Main menu Home About Archive Popular Posts Photos Contact Subscribe The House of Rapp …on the Web since 1995! Archive This is a complete reverse chronological archive of all posts at the House of Rapp going back to May of 1997. The entries from 1994-1996 have, mercifully, been lost. You might also be interested in a list of the most popular posts. Or, if you’re looking for something specific, try the search box at the bottom of the page. January 2019 08: Adventures in Flying: Crete to Capetown (18) December 2018 18: Why Choose Business Aviation? (16) 05: Bearing in Mind (14) October 2018 29: Paranoia Pays Off (24) August 2018 06: A Dream Deferred (12) July 2018 31: Alone, Overseas–and Clueless? (4) 26: Radiation Exposure in Business Aviation (4) June 2018 18: The Chicken or the Egg? (17) May 2018 30: Connecting the Dots (14) 14: Uneven STARS (6) February 2018 28: Flights to Remember (16) 13: Instructional Techniques: Reinventing the Wheel (6) January 2018 11: A Pilot’s Best Friend (6) November 2017 15: Stupid Pilot Tricks (27) September 2017 20: NBAA Interview (13) 12: The Big Lie: ATC Stuck in the 1960s (13) August 2017 24: Know Thyself (20) July 2017 24: When Things Go Sideways (17) May 2017 30: Fuelish Decisions (13) 22: The Longest Day (6) 15: The Circular Runway (20) April 2017 19: The Engine That Could (18) February 2017 21: Aircraft Security: Serious Business (15) December 2016 20: The Differences Training Difference (6) 12: A License to Learn (10) November 2016 01: A Pioneer Goes West (8) October 2016 23: The Accidental Solo (8) September 2016 07: We’re All Instructors (16) August 2016 15: Two Airplanes in One (7) July 2016 17: I Go to Extremes (4) June 2016 14: Leasebacks: Doing It Right (5) 08: The Perception of Value (26) April 2016 20: Podcast Quartet (5) 10: Blurred Lines (0) March 2016 13: Manual Flying Skills: Keep ‘Em Sharp (20) January 2016 09: The Ultimate Aviation Enthusiasts (19) December 2015 20: Bedford and the Normalization of Deviance (160) 09: “I Don’t Work for You!”: A True Story (78) November 2015 30: Different Strokes (19) 23: The Reluctant Instructor (41) 02: A Tragic Pile of Twisted Metal (57) October 2015 25: What a Country! (7) 18: Daddy’s Copilot (40) September 2015 21: Perspectives on GA Safety (12) August 2015 17: Special Mission Aircraft (5) July 2015 27: Hanging Separately on Medical Reform (16) 19: NOTAMs: A Broken System (15) 13: The Sim Credit Debate (19) June 2015 16: A Better, Safer Airline Cockpit (9) 08: The Spiral Dive Conundrum (8) 01: Ten Aviation Blogs Worth Reading (20) May 2015 19: Every Airplane Has a Story (10) April 2015 27: Step One (41) 23: The Weakest Link (9) March 2015 31: Do Something! (27) 24: How Far is Far Enough? (10) February 2015 26: The Unintentional Aerobat (12) 23: Flying Backwards (12) 18: Twenty Years and Counting (23) January 2015 31: All Work & No Play (19) 27: Fifty Classic Destinations for Pilots (4) 20: He’s One of Us Now (11) 12: Who’s the Best Pilot? (10) December 2014 24: The Real Problem with LAX (10) 15: A Self-Evident Solution (7) 08: Teaching a Homeless Man to Fly (19) November 2014 22: Upset Recovery Training: Not Just a Fad (15) 19: A Ball of Blue (9) 02: Who’s the Best? (10) October 2014 30: ADS-B: Now or Later? (11) 27: Liability: The Price We Pay (7) 14: Gulfstream’s New G500 & G600 (2) 13: P42: The Mystery Ship (6) 01: Drones? Meh. (15) September 2014 22: Time is Money (7) 17: No Apologies (46) August 