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The Few. The Proud. The Pelicans.

I’ve been working on a small video lately that I’ve called “The Pelicans”. It’s about life at Pelican Flight Training Center, and is partially themed on the U.S. Marine Corps commercials that have been going over here. It’s a response, in a way, to the old “NAIA Strong” video which was themed on the U.S. [...]

Asides

  • Heading home to Norway. Soon to board N512NK to Myrtle Beach. #
  • "En dag kommer Microsoft-PCer til å sitte på museum, og folk vil peke på dem og le" -sitat Daniel #
  • Updated the NAIA article on Wikipedia from a single-sentence stub to a proper entry, complete with an infobox, three paragraphs, external links and references. It can be found here. #
  • "[It] reminds me of the Facebook groups I've seen for procrastinators... "don't worry, you can join tomorrow" .." -Daniel #
  • From a pilot's operating handbook detailing the dangers of a non-recommended procedure: "..a stall may occur which may cause uncontrolled contact with the ground..." #
  • "Maintain high airspeed, lest the Earth should rise up from below and smite Thee!" -Barry Schiff #
  • First commercial theory stage test is passed #

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ozwegian [ɔz-wē'jən] adj. of or pertaining to Arthur Haakonsen; noun - Arthur Haakonsen; an Australian-Norwegian student pilot currently residing in the Fort Lauderdale area, Florida.
Arthur grew up in Oslo, Norway with Norwegian and Australian parents. He spent a sabbatical in Sydney, graduated from high school with an International Baccalaureate and served in the Royal Norwegian Air Force. After receiving his initial pilot’s license in Norway, he moved to the United States to pursue a professional pilot education.

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