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!

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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:

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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
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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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Jumat, Januari 16, 2015Dr Kayla WopschallDia melakukannya! Kayla WopscallKamis sementara aku berada di Hong Kong, Kayla (putri tengah saya) dan mahasiswa Universitas Washington PhD arkeologi, membela nya disertasi yang berjudul "Akrotiri Aetokremnos dan the Cypriot Pygmy kuda nil: interdisipliner terlihat di akhir Pleistosen besar mamalia punah"Bekerja ke arah program PhD saya sendiri, saya memahami upaya dan komitmen yang dibutuhkan baginya untuk melakukan, dan menyelesaikan sebuah tantangan sementara menjadi seorang ibu dan bekerja. Hidup tidak selalu mudah, tetapi selalu penuh. Di sekolah tinggi Kayla berada di trek, berenang, dan menyelam tim. Dia adalah juga seorang penari yang hebat, seorang pesenam club selama tahun, seorang fotografer dan seniman yang luar biasa.Dia pergi ke perguruan tinggi di UCSB dan tetap di trek dan berenang. Tapi ia juga menemukan semangat dalam ilmu, dengan minat arkeologi. Dia merangkak melalui gua-gua yang memberi saya menggigil. Dia juga mulai surfing saat di sekolah. Berharap aku punya foto itu!Selama kuliah tahun, tak lama setelah ulang tahun ke-21, dia kembali operasi dan lumpuh. Kami diberitahu ia tidak pernah dapat berjalan lagi. Dia tidak percaya! Foto dibawah ini diambil pada 43 saya ulang tahun, sebagai Kayla mengambil langkah-langkah pertama tanpa bisa merasa kakinya. Hadiah terbaik di dunia. Sulit untuk percaya 10 tahun telah berlalu begitu cepat. Kekuatan, ketekunan dan sikap positif adalah apa yang dibutuhkan baginya untuk menentang kemungkinan tidak berjalan.Sementara di rumah sakit seorang konselor datang dan memintanya Kayla apa rencana itu. Dia berkata kepada perempuan ketika ia meninggalkan rumah sakit ia akan menghadiri lagu nya Perjamuan (dua bulan keluar), kembali ke sekolah musim panas, dan kemudian kembali pada tim atletik. Yang dikatakan konselor Kayla ia diperlukan untuk membuat lebih banyak gol "realistis". Realistis telah menjadi inti dari hidupnya dan dia menyelesaikan mereka semua. Dia membuat kembali ke tim atletik, lulus kuliah dan berjalan ke mendapatkan ijazah itu.Hari Kayla berjalan, tetapi perjalanan menyusuri jalan setapak itu tidaklah mudah. Tidak ada yang bernilai pernah adalah. Tetapi jika Anda bersedia untuk melakukan apa yang diperlukan, Anda dapat melakukan apa-apa. Dia juga melakukan beberapa model juga, dan dalam komersial untuk kasino Tulalip. Dia desain sampul depan novel-novel saya, juga, dan dia adalah menggambarkan buku anak-anak saya: Aku Am Awesome! Jadi wanita muda ini beroperasi dari kanan dan kiri otak... dan bakat membuat saya takjub. Kayla adalah ibu dari km dan Ellis, memiliki 3 anjing, 2 kucing dan akan menjadi mengerucutkan karir di academia sekarang bahwa dia memiliki gelar Ph.d.. Aku sedang berpikir... tidak ada dia tidak bisa mencapai. Dia akan berjalan dengan kelasnya musim semi ini, dan saya akan berada di sana. Bergabung dengan saya di Congratulating Dr Kayla Wopschall atas prestasi nya kemarin. Sesuatu mengatakan padaku bahwa akan ada banyak lagi!Menikmati perjalanan!XO KarleneFacebookTweetLinkedInGoogle + EmailDiposting oleh Karlene Petitt di 12:00 AM 12 Komentar Rabu, Januari 14, 2015Cinta dari alam semesta penerbangan!Terima kasih Lora dan Richard! Minggu lalu adalah minggu lengkap kelebihan beban emosional. Dan ketika itu terjadi, kami bangun, tersenyum, menekan ke depan dan melakukan yang terbaik yang kita bisa. Dan sepanjang hari menemukan saat-saat yang membawa kita kebahagiaan. Satu seperti moment datang dalam Surat!!Lora (hati dan jiwa semesta Aviation) membuat saya notebook dengan kenangan dari waktu yang dihabiskan di Kansas City, dan terbang untuk Braniff datang berkedip kembali. Dan... ia menambahkan jadwal kelas untuk tantangan PhD, sehingga saya dapat melacak dari hidupku. Masa lalu dan kini bertemu di hadiah yang indah. Hari saya terbang ke HongKong. Tetapi sebelum saya meninggalkan saya ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada teman-teman saya yang khusus.Terima kasih banyak!Anda membuat saya hari!Ini adalah penerbangan adalah semua tentang...Orang-orang di Alam semesta penerbanganAU-holiday-lebarMenikmati perjalanan!XO KarleneFacebookTweetLinkedInGoogle + EmailDiposting oleh Karlene Petitt di 12:00 AM 2 komentar Selasa, Januari 13, 2015Perempuan Aviation 2015Tandai kalender Anda! Tandatangan! Jadwal Anda hari. Pun bersiap-siap untuk berada di sana! Wanita dalam penerbangan internasionalBergabung dengan saya di tahun 2015 Perempuan Aviation konferensi! Wanita dalam penerbangan internasional Bagaimana menemukan saya:Kamis Maret 5: Sudut buku, 1-3Sabtu Maret 7: Sudut buku, 10:45-12:15Aku Hosting Seminar: Penerbangan untuk sukses, menjadi kapten hidup Anda Sabtu Maret 7: Coronado B 3:00-4:00 Aku menanti-nantikan untuk bertemu dengan Anda!Dan bersama-sama kami dapat membantu Anda mencapai keberhasilan yang Anda layak, dan membuat impian Anda menjadi kenyataan! 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: 46404Enjoy the Journey!XO KarleneFacebookTweetLinkedInGoogle +EmailPosted by Karlene Petitt at 12:00 AM 0 comments Sunday, January 11, 2015Dream. 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 SuccessBe The Captain Of Your LifeInspiration, 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 FacebookTweetLinkedInGoogle +EmailPosted by Karlene Petitt at 3:26 PM 7 comments Wednesday, January 7, 2015What 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