2014 18: The Ab Initio Flaw (29) 07: Nashville (13) 03: Takeoff Briefings for Singles (25) July 2014 28: We Don’t Train For That (15) 16: Fueling the GA Economy (8) 14: World Cup Trip (2) June 2014 30: Trust Us — We’re Professionals (9) 25: A Stab in the Back (12) 10: The Hacked Airplane (17) 01: Back to the (Supersonic) Future (64) May 2014 27: User Fees for All (4) 20: Learning to Fly — Without An Instructor? (28) 12: The Contract Pilot (16) April 2014 30: Our Flying Family (29) 30: Breaking the Rules: Teaching Snap Rolls (13) 28: To Pull or Not to Pull (12) 15: The Red Rocket (29) 03: Solo: The Abandoned Column (26) March 2014 30: Battling the Hydra (13) 27: The Journey of a Thousand Miles (4) 23: Preventing Stall/Spin Accidents (24) 20: Stockholm (8) 04: Passengers: Keeping Things Interesting (13) February 2014 25: A True Story: Landing at the Wrong Airport (6) 19: Crappy Sunglasses (27) 12: A Skosh of Paranoia (40) 05: Time for a Shakeup (10) 01: Santa Catalina (23) January 2014 26: Flying is Not Driving (21) 20: A Starship in the Wild (27) 08: Smelling the Roses (13) 06: Where Do You Belong? (5) 02: Year of the Tailwheel (37) December 2013 17: The Key to Good IFR: More VFR (48) 09: Expectation Bias (13) 05: Motoart Under the Tree (16) 03: Mandated Spin Training (82) November 2013 19: Brazil (17) 15: Acceptable Risk (39) 13: Reinaldo Beyer Aerobatic Scholarship (4) 06: The Ultimate Endurance Record (13) 04: The Missing Link in Flight Simulation (7) October 2013 28: Last Flight of the First Gulfstream Jet (35) 11: The Universal Headset (3) 08: Vintage Flying (11) September 2013 28: The Third Rail (42) 16: Stick & Rudder Skills Are Important (5) 12: Reflections (11) 08: Southeast Alaska (13) 06: Team Aerodynamix (4) 01: The Spirit of 1903 (23) August 2013 27: The “Opinion Leaders” (9) 19: “Unable”: Your Ace in the Hole (22) 14: See & Avoid: Does It Work? (19) 08: A Story Like That’s Gotta Be True (17) July 2013 24: Multi-Pilot Crews in Phase One Flight Testing (6) 11: “Am I Nervous?”: An Aerobatic First Solo (5) 09: Adrift in a Sea of Fog (3) 04: The Future is Already Here (16) June 2013 25: Teaching a Spouse to Fly (34) 20: Aviation Scholarships (38) 06: Taming the Beast (12) May 2013 31: Circling the Pacific (5) 30: A Weekend in Yosemite (4) 22: The City of Lights (4) 16: Circle-to-Land Complications (6) 09: Looking Back: How I Got Started in Aviation (22) 06: Blogging in Formation (3) 03: Fighting Back at SMO (10) April 2013 02: The Good Life (5) 01: Judgment: Knowing When to Say When (0) March 2013 29: Getting Better: Simulators for General Aviation (5) 27: Speed-to-Fly (7) 21: Constant Speed Propeller Maintenance (4) 06: FAA Tower Closures (21) February 2013 26: IPC as a Flight Review? (4) 22: Low and Slow (6) 07: TSA Follies (3) January 2013 29: Big Brother is Watching (7) 25: Taming Tailwheels (6) 17: The Past, Present and Future of SoCal Aerospace (0) 14: The Double Standard (1) 13: Sunstone Winery (3) 02: New Year’s Eve in Hawaii (0) December 2012 07: A Week in St. Thomas (0) November 2012 25: St. Maarten (1) 21: Gulfstream G650 Accident Report (5) October 2012 29: Flying Eyes Sunglasses (0) 26: AOPA Summit (3) September 2012 21: The Shuttle in the Rear View Mirror (2) 21: Those Fat Cats (1) August 2012 30: Visual Descent Point Hazards (5) July 2012 31: How Low Can You Go? (9) 19: The Real Fun (2) 17: Selling an Airplane (5) 10: Of Gulfstreams, NetJets, and Discounts (2) 09: The Hello Kitty Jet (4) 06: Climb/Descend Via (0) 04: Should GA Be More Like the Airlines? (4) June 2012 21: Aircraft Tire Pressure (21) April 2012 10: Human Factors (6) March 2012 23: We Pay, They Don’t (4) 22: Reducing the Cost of Flight Training (7) 08: Women in Aviation (1) 05: Aviation Myths, Part 3 (8) February 2012 14: Aviation Myths, Part 2 (2) 13: Aviation Myths, Part 1 (7) 02: STOL Flying (3) 01: Vmc Rollover (6) January 2012 26: Insanely Great (0) 07: The Year in Review (4) 06: Best Bang for the Buck (1) December 2011 17: 500,000 Miles (4) 16: The Lusty Horn (2) 09: Air France Flight 447 Analysis (4) 08: Highway vs. Aviation Safety (2) November 2011 30: The Checklist (0) 27: SR22 Delivery Flight (6) 26: New Phraseology During Runway Construction (0) 23: The Emergency You Get (3) 18: An Accident Waiting to Happen. Again. (7) 12: Banned from the Store (2) 10: Who’s the Boss? (3) 09: In Defense of Business Jets (0) October 2011 21: Cheapo Airlines (2) 17: There’s No Place Like Nome (1) September 2011 23: Selective Attention (0) 22: Affordable Flying (10) 20: Reno Air Race Crash (4) 16: Non-Commercial Landing Fees (1) 12: A Joyous 9/11 (1) 09: Back to Basics (6) 01: Is Flying Safe? (6) 01: Automation’s Effect on Pilot Skill (3) July 2011 28: When I Ruled the World (0) 27: The Connected Cockpit (2) 21: Looking Beyond the Shuttle (2) 14: Independence Day from the Air (3) 09: FAA Proposes Class D Airspace at LAX (10) June 2011 30: Better or Worse? (0) 28: Trial By Type Rating (0) 25: A Fresh Coat of… Code (2) 22: G-IV Type Rating, Day 21 (11) 20: G-IV Type Rating, Day 20 (0) 19: G-IV Type Rating, Day 19 (0) 18: G-IV Type Rating, Day 18 (0) 18: G-IV Type Rating, Day 16-17 (1) 15: G-IV Type Rating, Day 15 (0) 14: G-IV Type Rating, Day 13-14 (0) 12: G-IV Type Rating, Day 12 (0) 11: G-IV Type Rating, Day 11 (0) 10: G-IV Type Rating, Day 10 (0) 09: G-IV Type Rating, Day 9 (0) 08: G-IV Type Rating, Day 8 (2) 07: G-IV Type Rating, Day 7 (0) 07: Teaching Flight Planning: Digital vs. Paper (6) 06: G-IV Type Rating, Day 6 (6) 05: G-IV Type Rating, Day 5 (0) 04: G-IV Type Rating, Day 4 (8) 03: G-IV Type Rating, Day 3 (2) 02: G-IV Type Rating, Day 2 (6) 01: G-IV Type Rating, Day 1 (4) February 2011 01: Will This Thing Roll? (4) January 2011 31: When Glass Breaks (5) November 2010 15: To Brief or Not to Brief (2) June 2010 29: The Long and Short of ATIS (9) 23: Long Beach Class C Airspace Proposal (16) February 2010 09: Best Paint Scheme Ever (2) November 2009 20: Junk In, Junk Out (4) 19: Bird Strike (17) 16: Married! (11) September 2009 09: Applemoon “Flying” Slide Show (0) 03: Engagement Photos (2) March 2009 18: A Day at Medfly (21) January 2009 23: US Airways 1549 Damage Photos (0) 22: Kristi’s Cub Flight (0) 19: US Airways Flight 1549 (4) 14: Changes (4) 09: TFR Madness (8) September 2008 25: The Pitch/Power Debate: It’s the Trim, Stupid (5) 24: Gyroscopic Precession (7) August 2008 11: Snafu (2) July 2008 12: MOA Flying (1) 01: Time for a Beat Down, Becker (0) May 2008 12: Are Needle, Ball, and Airspeed Obsolete? (1) March 2008 12: Back in the Saddle Again (0) 07: These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things (3) January 2008 29: On Instructing (15) 24: I Love Days Like This (0) 02: My New Car! (2) December 2007 31: The Ninth Circle of Hell (3) 11: Fortune Cookie (1) 10: The Case for Spin Training (7) 09: RNAV Approach Quiz (1) November 2007 15: The Clue