Monthly Archives: May 2011

Mile High Club

May 16, 2011 – 5:11 am

Ever since the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk man has been attempting an endless assortment of tricks and risks in flight. Most aviators and passengers are content to get from points A to B. Up and down without ragheads hijacking the plane for an unscheduled landing in a prominent building or getting arrested for […]

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Lynyrd Skynyrd “Free Bird” Live BBC 1975

May 15, 2011 – 3:53 pm
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FREE AS A BIRD by Peter Nolan Smith

May 15, 2011 – 3:45 pm

Hitching a ride out of Amarillo tested a young man’s courage in July of 1974. Cowboys hated long-hairs. My friend, AK, and I dodged more than a few beer bottles, while standing on the shoulder of the east-bound highway. Most of the goat-ropers drank Bud. They had lousy aim. The dusk sky offered a murky […]

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25 Hours to JFK

May 13, 2011 – 4:24 am

My travel time from Sriracha, Thailand to For Greene, Brooklyn was supposed to take 25 hours, but a delay at Narita Airport in Japan has added another 3 hours to the journey. Darkness is falling fast. Gray skies shield the Tarmac from the sun. I have no idea what is the temperature since the terminal […]

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The Death of the Jet Set

May 13, 2011 – 4:02 am

Jet set legend Gunter Sachs introduced himself the French icon Brigitte Bardot by bombing her St. Tropez vila with a hundred roses from his helicopter. The floral gesture led to the star’s 3rd marriage. He lived a great life and decided to end it all when his facilities failed his body. A true playboy. No […]

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