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Things finally worked out for me to take a flight with my co-worker Dave who has also been learning to fly out of Winc

Things finally worked out for me to take a flight with my co-worker Dave who has also been learning to fly out of Winchester. After he got off from work in the afternoon, we met at the airport to take

Today (or yesterday, depending on where you are) at 22:57:11 zulu, someone in Schoten, Belgium was the hundred thousandth visitor to this site. He or she arrived via a link from

Pilotcast #040 Update 1 Supplemental - The in-flight recording of Pilot Kent's first flight into EAA Airventure on Sunday, July 23, 2006

Just a little braggin' here.....

Regular readers know I've now been "pulling pitch" for over 38 years.
I've been teaching others the art of "Pitchpull" since 1969. Hovering, next to

Things finally worked out for me to take a flight with my co-worker Dave who has also been learning to fly out of Winchester. After he got off from work in the afternoon, we met at the airport to take

One of them is practice traffic. There is a LOT of it. Yesterday alone, I burned 2 hours dual without fully executing a single approach.

The Stanfield VOR (TFD) is in the Southwest Practi

One of them is practice traffic. There is a LOT of it. Yesterday alone, I burned 2 hours dual without fully executing a single approach.

The Stanfield VOR (TFD) is in the Southwest Practi

As I type this, we are stuck in what is hopefully the last of the Chicago traffic, enroute home.

No, I’m not driving and typing at the same time - Paul is taking a shift.

This m

I returned from Mexico a couple of days ago.  It was unfortunate that I wasn’t able to fly down to San Carlos.  When you’ve got a pilot certificate, making a 15 hour drive leaves you wo

Today Mary and I went up to put the Lowrance 1000 through it's paces. After the initial mounting to the yoke at the pilots position, we decided for a better view of the instruments to re-mount on the

I hope that everyone's had the opportunity to vis

It was a good thing I had two lessons booked. Fog had closed out any flying till at least 10.30am. My 11am flight around the circuit with Greg did go ahead (after we had cleared all the ice off the

We sat in Goose Bay for a few hours, waiting for the helicopter to brave the low-laying clouds and return our passengers from the fishing camp so we could go home. I got bored and went exploring the

Crosswind Landings

I was finally was able to line the aircraft and my instructor up for a lesson, things have been really busy at the school. I had a couple of lessons booked previously but

Today Mary and I went up to put the Lowrance 1000 through it's paces. After the initial mounting to the yoke at the pilots position, we decided for a better view of the instruments to re-mount on the

"You'll never hear pilots announce to their passengers that they’re smoking a joint before takeoff so they can relax and enjoy the flight." I seriously hope not.

I discovered

Earlier this year I wrote about some of the issues surrounding the use of the seat belt sign in a post called "The Turbulence Switch

About a week ago, a pretty severe thunderstorm hit KIWA. A couple of ATP aircraft, one Piper Seminole and one Cessna 172SP, were nearly destroyed. An 85-90 knot gust picked up the Seminole, turned i

About a week ago, a pretty severe thunderstorm hit KIWA. A couple of ATP aircraft, one Piper Seminole and one Cessna 172SP, were nearly destroyed. An 85-90 knot gust picked up the Seminole, turned i

Everyone says that fuel injected aircraft engines can be harder to start than carbureted ones. Is that really so? I think that depends on the engine. I've flown carbureted Cessna 172's, fuel injected

It was a good thing I had two lessons booked. Fog had closed out any flying till at least 10.30am. My 11am flight around the circuit with Greg did go ahead (after we had cleared all the ice off the