Phone (2) 09: Limitations (8) 08: Housing Bubble Blogs (2) 05: Martin Mars (6) 04: Red Bull Air Race on TV (6) 03: A Carb-Free Future (2) October 2007 24: Getting Back Into Flying (9) 23: SNA Blames Runway Incursions on “Small Planes” (2) September 2007 22: The Annoying Upper Low (0) 17: Problems at Socal Approach (6) 16: Turbine Toucan (3) 02: Air on a Six-String (2) 01: Two Hundred Thousand (9) August 2007 28: The Tiger Has Landed (0) 14: Shuttle Tile Repair 101 (0) July 2007 26: Whatchamacallit (1) 26: Charts: Are They Required? (3) 25: Airline Pilot or CFI? (6) April 2007 23: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (0) 10: Bel Canto, West Texas Style (2) March 2007 20: Photos of Airbus A380 Arrival at LAX (1) 20: Go Eagles! (0) 19: Another Reason to Fly GA (3) 15: BASHing WordPress (7) 14: Legacy/Gol Accident: Ignorance Is Bliss (2) 12: “Over The Airwaves” and the GA Fatal Accident Rate (4) 08: Ground Control, New York Style (3) 08: RV Aerobatics (6) February 2007 18: Going Around (4) 02: Aviation Memorabilia (2) January 2007 21: That’s Entertainment (1) 18: Oil Levels: The Black Art (6) 09: Bill Kershner Goes West (1) 04: Goodbye, O.C. (1) December 2006 28: TAC-E Rules (1) 04: GPS Approach Hell (0) October 2006 15: Bells and Whistles (2) September 2006 05: Starched Clearances (1) 05: Real Estate Market Finally Gets Real (0) August 2006 31: Glider Reaches 50,699 Feet (5) 28: The Greasy Spoon (2) July 2006 29: The Cirrus Killer (7) 18: Things Fall Apart (2) 18: Adios, Muchachos (0) 17: Seal Beach VOR Out of Service (1) 17: Yet Another Aerobatic Video (2) 17: RAIM (0) 10: Nineteen Minutes (3) 09: AdSense (1) 06: Forced Landing (2) 05: Teterboro vs. John Wayne (1) 03: Airbus A380 Crisis (5) 02: Air Traffic Controllers (6) June 2006 29: Vector Limits (3) 24: Sport Aerobatics Article (4) 24: Just Drop Off the Key, Lee (3) 21: Another Day at the Blockhouse (0) 20: We’re Going Ballistic, Mav (0) 08: Monterey (0) 02: N1191 (2) May 2006 30: Keep It Flying (1) 24: The End of the Line (1) 21: Jet Powered Volkswagon (4) 20: Time Machine (4) 19: Econo-maniac (0) 02: Glass Panel Failures (6) 01: Avgas Prices (6) March 2006 30: Immigration Reform (13) 30: Landing on a Gravel Bar (3) 29: The Ultimate Displaced Threshhold (2) 29: Accident Investigation Leads to TFR (1) 26: Making Money the Old Fashioned Way (3) 22: Like The Man Said… (7) 21: Eagle Flight 230 (2) 20: High-Res Sectionals (1) 20: What is a “Surface Area”? (1) 14: Angel Flight Crash (2) 09: Shorten This, Pal (0) 06: Fire! (2) 05: Bob Hoover (8) 05: 606 Takes (1) 05: Eight is Enough? (0) February 2006 19: Airbus A380 Fails Wing Loading Test (6) 15: Sorry, Teddy (0) 15: The 40 Year Old Virgin (0) 14: Luck of the Irish (0) 13: 737 Reef (0) 13: The Unstoppable O.C. (6) 12: The Two Sides of Aerobatics (4) 11: GlobalFlyer Return to Earth (4) 11: Noise Abatement Absurdity (0) 07: Wildfires (0) 06: Let It Snow (2) 06: Orange County TFR (0) 02: United Airlines Out of Bankruptcy (2) 01: A Different Perspective on Iraq (0) January 2006 31: FAA Flight Review Prep Guide (5) 31: Boys Will Be Boys (3) 30: Skylane Prepurchase Advice (7) 24: The Big 34 (0) 23: Who’s the Terrorist Now? (3) 19: Irvine World News (4) 15: Plastic Airliners (3) 14: Mother Nature 1, Cirrus 0 (1) 13: Freaky Friday (3) 10: Go Sell Crazy Somewhere Else (6) 01: Going to Church (0) 01: Duck, Duck, Goose (3) December 2005 18: LAX Class B Airspace (3) 13: Southwest Airlines