Category: Travel

By:Capt. W. Patrick Gordon, M.Sc.​September – October 1997​Harley Davidson Owner’s Magazine I am employed as an executive jet pilot (Falcon 900) in the Middle East and I have been a freelance writer for many years. Normally, I ride alone at night, especially during hot, humid summer months when the daytime temperatures are mind numbing but…

By:Capt. W. Patrick Gordon, M.Sc.Gulf Weekly March 1995 (UAE) When I asked Emily to marry me, those many years ago, she said yes, but with conditions (Why is it that the women always get to set the conditions?) Condition one was that I learned to dance and condition two was that I learned to ski.…

By:Capt. W. Patrick Gordon, M.Sc.(Written before the Nepal earthquake. Best to recheck information if you are thinking of going.) My wife, Emily, and I have made several trips to Nepal over the years. However, those trips were for the purpose of mountain trekking or river running. It never occurred to us to go to Nepal…

By:Capt. W. Patrick Gordon, M.Sc.April 1997 In the middle of my back-swing at the Mt. Kenya Safari Club, Golf Course, I was momentarily put off by a sound I hadn’t heard in ages. After years of not hearing a particular sound it seems only faintly familiar. You hear it but the brain does a faint…

By:Capt. W. Patrick Gordon, M.Sc.April 1997(Aviation International News acceptd this article but I don’t know if they ever printed it.) Flying over Saudi Arabia at 35,000 feet my flight crew and I were discussing our upcoming, two-day stopover in Damascus, Syria. Damascus isn’t a place I visit often but it’s a fascinating, history-laden city that’s…

By:Capt. W. Patrick Gordon, M.Sc.July 1994Aviation International News From the Middle East to Beijing you have a choice of two routes. One, the most appropriate for twin-engine aircraft, is the southern route via somewhere like Dhaka, Bangladesh, then on around the eastern end of the Himalayas. The other route, approximately two and a half hours shorter,…