It's not too bad here right now but it was COLD this morning! -42C wind chill when we got up this morning, a good day to stay in and guzzle coffee by the bucket and that's pretty much what we did. Son
I needed to create an Excel spreadsheet while sitting at my desktop machine, and was surprised to discover that I didn't have Microsoft Office installed on it. I installed a new hard drive and rei
The plan today is to go to KCBG and back with Student, and then I'll sign him off to solo there. Unfortunately, the visibility is complete crap today -- at 7 miles, it's below Student's solo limitati
I meet J over at his hangar. He's replacing a landing light. This job has taken a half an hour so far. I try to help out by holding the trim flush with the wing. It takes about fifteen screws to h
I gots me a Caddy! I'z be cruzin the 8 mile fo sum beotches, boooooyeeeee! (In my best Flav-o-flav voice) I recently bought my grandma's old ride to use for my crashpad car in Yip. Its a 1989 Cadillac
I started this while I was working at Victory Airways. I was even going to pass my less silly suggestions up the chain of command at such point that I'd been there long enough for anyone to give a d
This flight was a natural continuation of my experience as I now slowly build hours PIC. While not really a cross country flight, it was long enough for me to think about navigation and map reading,
Goals: Play with the VOR.Short-field takeoffs and landings.Stalls. Flight: I went to the airport ~11 this morning and could not find my plane. Curious, you say? Curious indeed. I checked
Until my first attempt at crosswind landings, I thought flying an airplane was no more difficult than driving a car. Then, with the benefit of no crosswind training, I lined up to land with a 10 knot
The following represents an assignment prepared in partial satisfaction for the requirements of the Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility course - MBA 292-T11 under the direction of Professor Kell
Groundschool doesn't consume my days (but oddly pays as much as Phoenix did) and I'm picking up a bit of other
work here and there, weather permitting. One of the low points of underemployment is
I woke up this morning to the sound of thunder and rain beating against my window in the gusts of wind. Like every Pilot, I thought to myself, "Hope the plane's ok, no flying today". After what's bee
I'm going to fly with J later tonight in his 182, but IFR Warrior is free for a couple of hours before that. I'll use this time to just go out and fly a little, to try and recover from yesterday's tr
Early this morning my cross country looked like it was going to happen, there were only a few clouds at 1,400 ft. As the morning wore on though, the few clouds turned into a broken layer at 2,000 ft.<
If it weren't for this aircraft checkout at 10am, I would be able to get a lot of stuff done today. But I expect to spend about three hours on this total, and I'll be lucky if I get to fly for an hou
Yesterdays frustation at the airport and the resulting blog entry drew the following comment from reader Phil:
Was a SVFR clearance an option? I have never done this, but if the weather is good close
Early this morning my cross country looked like it was going to happen, there were only a few clouds at 1,400 ft. As the morning wore on though, the few clouds turned into a broken layer at 2,000 ft.<
The heavy laden ship lurched to a halt on the tarmac and the engines whirred down into silence. Passengers scurried across the wet pavement, their breaths misting the cold night air. Rainy in Portland
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I decided to take the day off work on Friday and attempt my long X-Country trip that I needed to do as a requirement f
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The tops of the Fremont and Oakland hills to my right are shrouded in dark grey stratus, while to my left the
