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Author Archives: R.P. Churchill
Oakland/Berkeley/San Francisco
Today I stopped in to Berkeley and Oakland to see family. I didn’t actually see the Bay on this trip except a glimpse as I was coming over the hill towards upper Berkeley. I always love visiting, swing dancing, hitting … Continue reading
Yosemite
Yup, geology is interesting.
The Spruce Goose and Crater Lake
Transportation and engineering are cool, but geology and topography turn out to be pretty cool as well. I rushed through the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, OR, just south of Portland, when it opened, and then hustled down … Continue reading
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Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, Home of the Spruce Goose
Today I visited with friends and family in Seattle, got my car in for routine service (oil/filter/rotate/fluids), and pre-positioned down to McMinnville, OR, home of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum and the Spruce Goose. If feats of engineering and … Continue reading
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Hell’s Gate Airtram
Finally dropping down out of Canada on the way to Seattle took me through a long section of the Frasier Gorge. I’m meeting friends and family in Seattle so I didn’t have to kill myself driving every minute, which allowed … Continue reading
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Hello, Skagway, AK
The die rolls for today’s maintenance actions came up with good numbers and progress resumed, ending in Skagway, Alaska. The Yukon was the eleventh Canadian province I’ve gotten to, and Alaska the fiftieth state. That’s enough accomplishment for one day.
Hello, Fort Nelson, BC
Couple of things to report. One, the simulations of maintenance logistics I worked on with RTR Technologies, while working on and with the Aircraft Maintenance Model, incorporated a number of concepts. Many of these were defined in the NAMP (Naval … Continue reading
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Hello, Fort St. John, BC
I’m getting to spend some quality time in Fort St. John, BC, only three hours from today’s starting point in Manning, AB. It wasn’t unexpected, having spent a lot of time simulating scheduled and unscheduled maintenance procedures. The stuff that … Continue reading
Yellowknife, Northwest Territory to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
It’ll be longer, but smarter, to go the long way through Grande Prarie, Alberta. As a bonus, there’s a Starbucks in Grande Prarie đŸ™‚
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Sometimes it’s not about the computer, management, analysis, or much of anything else.