Friday, January 16, 2015Dr. Kayla W

Friday, January 16, 2015

Dr. Kayla Wopschall
She Did it!



Kayla Wopscall

Thursday while I was in Hong Kong, Kayla (my middle daughter) and University of Washington PhD student in Archaeology, defended her dissertation entitled “Akrotiri Aetokremnos and the Cypriot Pygmy Hippopotamus: An Interdisciplinary Look at a Late Pleistocene Large Mammal Extinction"



Working toward my own PhD program, I understand the effort and commitment that it took for her to undertake, and finish such a challenge while being a mom and working. Life has not always been easy, but it has always been full. In high school Kayla was on the track, swim, and dive teams. She was also a fabulous dancer, a club gymnast for years, a photographer and an incredible artist.



She went off to college at UCSB and continued in track and swimming. But she also found a passion in science, with an interest in Archeology. She crawled through caves that gave me the chills. She also began surfing while at school. Wish I had a photo of that!



During her college years, shortly after her 21st birthday, she had back surgery and was paralyzed. We were told she may never walk again. She did not believe them! The photo below was taken on my 43 birthday, as Kayla took her first steps without being able to feel her legs. The best gift in the world. Hard to believe 10 years has passed so quickly. Strength, perseverance and a positive attitude is what it took for her to defy the odds of not walking.



While in the hospital a counselor came by and asked Kayla what her plans were. She told the woman when she left the hospital she would attend her track banquet (two months out), return to summer school, and then get back on the track team. The counselor told Kayla she needed to make more "realistic" goals. Unrealistic has been the essence of her life and she accomplished them all.





She made back to the track team,
graduated college and walked up to get that diploma.



Today Kayla walks, but the journey down that path was not easy. Nothing worth having ever is. But if you're willing to do what it takes, you can do anything. She has also done some modeling too, and was in a commercial for the Tulalip Casino.

She designs the covers of my novels, too, and she is illustrating my children's book: I Am Awesome! So this young lady operates from the right and left brain... and her talents amaze me.



Kayla is the mother of Miles and Ellis, has 3 dogs, 2 cats and will be pursing a career in academia now that she has her doctorate. I'm thinking...there is nothing she cannot accomplish. She will be walking with her class this Spring, and I will be there.



Join me in Congratulating
Dr. Kayla Wopschall
on her recent accomplishment.

Something tells me there will be many more!

Enjoy the Journey!
XO Karlene
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Love From Aviation Universe!
Thank you Lora and Richard!



Last week was an emotional overloaded exhaustive week. And when those days occur, we wake up, smile, press forward and do the best we can. And throughout the day find moments that bring us joy. One such moment came in the mail!!



Lora (The heart and soul of Aviation Universe) made me a notebook with memories of the time spent in Kansas City, and flying for Braniff came flashing back. And... she added a class schedule for the PhD challenge, so I can keep track of my life. Past and Present meet in a wonderful gift.

Today I fly to HongKong. But before I leave I want to thank my special friends.



Thank you so much!
YOU made my day!

This is what Aviation is all about...
The people at
Aviation Universe

AU-holiday-wide

Enjoy the Journey!
XO Karlene
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Women Of Aviation 2015
Mark your calendar! Sign up! Schedule your days off. Whatever it takes get ready to be there!

Women in Aviation International

Join me at the 2015
Women of Aviation Conference!

Women in Aviation International

How to Find Me:

Thursday March 5: The Book Corner, 1-3
Saturday March 7: The Book Corner, 10:45-12:15



I am Hosting a Seminar:

Flight To Success, Be the Captain of Your Life

Saturday March 7: Coronado B 3:00-4:00




I am looking forward to meeting you!
And together we can help you reach the success you deserve, and make all your dreams come true!




Click on Women In Aviation
and register for the conference!

If you're not a member, join for the discount and give them my number as a sponsor: 46404





Enjoy the Journey!
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Sunday, January 11, 2015

Dream. Believe. Achieve.

Anything Is Possible! After a challenging week, I pulled it all together over the weekend and made positive steps moving Flight To Success that much closer to reality. I'm hoping for a February 1st release date. Nothing is impossible if you never give up and always work toward your goal.




Flight To Success
Be The Captain Of Your Life

Inspiration, motivation and lessons learned...

Flight to Success is my journey through eight airlines, seven type ratings, two master’s degrees, and motherhood. Intertwined with my stories are those of others who share their successes, failures, losses, fears, hopes and dreams. We have all learned from our experiences. My gift is to share them with you. A key aspect of being a good pilot is compounding experience, and to learn from others. The best flight tips I’ve received have come from hangar talk, and from people I've met along the way.



