Republican Debate

The Republican Debate was conducted at the Reagan Library tonight, and they flew into Burbank Airport this afternoon for the event. Romney was first, then McCain and Giuliani arrived a short time later. Below are the arrivals and HERE are more pictures of the event. Interestingly, Romney parked away and out of sight from McCain and Giuliani.

Romney:



Then McCain:



Then Giuliani:

Dog Surfing

I have a companion helping me surf the web.

Memphis Air Traffic

Here is an interesting display of good ‘ole hard air traffic controller’s work...

OMG

Argh..............I said NO dog..........

Packers Lost?

I'm still in shock over the Packer's losing to the NY Giants (congratulations Mike). We watched it at the Bolt's, even though our media center is better.

In Memory of Molly

Molly was just put down a half hour ago with sadness and fond memories. She will be greatly missed.

Another Day at the Office

Sunrise, then Sunset at Burbank Tower (Monday). It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it...

Good Bye!

Alicia and Casey had to say their good-byes last night, but not without a big hug!!!! We had a great time. Life is good

Training

We have 9 new trainees at Burbank Tower with only 12 controllers. Since Reagan fired all the controllers back in 1981, all of us controllers that are up for retirement are leaving and training the new generation. Here is what it looks like on “Black Friday” (one of the trainees wears black on Fridays so we all joined in).

Rose Bowl Flights

The Rose Bowl Game and Parade started with Hornet Jets over-flying the event. They flew into Burbank Airport the night before and took off nice and early for the parade. They were quite loud and exciting to watch. Please excuse the cellphone resolution...

They took off...



Then circled northwest of the Rose Bowl for about 10 minutes waiting for the event. Their call-sign was Raider51 (upper part of the radar screen). You can see the Rose Bowl at the right end of the picture.



Then they landed:


Then they parked. You can see the Coast Guard C130 that delivered the parachuters over the Bowl on the left:

Happy New Year!!

Sandy made a great breakfast (Dutch Babies) in honor of our distinguished guests, Alicia, Casey, and baby Theule. We’re watching the Rose Parade eating great food with them Louisville folk.