BIRTHDAY WISHES TO AL THE WEB GUY
FROM CAP’N MERYL
Link to this week’s column at USAToday.com/travel:
USA Today Column
I’m writing this on Al The Web Guy’s birthday and
want to wish him a very happy birthday. He gets at
least as crabby as I do on my own birthday if I
try to actually say it to him directly, so I
thought I’d mention it here and see if I could
just slip it by.
This week I was contacted by another female pilot
named Lynda Meeks, the creator of the new website:
www.girlswithwings.com: She hopes this new site
will encourage more young girls to consider a
future in aviation. Although the site is still in
its infancy, it is already a popular place to
visit to see other pilot’s biographies and photos
(so that girls will be able to picture “girl
pilots”), a store to buy t-shirts celebrating girl
pilots, and a forum to post pictures of the future
pilots wearing these great tees.
You can find my photo and bio there now, and we
have in turn placed the link for this site under
“Recommended Links” at our own
www.fromthecockpit.com. I hope you’ll pay a visit
and let the young ladies in your life know about
it. I only wish such a site had existed when I
was a little girl. However, since the Internet
itself didn’t yet exist I suppose it’s a moot
point. I’m quite sure my own career would have
taken off (please pardon the pun—it’s getting
late) earlier. I was twenty when I was pretty
much struck unconscious by the flying bug. A
little earlier would have been even better.
I was also contacted by James Green, a pilot for
Delta. Unless you’re very new to this Weekly
Update, you’ll remember I attended a seminar for
public speakers just a few weeks ago. In a room
of about a hundred people, I wound up sitting in
the front row next to James. We found out we were
both airline pilots only after the first day.
Delta and Northwest declared bankruptcy on the
same day during this seminar so we were able to
commiserate. James appears in my Photo Gallery in
the Cap’n Meryl & Friends Album. You can meet him
here:
James
Many of the people who attended this conference
are authors as well as speakers. James and I
promised to exchange books after returning home.
I just received his book called, “If There’s One
Thing I’ve Learned…” which is about people he
interviewed to discover their moments of truth.
He traveled across the country asking people what
they would do differently if they had a chance to
do some major things over again. You can read
more about his critically acclaimed book at his
site www.SoundViewPublishing.com and you can order
it here:
http://www.soundviewpublishing.com/book2.html
Now, let me tell you about my friend Karen Wira.
One night several years ago I was deadheading home
to Denver after one of my trips terminated in
Chicago. Deadheading simply means I was on duty
but flying as a passenger for that leg.
Seated next to me was a delightful woman and we
started talking. We’ve been friends ever since,
although she has since relocated from Denver to
Louisville, Kentucky.
As it happens, she’ll be in Denver this week and
is coming over to dinner with her sister who still
lives in Denver. Since we like Karen and her
sister, Al The Web Guy, who happens to be a
fantastic cook, will be doing the honors in the
kitchen. My own ineptitude with regard to cooking
is almost legendary, except when it comes to
eating. I’m good at that part.
But I digress. In any case, Karen contacted me a
week or so ago and asked if I’d be interested in
helping test a new flight-tracking system from a
“mobile device.” The only mobile devices I know
about are my car, some airplanes and a horse or
two.
I’m reasonably certain Karen was in fact referring
to cellphone users, but I just don’t use one.
Here is what she wrote:
FlyteComm is looking for a few volunteers to use
their new mobile application. They offer
real-time flight tracking from your mobile device.
If you are interested in participating and you
meet the following criteria, we will send the
application to your device:
1) You are a Sprint, Cingular, AT&T or T-Mobile
subscriber with a data/internet plan
2) You have a cell phone that supports java (if
you have a newer device and/or your phone has
games and other applications, it probably supports
java)
Please write directly to Karen at klwira@wira.biz
if you both qualify and you’re interested.
We just need your cell phone number, carrier
(Sprint, T-Mobile etc) and device type (example:
Sanyo 5600 or Motorola Razr) to send FlyteSource
Mobile to your device. You will receive an SMS
message with a link that initiates the download
when it is clicked. Simply follow the prompts on
your device to complete the download and begin
using the application.
Okay, then. Hopefully some of you will be willing
to help Karen out. Just one other reminder and
then I’ll sign off for now. My new book “Flights
of Whimsy – Quips ‘N’ Quotes” will be out soon. I
expanded this quote book just a tad and the
eventual retail price will be $11.95 plus
shipping. Until Christmas you can order it for
just $9.95 and I’ll throw in shipping for free.
Click here to order:
http://www.fromthecockpit.com/Gift_Ideas.html
I’ve also put autographed copies of my book “The
World At My Feet” on sale until Christmas in the
form of free shipping. Total price is $17.95.
Click here to order:
http://www.fromthecockpit.com/Gift_Ideas.html
And with that,
Until Next Time,
Maintain Airspeed!
