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Pilot Kent gets a glider lesson! Join Pilot Kent with flight instructor Matt Michaels for a training flight in a Blanik L-13 glider at KAMW in Ames, Iowa, USA. Kent and Matt are launched by CFI Ton

I have one more session in IFR Warrior scheduled with Linda. We also have a plan for the rest of the II -- I'll do a stage check with another instructor, she'll find out what the DPE will want to do

Time: Too darn early
Location: My House

My cellphone started ringing and with the excitment of a man that just got disturbed from his sleep I said hello. A scared and somewhat emberess

I had fun flying the Arrow yesterday, so I'm going to sneak in another flight early this morning. I say "sneak", because I haven't actually been explicitly told I'm supposed to test fly this airplane

Flight hours: 1.2 (Simulator)
Study hours: 0
Aviation Reading:

In my last post I was telling you that I went to LBE to grab lunch with a bunch of pilot friends of mine ... here are some group photos:

Number one for departure

The morning couldn’t have been more perfect. The temperature hovered around 50 degrees, the winds were cal

Air Badger is one of my top choices for a company to work for, always has been, which is how it got to be so high on my alphabet. I've been in contact with a few people there since leaving Phoenix, bu

Time: Too darn early
Location: My House

My cellphone started ringing and with the excitment of a man that just got disturbed from his sleep I said hello. A scared and somewhat emberess

We arrived in Honolulu at noon on Halloween day. That night, Mike and I had front row seats on Kalakaua Avenue as the Halloween parade worked its way past. There were thousands of people in costume

In my last post I was telling you that I went to LBE to grab lunch with a bunch of pilot friends of mine ... here are some group photos:

Number one for departure

So I am done on the road for a bit as I am going on holdiays. I am almost done I guess...sitting in the airport waiting to check in for a flight that leaves in 3 hours. I guess this discourages people

Today's story isn't mine, but is used with permission. It involves importing penguin eggs to the USA from the Falkland Islands, a British possession near

We arrived in Honolulu at noon on Halloween day. That night, Mike and I had front row seats on Kalakaua Avenue as the Halloween parade worked its way past. There were thousands of people in costume

I wish I had started this when I was a reserve pilot, since I would have had more to write about. There’s nothing like walking into work, going into dispatch, and being told “we need you t

Of all of our layovers, Las Vegas ranks pretty low on my list. I enjoy flying in and out of McCarran Int'l and the surrounding terrain, which is spectacular, but I find the "strip" rather depressing.

Of all of our layovers, Las Vegas ranks pretty low on my list. I enjoy flying in and out of McCarran Int'l and the surrounding terrain, which is spectacular, but I find the "strip" rather depressing.

This video takes data of all the US flights over a 24-hour period and plots them in increasingly abstract ways. It's pretty cool.

A higher resolution movie can be found here:

This video takes data of all the US flights over a 24-hour period and plots them in increasingly abstract ways. It's pretty cool.

A higher resolution movie can be found here:

Space Blogger ‘Carried Away’ visits Van Horn, Texas and provides the first pictures I’ve seen of