This inspirational, motivational book will take you on a journey of my life, to assist you with yours. How did I do it? Why didn’t I quit? Where did I find the time, courage, stamina, and strength to persevere during the most challenging times? The answers to these questions and many more will be answered.

What drives people to phenomenal success? The secret correlates with many aspects of flight. If you apply these tips to your everyday life there will be nothing you cannot accomplish. Life is about choice. The choice now, is to open your mind and heart and begin to dream.

Be prepared to takeoff for the flight of your life, and enjoy the journey.

Welcome aboard your Flight To Success!
(Soon to Be released)

XO Karlene
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

What Happened to Air Asia 8501?
While we wait for the aircraft and black box to be pulled from the bottom of the Java Sea, there is a ton of speculation as to what happened.



Captain Bill Palmer, author of Understanding AF447 wrote a great article: How Air Asia 8501 compares to Air France 447. Included in this article he says,

"Many parallels between Air Asia 8501 and Air France 447 in June, 2009 are obvious. Both aircraft were lost in thunderstorm areas of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Both crashed at sea where floating debris drifted for days from the point of contact with the sea before being discovered, and both were sophisticated fly-by-wire Airbus aircraft (though different models).

While flying into a thunderstorm is always to be avoided, it not likely the sole cause of the accident. The reported requests by the crew to deviate course and change altitude seeking to avoided thunderstorm cells and turbulence are completely normal..."



Captain Palmer is correct... it is never one thing. However, had the pilots not flown into that storm, that plane would still be flying today. Do we blame a bridge for the death of a person who jumps? Or do we blame the height, the depth of water, the roughness of the current or the inability to swim?

Unlike AF447, whose pilots flew at night with an improper radar setting and were caught by surprise, Air Asia 8501 pilots flew in daylight, knew the storm was there, attempted to go around and then over the storm at an altitude 1000 feet below the aircraft service ceiling.



An airline I once instructed at, demonstrates to their pilots during training the performance of a heavy A320 at maximum altitude (39,000 feet). In stable conditions, the stall and flying speed were divided by a narrow margin of 10 to 15 knots. A turn, or any turbulence, could cause the aircraft to stall. Imagine the plane balancing on the tip of a needle. Add turbulence of a storm that grew to 50,000 feet, with updrafts and cross winds, freezing conditions, moisture, etc., you have just flown into the perfect storm without a way out. Conditions that cannot be duplicated in a simulator.



The question should not be what brought down that plane, but how do we keep pilots from flying into such storms.

When I stated that we needed weather training, this had nothing to do with added simulator training. I was talking about weather theory, so pilots would understand the power of these storms and how to avoid them. Pilots must educate themselves on how to read weather charts, and understand weather systems associated with geographical areas they fly.


Did you know:

"The weather in the ITCZ has some unique qualities compared to your average thunderstorm over land. The storms are driven by the convergence of airflow patterns between the northern and southern hemispheres of the Earth in addition to the usual factors of warm moist air and unstable atmospheric conditions.

The height of the stratosphere –- which tends to put a cap on the height of thunderstorm growth averages about 35,000 feet over the mid latitudes (such as that of mainland USA), but reaches to 50,000 feet or more in the ITCZ, providing for the growth of thunderstorms to great heights and accompanying intensity. These features can lead to some unusual conditions such as icing or heavy rain within those storms where it may not normally be expected, as was the case with AF 447 when its airspeed-sensing p

