Author Archives: Chris Penningroth

Left is Right

Posted on Tue, 11 July 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    When is the "Left" right? When you’re driving in Japan (or England, or Singapore).      I just bought a car with a number of ‘firsts."  It’s my first Toyota.  It’s my first four-wheel drive.  And it’s the first car … Continue reading →

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Nippon

Posted on Fri, 07 July 2006 by Chris Penningroth

     I arrived in Japan for the first time ever about a week-and-a-half ago.  Actually, I’ve touched Japanese soil before (if you count the Narita International Airport terminal ‘soil’) on several occassions.  This was the first time I actually stayed … Continue reading →

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Annoyances

Posted on Fri, 07 July 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    I was in my hometown of St Louis last week.  There were a couple of issues that came up that I thought I’d vent about.  There isn’t necessarily any rhyme nor reason to it, they’re just little things I … Continue reading →

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Heiliger Ludwig

Posted on Thu, 22 June 2006 by Chris Penningroth

     I’m spending some quality time with my wife in my home-town! If you’re in the vicinity of St Louis, stop by or call and say "Hello!"

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Sorry, What Was the News?

Posted on Sun, 18 June 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    Megyn Kendall was just interviewing Ann Coulter on Big Story Primetime.  (Caution:  Second link not recommended for my left-of-center friends.  You must lean at least this far right to view Ann’s blog:   _ _ _ _ _ —> … Continue reading →

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Fini

Posted on Sat, 17 June 2006 by Chris Penningroth

     Wednesday I flew my last syllabus flight, the 2nd of two Surface Attack Tactics (SAT).  We briefed up a set of medium-altitude GBU-24 (GBU stands for ‘Guided Bomb Unit) attacks complete with threat reactions and threw in a … Continue reading →

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Close!

Posted on Tue, 13 June 2006 by Chris Penningroth

     The first thing on the agenda this morning was a change of command.  BGen Rand handed the Luke AirPatch over to BGen (sel) Jones.  The ceremony was at about 0900, and it was already about 100o F out on … Continue reading →

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Ground Abort

Posted on Tue, 13 June 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    Friday, I spent several tedious hours mission planning.  I woke-up early this morning, spending four hours anticipating a great flight in some of the best weather we’ve had here in four weeks.  Preflight, engine start and setup of flight … Continue reading →

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Thanks * 10^100!

Posted on Sun, 11 June 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    Good news, everyone! Weltanschauung has finally made it to the Google search engine and also into the Technorati search engine.  

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Turning Night Into Green

Posted on Fri, 09 June 2006 by Chris Penningroth

    Last night was the night Surface Attack Tactics (SAN) flight.  It was not really so much tactics as it was administratively getting me warmed up to fly tactically at night.  This was one of those painful flights that the … Continue reading →

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