Cap’n Meryl
www.fromthecockpit.com
www.flyingfearless.com
www.fromthecockpit.com/profile.htm
Link to this week’s column at USAToday.com/travel:
USA Today Column
I’m writing this on Al The Web Guy’s birthday and
want to wish him a very happy birthday. He gets at
least as crabby as I do on my own birthday if I
try to actually say it to him directly, so I
thought I’d mention it here and see if I could
just slip it by.
This week I was contacted by another female pilot
named Lynda Meeks, the creator of the new website:
www.girlswithwings.com: She hopes this new site
will encourage more young girls to consider a
future in aviation. Although the site is still in
its infancy, it is already a popular place to
visit to see other pilot’s biographies and photos
(so that girls will be able to picture “girl
pilots”), a store to buy t-shirts celebrating girl
pilots, and a forum to post pictures of the future
pilots wearing these great tees.
You can find my photo and bio there now, and we
have in turn placed the link for this site under
“Recommended Links” at our own
www.fromthecockpit.com. I hope you’ll pay a visit
and let the young ladies in your life know about
it. I only wish such a site had existed when I
was a little girl. However, since the Internet
itself didn’t yet exist I suppose it’s a moot
point. I’m quite sure my own career would have
taken off (please pardon the pun—it’s getting
late) earlier. I was twenty when I was pretty
much struck unconscious by the flying bug. A
little earlier would have been even better.
I was also contacted by James Green, a pilot for
Delta. Unless you’re very new to this Weekly
Update, you’ll remember I attended a seminar for
public speakers just a few weeks ago. In a room
of about a hundred people, I wound up sitting in
the front row next to James. We found out we were
both airline pilots only after the first day.
Delta and Northwest declared bankruptcy on the
same day during this seminar so we were able to
commiserate. James appears in my Photo Gallery in
the Cap’n Meryl & Friends Album. You can meet him
here:
James
Many of the people who attended this conference
are authors as well as speakers. James and I
promised to exchange books after returning home.
I just received his book called, “If There’s One
Thing I’ve Learned…” which is about people he
interviewed to discover their moments of truth.
He traveled across the country asking people what
they would do differently if they had a chance to
do some major things over again. You can read
more about his critically acclaimed book at his
site www.SoundViewPublishing.com and you can order
it here:
http://www.soundviewpublishing.com/book2.html
Now, let me tell you about my friend Karen Wira.
One night several years ago I was deadheading home
to Denver after one of my trips terminated in
Chicago. Deadheading simply means I was on duty
but flying as a passenger for that leg.
Seated next to me was a delightful woman and we
started talking. We’ve been friends ever since,
although she has since relocated from Denver to
Louisville, Kentucky.
As it happens, she’ll be in Denver this week and
is coming over to dinner with her sister who still
lives in Denver. Since we like Karen and her
sister, Al The Web Guy, who happens to be a
fantastic cook, will be doing the honors in the
kitchen. My own ineptitude with regard to cooking
is almost legendary, except when it comes to
eating. I’m good at that part.
But I digress. In any case, Karen contacted me a
week or so ago and asked if I’d be interested in
helping test a new flight-tracking system from a
“mobile device.” The only mobile devices I know
about are my car, some airplanes and a horse or
two.
I’m reasonably certain Karen was in fact referring
to cellphone users, but I just don’t use one.
Here is what she wrote:
FlyteComm is looking for a few volunteers to use
their new mobile application. They offer
real-time flight tracking from your mobile device.
If you are interested in participating and you
meet the following criteria, we will send the
application to your device:
1) You are a Sprint, Cingular, AT&T or T-Mobile
subscriber with a data/internet plan
2) You have a cell phone that supports java (if
you have a newer device and/or your phone has
games and other applications, it probably supports
java)
Please write directly to Karen at klwira@wira.biz
if you both qualify and you’re interested.
We just need your cell phone number, carrier
(Sprint, T-Mobile etc) and device type (example:
Sanyo 5600 or Motorola Razr) to send FlyteSource
Mobile to your device. You will receive an SMS
message with a link that initiates the download
when it is clicked. Simply follow the prompts on
your device to complete the download and begin
using the application.
Okay, then. Hopefully some of you will be willing
to help Karen out. Just one other reminder and
then I’ll sign off for now. My new book “Flights
of Whimsy – Quips ‘N’ Quotes” will be out soon. I
expanded this quote book just a tad and the
eventual retail price will be $11.95 plus
shipping. Until Christmas you can order it for
just $9.95 and I’ll throw in shipping for free.
Click here to order:
http://www.fromthecockpit.com/Gift_Ideas.html
I’ve also put autographed copies of my book “The
World At My Feet” on sale until Christmas in the
form of free shipping. Total price is $17.95.
Click here to order:
http://www.fromthecockpit.com/Gift_Ideas.html
And with that,
Until Next Time,
Maintain Airspeed!
Cap’n Meryl
www.fromthecockpit.com
www.flyingfearless.com
www.fromthecockpit.com/profile.htm
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