above: my copilot needed a nap đ Montezuma’s revenge I once ate ice cream from a sketchy street vendor in Mexico. Though this treat was delicious, it was not my best idea. The rest of that evening and throughout the entire night, Montezuma was avenged. I survived with the help of friends, docs, and Pepto-Bismol,Continue reading “April 2024”
Author Archives: Bryan Martin
Smooth Brain
âI have been called many things over my short time on this earth; âhandsomeâ, âintelligentâ, âprofessionalâ, âyour highnessâ and the much more common, âdummyâ. By far and wide the largest commentator of the adjective âdummyâ is my internal monologue. Have you like me ever looked high and low for your sunglasses only to realize thatContinue reading “Smooth Brain”
FEBRUARY
I originally called our newsletter âPreparing for Impactâ. I thought it was a stroke of pure genius, as we are preparing for Kingdom impact. But my dear helpmeet correctly foresaw that folks may be nervous to fly with a pilot with a dark sense of humor. Through the course of naming the newsletter, something IContinue reading “FEBRUARY”
Why are we here?
  âWhere are you going?â Believe it or not, this is a question I have been asked and have even asked myself a lot lately. Currently, I am training for my instrument rating, a rating that will allow me to fly confidently in clouds. Clouds are great, and I am told they are important, butContinue reading “Why are we here?”
August 2023
above; My beloved “Shark Tank” âBryan, could you park in the back corner, I donât wanna be seen in that thing.â This is what my true love said about the mechanized contraption that I have grown so fond of. This hurtful statement was uttered on our way to church in Ohio one summer morning. âWhy?âContinue reading “August 2023”
Driving fancy flying lawnmowers in puffy floating ponds is Christianity in a nutshell.
Due to the overwhelming outcry by whiny pilots, Cessna aircraft company designed windshields for their new model â172â in 1954 so pilots could see what was in front of them. They designed an amazing piece of crystal-clear acrylic that protects the pilots from high-flying bird droppings and prevents damaging their all-important hairdo. I have enjoyedContinue reading “Driving fancy flying lawnmowers in puffy floating ponds is Christianity in a nutshell.”
The overwhelming blessing of G.P.S.
Look admit it⌠you would be hopelessly lost without GPS. You might be of a certain generation and think âHow dare this younginâ write âIâm hopelessly lost without GPSâ?â You might have warm and nostalgic memories of being completely lost and opening that trusted and stained 8-year-out-of-date atlas, only to discover you still donât haveContinue reading “The overwhelming blessing of G.P.S.”
MAY 2023
Looking down on people is now my favorite past time:)
January 2023
above: It’s not gold but she’s happy. Christmas travel woes Several thousand years ago a newlywed couple made a cross-country trip to their ancestral land. Today we like many others, make a similar trip. This is the story of our 2022 road trip up to PA.Our journey and the aforementioned trip by Mary and JoesphContinue reading “January 2023”
November 2022
above: my first day at Missionary Air Group. I love random facts that most definitely will never improve my life. When I share some fact with Maria she will often answer with a half-hearted âinterestingâ and then yawn. I will communicate to Maria interesting stories of spacecraft orbital mechanics and the crazy way Bernoulli’s principleContinue reading “November 2022”
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