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Memoir Photos and Songs

 

* Listen to all 41 companion songs here for free, sorted in chronological order by chapter
* Or, you can also buy each song for 75 cents, or all 41 songs as a $12 album

 

Chapter 1 – TWA Flight 800

Aluminum Parachute (title song)
 
Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / Debs and Errol VIDEO

A210-COVERAirways - My Aluminum ParachuteRead or listen to Chapter 1 (read-by-author)
as it appears in Airways magazine (August 2013 issue):

http://marklberry.com/2013/07/03/8132/

 

Brians Cloud Photo
Photo by Brian Schiff

13,760 Feet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 2 – The Best Day of My Life 

Under the Tiny Bridge
 Performed by Billy Sea
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Van Gogh - Tiny Bridge (Skinny Bridge)

               

My photo of Susanne repainted by Maurice Azurdia
My photo of Susanne repainted by Maurice Azurdia

Airways - Best and Worst Day

Susanne's Last Letter in print

Susannes Engagement Letter 500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My photo repainted by Maurice Azurdia
My photo repainted by Maurice Azurdia
Susannes Dalmatian Card
Susanne’s card to me 6/17/96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 3 – Emergency Leave of Absence 

Plastic Bags and Tiny Tags
 Performed by Adam Hill
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

JetSkiBabeTWA logo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 4 – Tighty-Whitie Deep-Sea Divers

Tighty-Whitie Deep Sea Divers
 Performed by Christopher Madden & Malakai Madden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links
 /

Mom with Daniel
Mom with Daniel
MLB - Roughly Age 3
MLB – Roughly Age 3
Daniel in his white christening gown - 1968
Daniel in his white christening gown – 1968

MLB at Binnie Park w ducks

Crayon

Chapter 5 – An Unwelcome Return

Ode to the Relief Pilot
 – Performed by Max Vanremmerden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links
 /

TWA Int'l Terminal at JFK
TWA Int’l Terminal at JFK

Chapter 6 – Sorted by Speed

Outside of School
 Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

MLB Boys Club   MLB Baseball

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MLB Rockets

Chapter 7 – Leave of Absence

TWA ID 424

 Chapter 8 – The Majors

My First Solo
 Performed by Billy Sea
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

ERAU - Cessna 172
ERAU – Cessna 172
Right Seat in the Pigship
Right Seat in the Pigship
Solo Shirttail 1983
Solo Shirttail 1983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 9 – The Road Back to the Cockpit

Learning to Breathe Again
 Performed by TC Elliott
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

MLB as a Boeing 767 F/O
MLB as a Boeing 757 and 767 F/O

 

Airways - The Road Back to the Cockpit

TWA 757 400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 10 – Attrition and Lessons Learned

Black Firebird
 Performed by Matt Pierce
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

ERAU ID

ERAU Flight Line 1984

Dorm II and my "Rustang"
Dorm II and my “Rustang”

Black Firebird

Life in the fast lane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 11 – Keep the Giant Emergency Life Raft Inflated

Keep the Giant Life Raft Inflated
 Performed by Max Vanremmerden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

MLB - life vestEmergency yellow life raft

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 12 – Teaching is a License to Learn

Teaching Is a License to Learn
 Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

 

Mary Gilligan

“Where does your hand belong?”

“At the end of my arm.”

AOPA Flight Training - License to Learn issue - Feb 2011

Chapter 13 – Realignment

How Can I Keep You From Slipping Away
 Performed by Billy Sea
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /


EGPWS and PFD

Chapter 14 – St. Thomas Upside Down and Spinning

Island Hopping Dream
 Performed by Nadia Cripps & TC Elliott
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Airways - Spinning in St. Thomas

STT runways - old, and new under construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 15 – Hydraulically Actuated

Hey-ho, I Can’t Let Go
 Performed by Larry Seger
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

767 tails at STL

Chapter 16 – Pilots of the Caribbean

Pilots of the Caribbean
Performed by Greg Evets
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Tryin’ to Get Off-Island
 Performed by Christopher Madden & Malachai Madden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / Timetable for St Croix 228

