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W. Patrick Gordon

W. Patrick Gordon

The Masters, Live in 21 Hours

April 5th, 2022, 9:30 PM, Tuesday night, nearly my bedtime, the telephone rang, I ignored it. No good news comes that late at night. My…

Apr 8, 2022

The Masters, Live in 21 Hours

Apr 8, 2022

W. Patrick Gordon

Speed Dating

It was speed dating. It wasn’t called that back then, but the result was the same. It was America, the early seventies, and the notion of…

Feb 15, 2022

Feb 15, 2022

W. Patrick Gordon

Weapons of Mass Distractions

Writer, Os Guiness, is credited with coining the phrase “weapons of mass distraction,” in his book, “Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of…

Feb 11, 2022

Weapons of Mass Distractions

Feb 11, 2022

W. Patrick Gordon

Dr. Josef Mengele, The Interview That Wasn’t.

Vernon and I were both relieved when we taxied clear of the runway at the airport in Asunción. It had been a long, hard flight and we were…

Nov 3, 2021

Dr. Josef Mengele, The Interview That Wasn’t.

Nov 3, 2021

W. Patrick Gordon

Nasser

Nasser and I became friends while I was an expatriate American, employed in the United Arab Emirates. My wife and I lived there for 28 very…

Oct 23, 2021

Nasser

Oct 23, 2021

W. Patrick Gordon

UFO/UAP/WTH

UFO-Unidentified Flying Object

Jul 26, 2021

UFO/UAP/WTH

Jul 26, 2021

W. Patrick Gordon

Stock Splits

Professional investors, the talking heads on television and the Internet, often deride stock splits. Paraphrasing their reviews of splits…

Jun 28, 2021

Stock Splits

Jun 28, 2021

W. Patrick Gordon

White Oak Conservation & Golf

A dozen of us from The Golf Club of Amelia Island, FL wandered off our home grounds recently to play golf at White Oak Conservation…

Jun 5, 2021

White Oak Conservation & Golf

Jun 5, 2021

W. Patrick Gordon

A Comanche 400 & Ice

Late October in Missouri can be wonderfully good or horribly bad for flying. Sometimes both, in the same day. I was on the way back to…

May 27, 2021

A Comanche 400 & Ice

May 27, 2021

W. Patrick Gordon

The Stearman

George and I had become friends through our mutual fascination with aviation. George had come up with the idea of a monthly, used airplane…

May 13, 2021

The Stearman

May 13, 2021

W. Patrick Gordon

W. Patrick Gordon

Capt. Pat is a former international business jet pilot, aviation executive & consultant and writer. Find out more about him at www.captainpatrickgordon.com

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