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and so it goes the tour de france was won for the eigth time in a row by an american.
inspired by american domination of this sport, i decided to hop back on my bike to ride around our nearby lak

Milen and I are running out of (interesting) destinations nearby, so most of our trips lately have been taking a bit longer. This weekend, we went to Hailey, Idaho (aka. Sun Valley). I've always wante

But it doesn’t really feel like it. July is over and I’ve only been up flying twice this month. Travel, weather, scheduling conflicts and electrical failures have keep me from hitting the

I really don't. So, here goes. I'm only talking about fixed pitch props today.

Some terminology and basics: The blades on a propeller are airfoils mounted such that they generate forward

In the few short months I've been at my company, I've learned who the good people in dispatch and crew scheduling are and who are not so bright. Yesterday I had a very bad encounter with one of the pe

July, 2006 was my busiest flying month since I started teaching. I taught 170 hours (flight and ground), beating 157 hours in August of 2005. Flight hours was the second-highest ever at 99.8, being

Today was just a quick 0.9 hour flight to give 8KR some engine run-time. I went down to the FKN VOR and back again. On the way I was just over some tiny clouds that were at 1800'. As I went furth

I flew my family of four to Gaspé last Monday 24 July, and flew back yesterday (Sunday 30 July). Here are some disjointed notes, since I’m too far buried in work-related e-mail and demands

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Well after over 1 year of training, 23 flights and 14.9 hours total time in my logbook, it was time for my first solo.

Of course, I didnt know it was going to be my first solo until it happ

Milen and I are running out of (interesting) destinations nearby, so most of our trips lately have been taking a bit longer. This weekend, we went to Hailey, Idaho (aka. Sun Valley). I've always wante

More nostalgia from back in the day on AvCanada. These posts all took place during my medevac career with Thunder Airlines on the mighty MU-2. The airpla

I just realised that I did not post about my trial flight, which took place a long time (if memory serves in was June 2001), 3 years before I ever set foot inside the Waikato Aero Club building. It c

When the airplane is flying in equilibrium, the four forces (lift, weight, thrust, and drag) are balancing each other. Any disturbance from this equilibrium puts a force on the airplane. The disturb

We departed RFD (Rockford, IL) to OSH (Oshkosh, WI) on Saturday, July 22, 2006 . Pilots assigned as Flight Leaders have to identify themselves with a red 8 x 11’ card in the windshield and were park

Cessna recently revealed it h

95% complete. The 9th hole was 98% shale, of course, and I'm still chipping away at it slowly - about 2" to go overall. Luckily my neighbor provided some much needed shovel support, else I would ha

95% complete. The 9th hole was 98% shale, of course, and I'm still chipping away at it slowly - about 2" to go overall. Luckily my neighbor provided some much needed shovel support, else I would ha

Stall revision.

I'd used up my three consecutive hours I'm allowed to fly without an instructor, so I took Instructor Lee off to do some stall revisions. My usual instructor Luke is taking a

We departed RFD (Rockford, IL) to OSH (Oshkosh, WI) on Saturday, July 22, 2006 . Pilots assigned as Flight Leaders have to identify themselves with a red 8 x 11’ card in the windshield and were park

Well after over 1 year of training, 23 flights and 14.9 hours total time in my logbook, it was time for my first solo.

Of course, I didnt know it was going to be my first solo until it happ

8 US Airlines Profitable in 2nd Quarter

AirTran, US Airways and Midwest Airlines announced second quarter profits July 27th. Alaska Air Group, American, Continental, JetBlue and Southwest.

I just realised that I did not post about my trial flight, which took place a long time (if memory serves in was June 2001), 3 years before I ever set foot inside the Waikato Aero Club building. It c

That’s a play on words taken from a bumper sticker I saw here in the Central Valley, “I voted for Pedro.” I don’t even have any idea what it means but those stickers are everyw