 

Airways - Pilots of the Caribbean          Airways - Vieques is Hot

Eastern Express Operations and Mx Hangar at STX

Twin-Otter (blue striping) and an Islander (red striping)

J.A.F.F.O. Mark L Berry
J.A.F.F.O. Mark L Berry (and loving it)

 

Captain and Check Airman Leo B Wood
Captain and Check Airman Leo B Wood

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timetable for Virgin Gorda 279

Virgin Gorda's Crushed-Shell Runway
Virgin Gorda’s Crushed-Shell Runway

 

 

 

 

Chapter 17 – Team Mark

On the 20th Floor
 Performed by Matt Pierce
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Lower Manhattan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 18 – Cutting My Winter Teeth 

The Box the Twin-Otter Came In
 Performed by CTS
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Deicing Our Counter-Weighted Wing
Deicing Our Counter-Weighted Wing
LGA Ramp in Snow
LGA Ramp in Snow

“Nanette Saves the Day” is a segment of this chapter that I told at So Stories, a monthly story-telling venue hosted by Teya King at Urban Eats in St. Louis.

R.I.P Nanette.Nannette in uniform

Spoken Live Podcast                                                     11:57
 Performed by Mark L Berry with introduction by Teya King

Shorts 330 Safety Card 575   Command Airways - Northeast route systemDutchess County (Poukeepsie) Airport

POU airport - NY

                                                       JFK Int’l

View from the JFK Terminal     My Command ID trimmed 404

Taxiing a Shorts 330 by TWA at JFK

The Colonel

Airways - Cutting My Winter Teeth

Captain Tony Fine's Halloween Costume

Chapter 19 – Outlook Not So Good

My Magic 8 Ball
 Performed by Matt Pierce
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

New York City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 20 – Pigship Probation

Long Live the Pigship
 Performed by MAL & Debs
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Me with a Stubby Pigship in West Berlin
Me with a Stubby Pigship in West Berlin

MLB at the 727 panel

Airways - Pigship Probation

 

 

Captains Ken Cook and Gid Miller in West Berlin 1988
Captains Ken Cook and Gid Miller in West Berlin 1988
F/E Check Airman Bill Kessler
F/E Check Airman Bill Kessler

 

 

 

Capt Joe Burke
Capt Joe Burke

Now the Bear Flies TWA

TWA 747 and 727 at JFK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 21 – Therapy

Susanne Jensen - GE Capital photo
Susanne Jensen – GE Capital photo

 

Chapter 22 – Before CRM – The Five Ps

City in the Sky
 Performed by Larry Seger & Sheri Miller
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

707 in Airways Airways - Before CRM

Chapter 23 – Our Parents’ Children

Family
Tim, me, Mom, Dad

Chapter 24 – Success and Silence (with WLBjr)

Anaphylactic Shock Reaction
 Performed by Kristian Borreson & Adam Hill
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Tim with me in cockpit
Tim and MLB
Dad
Dad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 25 – Refuge

I Was Home in the Air
 Performed by Meri Amber & Meri Amber
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links / VIDEO

MLB in front of 727 trainerboard

B727 3-Axis Sim. - Bldg 95 - KJFK - Summer 1996
TWA B727 Sim “Petunia” – Photo by Capt Hobie Tomlinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 26 – My Airline Family—Where Dreams Are Free

Dirty Double-Crosser
 Performed by Sapient
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

MLB at Oktoberfest
MLB at Oktoberfest – Muenchen, Germany

Egypt Air ticket

Ethiopian Transit Visa
Ethiopian Transit Visa

 

 

Chip - pyramid comparison

Great Pyramid ticket

 

 

Airways - My Airline Family

Dreams are free
Dreams are free

Chip on Great Pyramid

Cab Ride Through Cairo
Cab Ride through Cairo during Quake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MLB in Zimbabwe

 

 

 

 

Ethiopian Air
TWA trained Ethiopian Air in the 1950s

Katherine - Zimbabwe sign

Water Buck - charging

Zebras

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethiopian Air - boarding pass

Warthogs with MLB
Victorias Falls 1

Victorias Falls 2

Air Zimbabwe - boarding pass

Chapter 27 – Wanderlust


Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

MLB's new sleep wear   TWA routes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 28 – Are You a Cardinal?