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Dé hAoine, 16 EANÁIR, 2015 Dr Kayla Wopschall ! An raibh sí sé Kayla Wopscall Déardaoin nuair a bhí mé i Hong Cong, Kayla (mo iníon lár) agus Ollscoil mac léinn PhD Washington i Seandálaíocht, a chosaint ar a tráchtas dar teideal "Akrotiri Aetokremnos agus an Dallóg Cipire dobhareach: An Féach idirdhisciplíneach ag Déanach Pléisticéinea Múchadh Mamach Mór " Ag obair i dtreo mo chlár PhD féin, tuigim an iarracht agus an tiomantas a bhí sé as a cuid a ghabháil de láimh, agus den sórt sin dúshlán a chríochnú agus a bheith ina mamaí agus oibre. Ní Saol i gcónaí éasca, ach bhí sé i gcónaí iomlán. Sa scoil ard a bhí Kayla ar na foirne rian, snámh, agus tumadh. Bhí sí ina rinceoir fabulous, a gymnast club ar feadh na mblianta, grianghrafadóir agus ealaíontóir dochreidte. Chuaigh sí amach chun coláiste ag UCSB agus lean i rianú agus snámha . Ach fuair sí freisin paisean san eolaíocht, a bhfuil spéis acu i Seandálaíocht. crawled sí tríd an phluais a thug dom an chills. Thosaigh sí surfing agus ag scoil. Is mian Bhí mé grianghraf de sin! Le linn a bliana coláiste, go gairid tar éis di lá breithe 21, bhí sí ar ais máinliacht agus bhí pairilis. Dúradh linn nach féidir léi siúl arís. Ní raibh sí a chreidiúint iad! An grianghraf thíos tógadh ar mo 43 lá breithe, mar a thóg sí Kayla chéad chéimeanna gan a bheith in ann a bhraitheann ar a cosa. An bronntanas is fearr sa domhan. Deacair a chreidiúint 10 mbliana a rith chomh tapa. Tá neart, buanseasmhacht agus dearcadh dearfach cad a thóg sé as a cuid chun defy an odds nach siúl. Cé gur san ospidéal a tháinig comhairleoir ag agus d'iarr Kayla cad a bhí cuid pleananna. Dúirt sí an bhean nuair a d'fhág sí an t-ospidéal go mbeadh sí ag freastal ar a féasta rian (dhá mhí amach), ar ais ar scoil samhraidh, agus ansin a fháil ar ais ar an bhfoireann rian. An comhairleoir dúirt Kayla gá léi a dhéanamh níos mó "réalaíoch" spriocanna. Neamhréadúil bhí an croílár a saoil agus a chur i gcrích sí iad go léir. Rinne sí ar ais go dtí an fhoireann rian, céim coláiste agus shiúil suas a fháil go dioplóma. Sa lá atá inniu Kayla siúlóidí, ach ní raibh an turas síos go cosán éasca. Ní dhéanfaidh aon ní fiú a bheith riamh. Ach má tá tú sásta a dhéanamh cad a thógann sé, is féidir leat aon rud a dhéanamh. Tá sí ag déanamh roinnt samhaltú freisin, agus bhí i tráchtála don Casino Tulalip. dearaí sí an Clúdaíonn mo úrscéalta, freisin, agus tá sí ag léiriú leabhar mo leanaí: Am I Awesome! Mar sin, oibríonn an bhean óg ón gceart agus inchinn ar chlé ... agus a buanna amaze dom. Is Kayla máthair Miles agus Ellis, tá 3 madraí, 2 cait agus beidh pursing gairme i saol acadúil anois go bhfuil sí dochtúireachta. Tá mé ag smaoineamh ... nach bhfuil aon rud nach féidir léi a chur i gcrích. Beidh sí a bheith ag siúl leis an rang seo Earraigh, agus beidh mé a bheith ann. Bí dom i comhghairdis Dr Kayla Wopschall ar a hIodáile déanaí. Insíonn Rud dom go mbeidh go leor níos mó! Bain sult as an Turas! XO Karlene FacebookTweetLinkedInGoogle + Ríomhphost Posted by Karlene Petitt ag 12:00 12 comments Dé Céadaoin, 14 Eanáir, 2015 Grá Ó Eitlíochta Cruinne! Go raibh maith agat Lora agus Richard! Ba tseachtain seo caite seachtain uileghabhálach mhothúchánach overloaded. Agus nuair a tharlaíonn na laethanta sin, múscail muid suas, aoibh gháire, brúigh ar aghaidh agus a dhéanamh ar an chuid is fearr is féidir linn. Agus i rith an lae a aimsiú chuimhneacháin a thabhairt dúinn áthas. One nóiméad den sórt sin a tháinig sa phost !! Lora (An croí agus anam na Eitlíochta Cruinne) rinne mé leabhar nótaí le cuimhní cinn ar an am a chaitear i Kansas City, agus ag