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 was a Flight Equipment Marine but it was not real. Unfortunately, my military injuries kept me from achieving both goals. I forgot about flying. It slipped my mind then in 1995, I decided to take a short … [Read more...] about Forward Slip
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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 was taken in summer of 1991 at the Naval Air Station Memphis's Parachute Rigger School located at the time in Millington, Tennessee. Part of the course involved learning how to inspect and repair the pilot's … [Read more...] about A fighter pilot
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. Yes, it does really happen. I miss this girl, I tutored her and other Chinese American students as part of my internship requirements at the University of Washington. Shortly after, I graduated in August, … [Read more...] about That’s Megan
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 Japanese brother. It was VIP day for me at the Ford's Prairie Elementary School in Centralia, Washington. If my second grade classmates had not known I was Japanese, they did now. … [Read more...] about Little Japanese Boy