Midway Overrun Photos (4) 01: Randy “Duke” Cunningham (6) 01: Aircraft Ownership: Good Times (5) November 2005 26: Runway Incursions (4) October 2005 29: Death by Control Lock (16) 20: Skill vs. Judgement (6) 17: Washington ADIZ Proposal (4) 10: Farewell Marta (2) 08: Jet Blue 292 (6) 08: GPS: A VFR Requirement? (3) September 2005 08: Lessons from Athens (1) August 2005 31: C-130 Bird Strike (7) 30: Fuel for the Fire (5) 29: Foo Fighters Good; Sony Bad (5) 26: Dude, Where’s My GPS? (2) 24: Extra, Extra! (2) 23: Cancer Sucks (3) 23: Aviation Blogs (2) 22: Victor Belenko (0) 22: Bird Strike (0) 06: …Down Mexico Way (2) July 2005 27: South of the Border… (6) 26: Stealth (3) 25: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine (2) 23: Can America Compete? (0) 20: AIM Phraseology (0) 19: West Coast Cub Fly-In (0) 17: Air Ambulances (1) 13: No Inflation? (0) 11: Fighting Comment Spam (0) 08: Slow Flight (3) 07: Beans on Toast (2) 05: Fourth of July (0) 02: The Latest (1) June 2005 29: Back Off! (5) 22: Don’t Go Changin’ (1) 20: Smooch (1) 17: Mazel Tov (0) 16: Oh the Humanity (1) 15: I Learned About Flying From That (15) 14: Harmonia Baroque (2) 13: This Verdict Was Made For Walking (1) May 2005 11: Borrego MiniFest (4) April 2005 08: Goodbye TSA! (3) March 2005 31: Aviation Safer Than Ever (3) 29: Forget Milk. Got Fuel? (0) 28: Haute Voltige (5) 24: Airshow Pilot for a Day! (4) 22: Forfeiting Our Rights (5) February 2005 23: More Socal Airport Closures (3) 21: Airport Closures (0) 17: How Long Can You Tread Water? (0) 16: Never Rains, But it Pours (0) 01: More Corona Airport Disaster Photos (3) January 2005 31: Samson, Delilah, and Student Pilots (3) 14: You Take the Good, You Take the Bad (0) 13: Happy Birthday (2) 13: Corona Airport Update (6) 12: Corona Airport Flood Video (0) 11: Rain, Rain, Go Away (0) 10: New Year, New Job (0) December 2004 30: Checkrides with the FAA: Myth vs. Fact (2) 28: Stingy? (6) 23: Happy Festivus! (0) 21: Slow-motion helicopter main rotor video (6) 19: ATP Total CFI Program Day 14 (4) 18: The Aviator (0) 18: ATP Total CFI Program Day 13 (0) 17: ATP Total CFI Program Day 12 (0) 16: ATP Total CFI Program Day 11 (0) 15: ATP Total CFI Program Day 10 (0) 14: ATP Total CFI Program Day 9 (2) 13: ATP Total CFI Program Day 8 (0) 12: Baron to BUFF: Thanks (0) 12: ATP Total CFI Program Day 7 (1) 12: Ocean’s Twelve (0) 11: ATP Total CFI Program Day 6 (0) 10: ATP Total CFI Program Day 5 (0) 09: ATP Total CFI Program Day 4 (0) 08: ATP Total CFI Program Day 3 (0) 07: The Virtual Orchestra (2) 07: ATP Total CFI Program Day 2 (0) 06: ATP Total CFI Program Day 1 (1) 02: Goodbye Discovery Wings (2) 01: Success! (4) November 2004 22: A Refresher (1) 19: The Puffy Shirt Lives! (1) 18: Poetic Justice (0) 18: Oh, That Donation Was For 2004? (2) 16: Good Luck, Harry (0) 15: WordPress / Gallery Integration Problem Solved (24) 14: Updated Colophon (0) 12: Orange County Crush (1) 12: Turandot (0) 07: The Seinfelt (1) 07: The Winbook (2) 04: Subscribe to Comments (0) 03: Election Results: The Day After (9) 02: Election Day (0) October 2004 29: Lifetime Savings Accounts (0) 28: Poker, Anyone? (0) 27: Kerry Giving Up on Florida? (0) 18: The Narrow Field Landing (2) 18: Ewww (0) 16: Good News for UC Irvine (0) 16: More Proof that Rap is Crap (0) 14: How ‘Bout Some Coffee, Johnny? (2) 12: Commercial Development of Space (2) 06: Glider Training (6) 04: SpaceShipOne Team Wins the