eitilt do Braniff tháinig flashing ais. Agus ... a dúirt sí sceideal rang don dúshlán PhD, mar sin is féidir liom a choinneáil ar mo shaol. Le chéile san am atá thart agus láthair i mbronntanas iontach. Sa lá atá inniu liom eitilt go HongKong. Ach sula bhfágann mé Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le mo chairde speisialta. Go raibh míle maith agat an méid sin! rinne TÚ mo lá! Is é seo a bhfuil Eitlíochta fad faoi ... na daoine ag Eitlíochta Cruinne fud AU-lá saoire Bain sult as an Turas! XO Karlene FacebookTweetLinkedInGoogle + Ríomhphost Posted by Karlene Petitt ag 12:00 2 comments DÉ MÁIRT, 13 Eanáir, 2015 Mná As Eitlíochta 2015 Mark do féilire! Cláraigh! Sceideal do lá saor. ! Cibé rud a thógann sé a fháil réidh le bheith ann Mná i Eitlíochta Idirnáisiúnta Bí liom ag an 2015 Mná Comhdháil Eitlíochta! Mná i Eitlíochta Idirnáisiúnta Conas a Faigh Mise: Déardaoin 5 Márta: An Corner Leabhar, 1-3 Dé Sathairn 7ú Márta: An Corner Leabhar , 10: 45-12: 15 Tá mé ag óstáil Seimineár: Eitilte Chun Rath, Bí ar an Captaen Do Bheatha Dé Sathairn 7ú Márta: Coronado B 3: 00-4: 00 Tá mé ag tnúth le bualadh leat! Agus le chéile is féidir linn cabhrú a shroicheann tú an rath ag dul duit, agus a dhéanamh do gach aisling teacht fíor! Cliceáil ar Mhná I Eitlíocht agus clárú don chomhdháil! Mura bhfuil tú i do bhall, páirt a ghlacadh chun lascaine agus a thabhairt dóibh ar mo uimhir mar urraitheoir: 46404 Bain sult as an Turas! XO Karlene FacebookTweetLinkedInGoogle + Ríomhphost Posted by Karlene Petitt ag 12:00 0 comments Dé Domhnaigh 11 Eanáir, 2015 Dream. Creid. A bhaint amach. Rud ar bith An bhfuil Féideartha! Tar éis seachtain dúshlánach, tharraing mé go léir le chéile thar an deireadh seachtaine agus rinne céimeanna dearfacha ag gluaiseacht Eitilte Chun Rath go bhfuil i bhfad níos gaire do réaltacht. Tá mé ag súil le 1 Feabhra dáta scaoilte. Ní dhéanfaidh aon ní is dodhéanta má tá tú riamh a thabhairt suas agus ag obair i dtreo do sprioc. Gcónaí Eitilte Chun Rath Bí ar an Captaen Of Your Life Inspiration, inspreagadh agus ceachtanna a foghlaimíodh ... Tá Eitilte go Rath mo thuras trí ocht aerlínte, seacht rátálacha cineál, céimeanna dhá máistreachta , agus mháithreachais. Fite fuaite le mo scéalta daoine eile a pháirtíonn a rath, teipeanna, caillteanais, eagla, dóchas agus aisling. Táimid tar éis foghlaim go léir as ár dtaithí. Is é mo bhronntanas chun iad a roinnt le leat. Is gné lárnach de bheith ina phíolóta maith taithí a chumasc, agus foghlaim ó dhaoine eile. Na leideanna eitilte is fearr mé a fuair mé ó caint hangar, agus ó dhaoine atá bhuail mé feadh na slí. Beidh an spreagthach, leabhar spreagúil a ghlacann tú ar thuras de mo shaol, chun cabhrú leat le mise. Conas a rinne mé é? Cén fáth nach raibh mé éirí as an tobac? I gcás ina raibh mé ag teacht ar an am, misneach, stamina, agus neart a persevere i rith na hamanna is dúshlánaí? Na freagraí ar na ceisteanna seo agus beidh go leor eile a fhreagairt. Cad a thiomáineann daoine chun rath phenomenal? Comhghaolú an rún le go leor gnéithe den eitilt. Má dhéanann tú iarratas ar na leideanna chun do shaol laethúil beidh rud ar bith nach féidir leat a chur i gcrích. Tá an saol faoi rogha. Anois tá an rogha, a oscailt d'intinn agus croí agus tús a chur aisling. Bí réidh le takeoff don eitilt de do shaol, agus taitneamh a bhaint an turas. Fáilte ar bord do Eitilte Chun Rath! (Go gairid a bheith scaoileadh) XO Karlene FacebookTweetLinkedInGoogle + Ríomhphost Posted by Karlene Petitt ag 03:26 7 comments Dé Céadaoin 7 Eanáir, 2015 Cad a tharla do Aeir hÁise 8501? Cé fanacht againn le haghaidh an t-aerárthach agus bosca dubh a ceirteacha tarraingthe