Tag: USA

  • Food and Drink

    Vietnamese Cajun Food Fusion in Louisiana

    Amazing! Vice did a great piece on the influence of Vietnamese Americans in the Cajun state of Louisiana. Who would have imagined fusions between Cajun food and…

  • Cessna 152 Landing in Seattle

    I took this shot way back in 1996 from the pilot's seat with my flight instructor at the controls. From 1995, I was learning to fly at Boeing Field in Seattle. I nearly…

  • Landing, Touch and Go, 13 L, BFI

    I am flying the Cessna 152 at Boeing Field International Airport in Seattle, Washington. Runway 13L is the "small" runway used especially for training. Normally I spend…

  • Parachute Riggers

    The Parachute Rigger School. The good old days at NAS Memphis. It was funny since the Naval Air Station was not located in Memphis, Tennessee, but outside in Millington…

  • Cessna 152

    My faithful Cessna 152. Just a two-seater, not a whole lot of horsepower. Still fun to fly. I took this plane from Seattle, Washington, to Hillsboro, Oregon. It was my…

  • Forward Slip

    Since I was a kid, I wanted to be a pilot. As a kid, I wanted to be a Japan Airlines pilot. In college I instead wanted to be a Marine Corps pilot. I got close when I…

  • A fighter pilot

    As a kid, I had always wanted to be a fighter pilot. the closest I ever got was when I was a Flight Equipment Marine with the US Marine Corps Reserves. The picture below…

  • That's Megan

    That's Megan with her tongue sticking out. She always had fun with me. She was the only student I ever had who successfully tied my shoes to a table without me knowing…

  • Little Japanese Boy

    Yep, that's me on the left. Many people are surprised when they find out I am half-Japanese. That is my full-blooded Japanese mother to the right of my half-blooded…