The Coast Guard’s USS Eagle is docked at Atlantic Salt just across from my home for six weeks. The Eagle is a barque that the Coast Guard uses as a sail school for its future officers. “Sail training still provides the best possible foundation for seamanship,” the Coast Guard wrote in spec sheets [...]
Mine Eyes Have Seen
Jones Beach Air Show – May 24, 2014
May 26, 2014I had not been to the Jones Beach Air Show since 2009. This year, Elsy and I went with Karl Strohmeyer, a friend I had been in contact with, but had not seen in nearly six years. The Jones Beach Air Show is now an hour shorter and aircraft such as the A-10 and the [...]