A couple of years ago I was living the old Chinese curse "may you live an interesting life". I had two companies shut down on me in one year, one employed over 120 souls and had been in business for 30 years, the other was a start up so it wasn't much of a surprise. Then in October of 2004I went to work for the third company that year. I expected to be based in Oregon. The day I finished my indoc training and returned to Houston to load the truck for the move to Oregon I received a call requesting that I leave the next day for Anchorage to pick up a LearJet and ferry it to The Sudan. The company was starting a new U.N. contract in The Sudan and the Captain hired for the contract was not able to do the job. Long story somewhat short... a little over a week later after ferrying a LearJet 35A from Anchorage to Khartoum, Sudan I'm flying all over Africa on a U.N. contract.
What follows will be a journal and some of the photographs of the 4 months I spent in The Sudan and Afghanistan.
I’m an Ok guy. I’m a political junky, I work wood, cook, paint (not much lately), do photography, write about art,life, motorcycles, and wood. I fly airplanes for a living. For a guy that grew up on a West Texas dirt farm in the 40’s and 50’s, I’m OK. I don’t have much use for normal male activities like hunting and sports although I can scratch and ogle with the best of ‘em. I know which fork to use most of the time, I don’t say fuck unless it’s needed and for the most part I can get along in polite society. I’ve seen more of the world than most people have and I think I can say things about it that may be interesting.
1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Chuck Noll, Cliff Branch, Coach Dick Vermeil, Coach John Madden, Coach Tom Landry, Dallas Cowboys, Dog Aside, Dwight Clark, ESPN, Football, Fred Biletnikoff, Gene Upshaw, George Blanda, Great Games, Highlights, History, Immaculate Reception, Joe Montana, John Facenda, John Stallworth', Ken Stabler, Larry Czonka, Legends, Mark van Eeghen, Mean Joe Greene, Mike Webster, Miracle at the Meadowlands, New York Giants, NFL, NFL Comeback Victories, NFL Films, NFL Hall of Fame, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49'ers, Specials, Steve Sabol, Tom Landry, Videos, Walt GarrisonBy L E June 19, 2018 Leave a comment
DOG ASIDE: This NFL Films production of Greatest Finishes and Comebacks Ever….is a priceless production by the best film company ever to have live footage of NFL contests…..as Ed and Steve Sabol set the “gold standard” for capturing live footage and turning it into awesome stories about the NFL….as evidenced by this 20 minute piece on the greatest…
1980s, 1987 NFC Championship, CBS, Coach John Madden, Dog Aside, Football, Minnesota Vikings, NFL, NFL Conference Championships, Pat Summerall, Videos, Washington RedskinsBy L E May 13, 2018 Leave a comment
DOG ASIDE: The 1987 Minnesota Vikings season was the team’s 27th year in the National Football League….as the Vikings finished with a record of eight wins and seven losses. The 1987 strike caused the cancellation of the September 27 game at the Kansas City Chiefs….while the games played October 4, 11 and 18 were played with replacement players. Despite finishing the season only…
DOG COMMENTARY: In a play that became known as the “Sea of Hands”….the Raiders’ Clarence Davis somehow caught the winning touchdown pass with 24 seconds left in the game among “the sea of hands” of three Dolphins defenders. The game began when rookie receiver Nat Moore returned the opening kickoff 89 yards for a Miami touchdown…..then Miami defensive back Dick…
1970s, ABC, ABC Profile, Bob Beattie, Dog Commentary, Flight of Double Eagle II, Highlights, Hot Air Balloon, Maxie Anderson, Specials, Videos, Wide World of SportsBy L E December 16, 2017 Leave a comment
DOG COMMENTARY: Double Eagle II was piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman….as it became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean….when it landed August 17, 1978 in Miserey (near Paris) 137 hours 6 minutes after leaving Presque Isle, Maine….for it could have been regarded as a successful crossing at the point that the Double Eagle II crossed the Irish coast on the evening of August 16th….as an event…
1970s, Dog Commentary, Flight of Double Eagle II, Hot Air Balloon, Specials, VideosBy L E November 26, 2016 Leave a comment
DOG COMMENTARY: Sone of the more enjoyable surprises about unveiling and posting Bone Daddy’s 2300 hour vintage sports, comedy and music library are the many “special historic program events” that he recorded back in the day…..and one of my favorite pieces is evidenced in this video about the flight of Double Eagle II…..which was the…
1970s, Andy Ganigan, Boxing, CBS, Dog Commentary, Gato Gonzalez, Gil Clancy, Lightweight Bouts, Lightweight Champions, Sean O'Grady, Sports Saturday / Sunday, Tim Ryan, VideosBy L E February 26, 2018 Leave a comment
DOG COMMENTARY: This 1978 lightweight boxing fight between Gato Gonzalez verses Andy Ganigan…. featured one super great lightweight in Gonzalez against one really good lightweight in Ganigan during the Golden Age of Boxing from 1964 to 1999. Rodolfo González was a Mexican boxer and former WBC Lightweight Champion also known as El Gato…. who started his career very young at…
1970s, Andy Ganigan, Boxing, CBS, Dog Aside, Gato Gonzalez, Gil Clancy, Lightweight Bouts, Sports Saturday / Sunday, Tim Ryan, VideosBy L E June 7, 2016 Leave a comment
DOG ASIDE: This lightweight fight features the # 1 rated contender Gato Gonzalez from Mexico verses # 4 rated Andy Ganigan from Hawaii…and like nearly all lightweight fights that I have seen….it is an action fight from start to finish. Rodolfo González was a Mexican boxer and former WBC Lightweight Champion….also known as El Gato….who started his…
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