in the northeast, and it suits me just fine. In fact, I'd enjoy this kind of weather until April. If the temperature is going to be cold, I'd prefer it to be very cold, because colder temperatures mean less trouble with icing. Too cold for ice? Yes, there is such a thing. Once you are aware that clouds d...
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Caravan Pilot: The Iceman Cometh by Bob Tilden
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Sunday, August 2, 2015. The Iceman Cometh by Bob Tilden. Stories from a Night Express Caravan Cargo Pilot. Near Ithaca the lake- effect clouds start to break up below and around me. A cross section of our typical winter sky; a layer of clouds resides between 4000 - 6000 ft. whenever the wind is out of the northwest. The author Bob Tilden flew a Caravan for a Night Express cargo company for 10 years and has also written a book,. O order it, visit. Or search Gone Flyin' on. Location: Syracuse, NY, USA.