Cardinal Puff
 Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Francescos Rooms to Let

Francesco

100 Drachma

MLB - guitar on beach

Nina - guitar on beach

The Swedes Play Hard
The Swedes Play Hard

 

Vodka Watermelon

 

 

Francesco's Blue Note bar

Cheers - Skal

Sweet Irish Dream
Sweet Irish Dream – Where I tore my knee

 

The One Crutch
The Island’s One Crutch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 29 – Break-through Session

MLB - writing memoir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 30 – The Secret the Darkness Completely Concealed

The Secret the Darkness Completely Concealed
 Performed by Plain White Toast
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

The Long Beach airline gang

Wimpy
Wimpy

 Petey hostage photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 31- Losing the Lottery

Susanne
 Performed by Mick James
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

SJ & MLB - roseSusanne and MLB between dives

 

Chapter 32 – Investigation and Speculation

One Day
 Performed by Shane Clary, Don ‘Lefty’ Williams, & Cleveland Brown
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

MLB - RayBans

 

TWA 800 Memorial Greeting
Memorial photos by Jim Murray

TWA 800 Flags

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWA 800 Jimbo at Names

TWA 800 Name Wall

 

Chapter 33 – Going South in Eastern Europe

I Escaped into a Dream
 Performed by John Cooperider
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Re-assembly requiredDana - Czeski Krumlov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 34 – Make the Relax

The Infinite Steps
 Performed by Simon Ashby
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Himalayas at dawn

 

MLB trekking Nepal

Nepal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nepal

Nepal - Jomsom Trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 35 – My Vanilla Sky (with WSCS)

Cathedral Steps
 Performed by Don ‘Lefty’ Williams, & Errol Elumir 
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

9/11 World Trade
Airways Magazine Photo

Top of World Trade

Airways - My Vanilla Sky

Warren with Dolly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twin Towers 1988 final 500

Chapter 36 – Sacred Watering Holes

Sacred Watering Holes
 Performed by Billy Sea
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

The crew on O2

 

 

FLY TWA Sticker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 37 – High Terrain All Quads

Shakin It In the Dark
 Performed by Valerie Cox
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Airways - High Terrain All Quads

MMMX Map 478

 

 

 

Mexico City at Night
Mexico City at Night

Chapter 38 – Big Flo Flies No More

Ode to Old Big Flo
 Performed by Chris Belden
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

727 briefing 422 Airways - Big Flo Flies No More Cockpit Wreckage 1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desert Wreckage 568

Avery and MLB at the Scene 1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 39 – Catching up with Concord

Farewell to Concorde
 Performed by Cleveland Brown & Mark L Berry
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

Concorde
National Air and Space Museum – Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

MLB at Smithsonian

 

Concorde at SmithsonianAirways - Catching Up With Concorde

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 40 – 25 Years Since ERAU

When I Look Back at Twenty
 Performed by Joanne Gabriel
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

MLB and 5471W

Chapter 41 – Delivery

What Route Do You Fly?
Performed by Nadia Cripps and Val Cox
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

TWA Twin Globe Patch

Epilogue

Alison
Performed by Das Binky and Jordan Hirsch
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

 Alison - engagement ring Engagement in the Sand Alison

MLB and Alison - my MFA graduation 2012

 MLB w Ali in China

 

 

 

One More Story – Smoke in the Cockpit

In Ernest K Gann’s Day
Performed by Mike Skliar
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /

 MLB Goose Bay

Capt Cook Sleeping

 

 

 

 

Trip Pairing

 

727 Crossing Crew Jan 1990

 

Bonus Track

Ode to the Flight Engineer
Performed by John Cooperider
Lyrics & mp3 – plus Artist links /


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