X Prize (0) September 2004 30: The Debate (6) 30: E-mail Is For E-mailing (0) 27: How Conservative is Orange County? (8) 24: eBay Goes Political (0) 21: Aircraft Crash Videos (104) 19: Hurricane Ivan (0) 18: Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (1) 16: Top Housing Markets (1) 14: A Modest Proposal (1) 12: C182 Service Manual For Sale (0) 10: Poker Night (5) 10: What’s the Forgery, Kenneth? (0) 09: Rep. Anthony Weiner Gives GA the Finger (0) 06: Extremism (1) 05: Sunday (0) 04: We’ll All Be Democrats (0) 04: A Simple Mistake? (0) 02: And We’re Off! (2) 01: Trouble in Kerryville (4) August 2004 31: Canada Dry (0) 30: Goodbye Cleveland Air Show, Hello Pulp Fiction (4) 27: Pop Goes the Bubble (5) 27: High Jumping the Olympic Shark (2) 26: La Paz Recap (3) 25: The Crazy Jackson (0) 13: Diving in La Paz (2) 12: Reality TV? (1) 12: The Other Shoe (0) 09: Death by Solitare (2) 07: Smart Move, Senator (6) 06: Goodbye 94M (3) July 2004 21: Sen. Charles Schumer: Idiot-in-Chief (6) 19: The Orange County Coastline (6) 17: Multi-Engine Instrument Rating (6) 09: The Moore You Know (2) 07: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2) 06: Fore! (2) 01: Now We’re Cookin’! (2) June 2004 29: Open That Wallet (2) 28: Sex, Drugs, and…. Mozart? (2) 27: Birthday Fun (2) 21: Rutan Does It Again (2) 16: So That Happened (2) 14: Converting to WordPress (0) April 2004 30: Northern California, Here I Come (2) 29: Should Indian Casinos Pay Taxes? (27) 28: Matthew Lesko (4) 27: Feel the Burn (0) 26: La commedia e finita! (2) 22: I’m a Damn Foreigner (1) 20: Son of a Beech (2) 18: Real Estate Speculation (18) 16: A Better Tax System (4) 15: Apache FLIR Video (7) 15: A ventitre ore! (0) 09: Kooks and Tinfoil Hats (2) 09: The X-Prize (3) 08: Baseball Salaries Drop (2) 07: Rwanda: Have We Learned Nothing? (3) 02: The Daily Kos (1) March 2004 31: Air America… Radio? (1) 30: Is the PIC Responsible for EVERYTHING? (0) 29: A New Kind of Domestic Terrorism (4) 28: First Flight! (0) 28: Nellis AFB: Fightertown USA (4) 26: Hit and Run (0) 24: Good Terrorists? (4) 24: Richard Clarke (2) 19: I Love My Palm (1) 18: An Angel’s Boo Boo (2) 17: Starsky! (5) 15: Semper Fi, Bob (0) 12: Vote, Dammit! (3) 08: Convertible Baron (2) 07: Fun With NTSB Reports (2) February 2004 26: A Bum Steer (1) 26: Skylane for Sale (0) 25: Saying Goodbye To An Old Friend (1) 23: Is The Housing Market Cooling Off? (4) 22: On Ralph Nader and Third-Party Candidates (2) January 2004 27: Look Ma, No Flight Controls (2) 26: Thunderbird Crash (57) 25: Getting Cosi With Opera (2) 07: Eurotrash (2) 05: The Dean Tax (9) December 2003 30: On Howard Dean (2) 29: Where Are the Armed Pilots? (5) 28: Elite Speak (9) 22: The Patriot Act (10) 22: Michael Rapp, Man of the Year (3) 19: Musical Rapps (2) 16: God Bless the Bellagio (3) 13: I Hate Signature (0) 12: The Real California Budget Problem (9) 11: Canadian Fruitcake (6) 10: Skywagon Christmas Skin (2) 10: Yes, They Were First (6) 06: The Housing Bubble (0) 04: Angel Flight (3) 03: The Ultimate Airbag (0) November 2003 30: The Pressure of a Name (7) 28: Goodbye Thanksgiving, Hello Christmas (2) 25: A Modest Proposal for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (8) 24: Hartzell vs. McCauley (8) 23: Grocery Strike (19) 22: The Frenzied Housing Market Redux (0) 20: Luck and the Wright Flyer (1) 18: The Frenzied Housing Market (10) 17: New Tool: URL Shortener (0) 17: Jumbolair (44) 