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This weekend is going to be beautiful, nothing but sun and temps in the low twenties...

I've booked the aircraft for Saturday morning at 9:00 am, for an hour and a half solo. I hope to get

Here is a picture of the doomed pl

Some readers have been grousing that I don't post enough photographs, so here are a few of the Grand Caravan I've been instructing in. I could get used to this.

It was a bit odd at first, c

Just was doing some reading lately and came upon this article in regards to the CRJ-100 that crashed in Lexington Kentucky a few weeks ago. When a commercial jet has an accident of this type there is

Dead at 73 of esophageal cancer.
Too soon. (Anyone know- was she a smoker?)

Politics today are too often a shouting match.
Nasty, and bitter-
"Don't confuse me with the facts

Part of the fun of keeping a blog is the people I hear from, and a couple of days ago I received an e-mail from Linn Rittmalm-Glimne in Sweden. She gives me permission to quote her: I

It's been a month since I last flew. A MONTH! And a summer month at that. It's been a terrible waste of daylight, a waste of a summer that should have been spent in the air. Now, it's not been wit

The Royal New Zealand Aero Club (the umbrella organisation that oversees the recreational side of Aero Clubs in NZ) has this

Well actually, it's a GyroCopter, not a helicopter. Link here

After reading a few blog entries on ownership, I've been reflecting on my experience as a co-owner. By no means am I an expert on the subject as I've only been at it for a year and a half. As with e

I suppose I shouldn’t complain - I initially thought I was going to be laid off for the entire month of September, and (so far) I’ve managed to skirt that with the exception of three days

Some readers have been grousing that I don't post enough photographs, so here are a few of the Grand Caravan I've been instructing in. I could get used to this.

It was a bit odd at first, c

Work has been overwhelming, as has the IFR Pilot's avocation of officiating soccer matches. It's time for a break.

Therefore, N and the IFR Pilot are off tomorrow night for dinner in Ind

Work has been overwhelming, as has the IFR Pilot's avocation of officiating soccer matches. It's time for a break.

Therefore, N and the IFR Pilot are off tomorrow night for dinner in Ind

Work has been overwhelming, as has the IFR Pilot's avocation of officiating soccer matches. It's time for a break.

Therefore, N and the IFR Pilot are off tomorrow night for dinner in Ind

Work has been overwhelming, as has the IFR Pilot's avocation of officiating soccer matches. It's time for a break.

Therefore, N and the IFR Pilot are off tomorrow night for dinner in Ind

Avatrix's Five Years post set off a (rather predictable) torrent of debate in her comments section over fear in the post-9/11 w

The MRI that I had scheduled for last Friday evening was cancelled and rescheduled twice before I finally got it done. The MRI unit at the diagnostic cen

The MRI that I had scheduled for last Friday evening was cancelled and rescheduled twice before I finally got it done. The MRI unit at the diagnostic cen

This is a video of my aircraft approaching a thunderstorm at altitiude. The last sequence shows the radar display. The white diamond at the bottom is my aircraft, the red blotches on the screen are

I learn this afternoon that Night Flight Student (NFS) is actually going to want to do an xc today. We can also do night stuff after that, but the main goal is a trip to LJF and back. NFS has alread

The SkyGeek Blog pointed out this neat site that I thought should be shared with you all... The Aviation Video website [

I just got back from three long days of training in Albert Lea adding a second “I” to my CFI certificate. I'm now an official CFII, which means I can teach instrument students. The CFII was inter

Work has been overwhelming, as has the IFR Pilot's avocation of officiating soccer matches. It's time for a break.

Therefore, N and the IFR Pilot are off tomorrow night for dinner in Ind

Work has been overwhelming, as has the IFR Pilot's avocation of officiating soccer matches. It's time for a break.

Therefore, N and the IFR Pilot are off tomorrow night for dinner in Ind

Today I'm off to Fox Harb'r, which is a really beautiful golf resort in Nova Scotia. It's owned by Ron Joyce, the billionaire who started Tim Horton's with, umm

Today I'm off to Fox Harb'r, which is a really beautiful golf resort in Nova Scotia. It's owned by Ron Joyce, the billionaire who started Tim Horton's with, umm

Today I'm off to Fox Harb'r, which is a really beautiful golf resort in Nova Scotia. It's owned by Ron Joyce, the billionaire who started Tim Horton's with, umm

On Cockpit Conversations I found this marvellous description of how to build a working paper helicopter. It remind

This is a video of my aircraft approaching a thunderstorm at altitiude. The last sequence shows the radar display. The white diamond at the bottom is my aircraft, the red blotches on the screen are

Today was my first commercial lesson. It was basically a stress-free refresher before beginning practice for the commercial maneuvers (Chandelles, Steep Spirals, Lazy Eights, Eights On A Pylon and Po

Today was my first commercial lesson. It was basically a stress-free refresher before beginning practice for the commercial maneuvers (Chandelles, Steep Spirals, Lazy Eights, Eights On A Pylon and Po

Today was my first commercial lesson. It was basically a stress-free refresher before beginning practice for the commercial maneuvers (Chandelles, Steep Spirals, Lazy Eights, Eights On A Pylon and Po

Another day flying with the chief pilot. We hear another aviatrix on frequency, flying a bigger, faster airplane than we are, and my boss mentions that she is from one of the local communities. T