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The summers here in North Carolina do make it difficult to fly. Mornings start with fog, visibility of less then a mile and a 1000 foot ceiling. Things clear up mid to late morning for an hour or tw

If you're a CFI, you have to be able to write endorsements. Not from memory or anything, fortunately.

Endorsements for soloing a student pilot:

• TSA endorsement stating that Student

I'm flying with a very young co-pilot. He flies with precision, and asks lots of questions. He's obviously done everything right towards achieving an aviation career, because he's here already in

While my foot problems don't hold a candle to 19:57

The time has come...

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No flying this weekend... :-( I spent too much money flying to Hailey and back. Hopefully next weekend I'll be able to get out for a short flight to the San Juans, since I've been neglecting some of m

Day 3 - Ketchikan

I was up early on the third morning so I sat out on the balcony and watched while the ship was anchored in the harbor. Ketch

Day 3 - Ketchikan

I was up early on the third morning so I sat out on the balcony and watched while the ship was anchored in the harbor. Ketch

We got back from Alaska this morning. The heading at the right warns that I might post about an occasional non-flying adventure and, this is one of those. Although I didn't do any flying on the tri

We got back from Alaska this morning. The heading at the right warns that I might post about an occasional non-flying adventure and, this is one of those. Although I didn't do any flying on the tri

Episode 21 What is a Bellringer you ask?  A Bellringer is a type of airline passenger who rings and rings the flight attendant call bell... and can't associate the the action of pushing the butto

There are four basic forces acting on an airplane in flight: lift, weight, thrust, and drag. When lift overcomes weight, we climb, and when weight overcomes lift, we descend. When thrust overcomes

Stage 3 is happening really fast. Yesterday, was from Gateway to Ryan Field (KRYN) in Tucson. The stage 3 check is to Ryan, so it's one that is usually done for a cross country. The approach is an

Stage 3 is happening really fast. Yesterday, was from Gateway to Ryan Field (KRYN) in Tucson. The stage 3 check is to Ryan, so it's one that is usually done for a cross country. The approach is an

While giving instruction about airspace to an airline pilot a while back, he asked me "How on earth do you keep all the different airspace stuff straight in your head?" As a pilot for a part 121 carri

Day 3 - Ketchikan

I was up early on the third morning so I sat out on the balcony and watched while the ship was anchored in the harbor. Ketch

We got back from Alaska this morning. The heading at the right warns that I might post about an occasional non-flying adventure and, this is one of those. Although I didn't do any flying on the tri

I've been back and forth all day doing flights between an airport that has fuel available and one that doesn't. I can carry enough fuel to do the trip ten times without refuelling, so it's not a probl

Crosswind Landings (Solo)

I was finally able to get up and complete the solo aspect of this lesson. Three of my bookings were cancelled due to weather, but the the forth was a charm. As usu

How fantastic would be it be to see these bottles of water on a plane instead of the one-shot-and-trash plastic bottles that have become de rigeur on flights these days (anyone else think

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I read somewhere that pilots start out with a bag full of luck and an empty bag in which to put their experience. The trick is to fill the experience bag faster than you empty the luck bag.

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