13: The Concorde and the Starship (12) 12: Bread and Butter (0) 05: Assessing the Damage (3) 04: Just Say “No” to Macintosh (2) 03: Van Nuys Courthouse Shooting (2) October 2003 27: Flying and the California Fires (4) 24: On Crime and Punishment (2) 22: “Real” Flying (0) 09: Camera For Sale (0) 08: Who’s the Boss? (0) 07: Zoom-Zoom! (2) 06: The Wild Card Governor (0) 05: The House of Rapp is back! (2) October 1999 06: Jesse Ventura: Not Ready for Prime Time (0) September 1999 20: On American Society (0) 18: Sign Man (0) July 1999 19: Air Traffic Control, Jr. (0) 17: The Kennedy Connection (0) June 1999 22: FidoNet (0) 21: Travel Prep (0) 19: Three Days To Go (0) 19: Jack of All Trades, Master of None (0) 19: Pirates of Silicon Valley (0) 16: Annual Inspection (2) 15: Air Sickness (0) 12: Three California Moments (0) 11: Postcards from the Edge (0) May 1999 05: The Art of the Chase (0) 04: Lunch in Vegas (0) 03: Gun Control (0) 02: The Wet Burrito (0) April 1999 29: Terpsichore (0) 13: Tax Time (0) 08: Scud Running (0) 06: Daughter of the Regiment (0) March 1999 03: Greed (0) February 1999 28: Becoming a Shutterbug (0) 15: 30 Grant Ave (0) 13: San Francisco (0) 07: Soylent Green is People! (0) 02: First Catalina Flight (2) January 1999 24: Elizabeth Dole (0) 21: Leaving Las Vanguard (0) 19: Flying Dutchman (0) 07: Claimjumper (0) December 1998 24: The Checkride (0) 21: The Bellagio (0) 17: Taking It Easy? (0) 07: Bachelor Party in Tahoe (0) 01: Breaking and Entering (0) November 1998 20: Met Debut (0) October 1998 31: Halloween, Irvine Style (0) 02: The Case for Impeachment (0) September 1998 28: A Tale of Two Runways (0) 22: First Solo (1) 21: A Year Later (0) 06: Recovery (0) 05: Movie and a Ballgame (0) 04: Aquarium of the Pacific (0) 03: Magic Mountain (0) 02: Resting (0) 01: The Funky Monkey (0) August 1998 31: Sea World (0) 09: A Long-EZ and a Dream (0) 08: Nagasaki (0) 05: Cable Modem (0) July 1998 27: Hacked (0) 13: Indecision (0) 01: Military Honors (0) June 1998 18: The Last Days of Disco (0) 17: Pacific Playwrights Festival (0) 09: Beantown (0) 07: Littleton, NH (0) 03: Accident Prone (0) May 1998 28: Happy Trails, Phil (0) 25: Memorial Day (0) 24: Atari Asteroids (1) 19: Microsoft v. Dept. of Justice (2) 18: Pick Up Ax Finale (0) 16: The Voice II (0) 14: The Voice (0) 13: KFI AM 640 (17) 12: Playing in the Rain (0) 06: Cheer Up (0) April 1998 26: Pick Up Ax opens! (0) 25: My Worst Nightmare (0) 24: Down to the Wire (0) 12: Print Designs (0) 11: Deltanet (0) 10: Change (0) 02: Rain (0) 01: April Fool (0) March 1998 28: Mail Boxes Etc. (0) 27: Rejection (0) 25: Road Rage (0) 18: Uncle Sam’s Fandango (0) 15: Perspective (0) 14: CD-R Drives (0) 12: Leaf Blowers (0) 08: Skiing at Big Bear (0) 04: The Lost Wallet (0) 03: Bureacracy (0) February 1998 22: Fortune Cookies (0) 21: Burnout (0) January 1998 27: Distributed Computing (0) November 1997 26: Museum of Tolerance (0) 10: The Mikado (0) October 1997 20: Villa Lobos (0) 13: Seattle (0) July 1997 13: Lithotripted! (0) June 1997 11: Itty-Bit (0) May 1997 15: Old Times, Take Two (0) 13: Old Times (0) July 1990 05: Test Post (2) About the Author Ron Rapp is a Gulfstream G650 captain, instructor, and aviation writer specializing in tailwheel, aerobatic, experimental, formation, and glass-panel flying. He's also an aircraft owner, aerobatic competitor, and a National-level judge. 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