ó bun an Mhuir Java, tá a ton tuairimíocht . maidir le cad a tharla Captaen Bill Palmer, scríobh údar an AF447 Tuisceana airteagal mór: Conas Aeir Áise 8501 i gcomparáid le Air France 447. San áireamh san Airteagal seo a deir sé, "Tá go leor comhthreomhar idir Aeir Áise 8501 agus Air France 447 i mí an Mheithimh, 2009 Is soiléir. cailleadh an dá aerárthach i gceantair thoirní an Coinbhéirseachta Chrios Intertropical (ITCZ). crashed an dá ar muir nuair a drifted smionagar ar snámh le haghaidh laethanta ó phointe teagmhála leis an bhfarraige sula fuair, agus an dá bhí sofaisticiúla eitilt-ar-sreang aerárthach Airbus (cé múnlaí éagsúla). Cé go bhfuil ag eitilt isteach i thoirní i gcónaí a sheachaint, ní dócha go bhfuil an chúis amháin ar an timpiste. Na hiarrataí a thuairiscigh an fhoireann a imeacht cúrsa agus airde athraithe ag iarraidh chun cealla thoirní sheachaint agus suaiteacht go hiomlán gnáth ... " Tá Captaen Palmer ceart ... riamh go bhfuil sé rud amháin. Mar sin féin, bhí na píolótaí nach foluain isteach stoirm, bheadh ​​eitleáin fós ag eitilt inniu. An bhfuil an milleán againn droichead do bhás duine a jumps? Nó a dhéanann muid an milleán ar an airde, doimhneacht an uisce, an roughness an reatha nó an míchumas a bheith ag snámh? Murab ionann agus AF447, a bhfuil a píolótaí flew san oíche le suíomh radar míchuí agus bhí gafa ag iontas, flew Aeir Áise 8501 píolótaí i solas an lae, bhí a fhios go raibh an stoirm ann, iarracht chun dul timpeall agus ansin thar an stoirm ag airde 1,000 troigh faoi bhun an uasteorainn aerárthach seirbhís. An aerlíne ordaigh mé uair amháin ar léiríonn, ar a píolótaí le linn oiliúint ar fheidhmíocht A320 trom ag airde uasmhéid (39,000 troigh). I coinníollacha cobhsaí, bhí an stalla agus ag eitilt luas arna roinnt corrlach caol 10 go 15 muirmhíle. A uain, nó aon suaiteacht, d'fhéadfadh a chur faoi deara an t-aerárthach a stalla. Samhlaigh an eitleáin ag cothromú ar an barr le snáthaid. Cuir suaiteacht an stoirm a fhás go 50,000 troigh, le updrafts agus gaotha tras, coinníollacha reo, taise, etc, tá tú eitlíodh iontu díreach isteach sa stoirm foirfe gan ar bhealach amach. Coinníollacha nach féidir a dhúbailt i Insamhlóir. Níor chóir an cheist a bheith cad a thug síos go eitleáin, ach conas is féidir linn píolótaí a choinneáil ó eitilt isteach stoirmeacha den sórt sin. Nuair a dúirt mé gur gá dúinn oiliúint aimsir, bhí an rud a dhéanamh le hoiliúint Insamhlóir a leanas . Bhí mé ag caint faoi teoiric aimsir, agus mar sin bheadh ​​píolótaí tuiscint a fháil ar an chumhacht na n-stoirmeacha agus conas iad a sheachaint. . Ní mór Píolótaí féin oideachas a chur ar conas a léamh cairteacha aimsire, agus córais aimsire a bhaineann le limistéir gheografacha a théann siad tuiscint a fháil ar a fhios agat: "Tá an aimsir sa ITCZ roinnt cáilíochtaí ar leith i gcomparáid le do thoirní meán thar thalamh na stoirmeacha atá tiomáinte ag an. chóineasú phatrúin airflow idir na leathsféar thuaidh agus theas an Domhain sa bhreis ar na fachtóirí is gnách ar an aer tais te agus coinníollacha atmaisféaracha éagobhsaí. Ní rachaidh airde an strataisféar - a bhfuil claonadh a chur caipín ar an airde na meáin fáis thoirní thart 35,000 cosa thar lár na latitudes (cosúil le go mórthír Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá), ach sroicheann 50,000 troigh nó níos mó sa ITCZ, ag soláthar i leith fhás na clear airde mór agus déine a ghabhann leis. Is féidir leis na gnéithe mar thoradh ar roinnt coinníollacha neamhghnácha, mar shampla icing nó báisteach trom laistigh de na stoirmeacha nuair nach féidir é a bheith ag súil, de ghnáth mar a bhí an cás le AF 447 nuair a Airspeed-sensing p