I ment to publish this last week, but things have been fairly busy. A good friend of mine who is in my squadron participated in the Marine Corps Marathon on 28 Oct. It was his first marathon, and he
Voting day. This weekend I was out on yet another student cross country, eight flights in four days, so I missed a lot of the election coverage, but I got a chance to read some today. This election
No, it's not an error that my blog has been indicating that I haven't talked to Shrew in years. It's a good company where I almost got hired in August 2001. And then you know what happened and why n
Student and I need to plan out how she can get her checkride finished ASAP, and that means we need to go fly all the checkride maneuvers to see where she's at. The weather is abysmal today, so we'll
Reading an instrument approach chart is much like reading music. And as in a musical performance, flying an approach involves executing a sequence of tasks, at the right time, in order to arrive at th
So I have finally done it. I’ve ventured off into the wild blue yonder in an attempt to carve out a spot, or at the very least, make a mark in cyberspace. I guess the purpose of this blog is to shar
I called Transport to book my written exam today. It will take place next Friday morning, which gives me 10 days to be ready.
I figured I’d never get around to studying properly if I didn’t set a
Well I'm back flying news this week. After coming back from the Esperanza fire last week I had several days off before going back to work. It was nice! Last week on friday I flew a charter in our b
I ment to publish this last week, but things have been fairly busy. A good friend of mine who is in my squadron participated in the Marine Corps Marathon on 28 Oct. It was his first marathon, and he
Voting day. This weekend I was out on yet another student cross country, eight flights in four days, so I missed a lot of the election coverage, but I got a chance to read some today. This election
Reading an instrument approach chart is much like reading music. And as in a musical performance, flying an approach involves executing a sequence of tasks, at the right time, in order to arrive at th
The weather today here around MSP is a good illustration of how VFR pilots can get stranded somewhere on the ground or caught up in big trouble, even when the current weather looks good. When I arriv
After I get back from my session with Linda and IFR Warrior, Student and I are doing another session of two flights. It's good to take advantage of as much daylight as we can get on the weekends. It
Yesterday looked like a very nice day - from the ground. In fact, when I got to the airport, I learned that it was very hazy above the ground. I wouldn't be doing a solo flight today. Instead, Sandy
Yesterday looked like a very nice day - from the ground. In fact, when I got to the airport, I learned that it was very hazy above the ground. I wouldn't be doing a solo flight today. Instead, Sandy
Yesterday looked like a very nice day - from the ground. In fact, when I got to the airport, I learned that it was very hazy above the ground. I wouldn't be doing a solo flight today. Instead, Sandy
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Following up on the “Airplane on a conveyor belt” question of a few days ago, here’s the defi
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