I think I’ve beaten the Bad Landings dead horse enough on this blog. Oh, what the heck. One more. This little cartoon is only slightly exaggerated. For example, I do not really know if a Russian satellite has ever crushed a cow like that. But the rest is pretty accurate, including the weird ET-like expression [...]

Airplanes have left-turning tendencies. So do I. And actually, there’s a little error in this cartoon, because at the end I am using both hands when the right one would normally be down on the throttle. Which is probably why I over-correct and pull to the left. The left hand is doing all the work. [...]

Pride goeth before a fall. This cartoon is actually pretty accurate, with very little exaggeration. Yes, I did indeed forget to check the lights. Yes, I vowed — Vowed! — not to do it again. Yes, I verbally made note of my skill at turning on the battery. Yes, I did walk out to check [...]