Took a 172 to French Valley this afternoon. The hope had been to do some daytime touch and goes, have something to eat, then some night time stop and goes, and back home. But I underestimated the arri
CFI Tony joins the hangar flying with Pilot Kent and Pilot Mike to talk about flying gliders and Kent's glider lesson with CFI Matt in a Blanik L-13 glider at KAMW in Ames, Iowa, USA.
WAAS up wit
The wx didn't cooperate this afternoon (again) for Student's long solo xc. That crappy layer made a ceiling at about 1,200 feet all day, and it didn't burn off by noon like the false weather oracles
I like the self-employed contract programmer lifestyle, but two months into that new career, I'm being tempted with a permanent position. It's a high-paying management job, with lots of authority.
As I am restricted from drinking alcohol anyway, I volunteered to be the designated driver for touring (and tasting the wares of) famed California wineries. One of our number was Canadian-born but liv
I'm sorely tempted to go all-digital on receipts and other paperwork using a scanner. Has anyone else tried this? Recommend an easy-to-use scanner? A program that let's you organize all this stuff
Today I got to the airport early and made some phone calls for work. Then the instructor arrived and we discovered that the back hanger door was borken and we had to use the front one. We park out
As Chief Aircraft demanded, the IFR Pilot contacted Aero Accessories, manufacturer of the Tempest fuel pump that isn't working. The gentleman on the other
0.7 hours in the simulator, two approaches and I’m good until the end of Feb. I really really really mean it this time when I say I am going to keep all my currencies up.
Another high school is bringing a load of 30 or so kids for intro flights. The plan is to do same as last time -- fly to CBG, switch seats, fly to OEO, switch seats, and fly back to ANE to pick up an
I met another aviation blogger last Friday night: GC of RantAir. He was here on a (rather short) layover, so I met him for dinner near his crew hotel. Dawn ca
I need your help again. I have a favorite story that is gonna become obsolete soon, for reasons that will be obvious. I hate to lose the story, because it shows how with adversity, sometimes there is
Can someone tell me why the sidebar always gets pushed down to the very bottom of the page ? I have tried everything and can not get it fixed. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated !
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