Saturday was a nice day in Chicago. The temperature and humidity belied what should normally have been the front end of the hot, Midwest summer season. It was simply beautiful and BC, my two-year-old Harley Fat Boy, was projecting a subconscious message to me, "Let's go ride, writer-boy."
I have always been good at resisting pretty much anything except temptation. Thus lured, I wheeled BC out of the garage onto the driveway, put on a pair of sunglasses and an American flag do-rag, and hit the starter. The distinctive, deep Harley-Davidson "pop POP, pop POP" rumble instantly evaporated any thought of deadlines, bills stacked up waiting to be paid or wading through the stack on my desk labeled: Do This Today or Die.
Lombardo covers business aviation maintenance-related issues. He is also a writer and on-air reporter for AINtv. He has over 3000 articles published and is the author of several books on aircraft systems for pilots and on the topic of flight simulation.
He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in education from the University of Illinois, has taught aviation for over 35 years in industry and as a university professor and academic dean at three different universities. He is also a frequent seminar and after-dinner motivational speaker.
Lombardo holds an A&P Certificate, ATP, CFI and Ground Instructor ratings. He was a corporate pilot and was a research pilot and flight instructor at the University of Illinois. An FAA Safety Counselor for over 25 years, he was one of the original 13 Counselors appointed to the FAA’s Airworthiness Safety Program for maintenance technicians.
