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Ground School 101 - Part One |
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 The classroom smells faintly like old coffee and faded cologne. An overhead projector sits idly in front of the rows of undersized chairs, the screen blank and emitting a low hum. Pictures flood the walls, airplanes stripped of their skins, views of their guts exploded in medical like detail. |
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 The aircraft lumbers to the gate, the nose wheel bouncing over the
potholes that the airport authority has deemed not deep enough to
repair. The jet bridge gently bumps the plane’s side, the door slides
open and the day starts to come to a close. The parking checks are
completed, the grumbling passengers head on to their sunny destinations
and the crew trudges off the plane, exhausted but done with a long 4
day trip. |
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Florida based airline pilot Tim Connors is a freelance contributor to
Airline Pilot Central. Tim has ghost-written numerous aviation
articles, and his work is published on several familiar media
outlets. In a previous career, Tim worked as an internationally
recognized chef and in addition to flying he and his wife now operate a
traveling cooking school which provides an exclusive culinary
experience for his clients.