Caution and warning lights are extinguished, torque is set and steady, oil temps and pressures are looking good, and ITT is well under redline as our Megawhacker accelerates
I used to always carry my licence and medical around with me, because if I left the house, chances were I was going to work. I haven't carried them routinely since they were replaced with ugly replica
For checkride prep today, we're doing stalls. This is the only area of concern I have with Student's flying. She's a little timid about holding the nose up to make the airplane stall -- when it slow
Goal: As of Jan 1, 2007, I want to go completely paperless. Every possible piece of paper that I receive is going to be scanned and recycled. Everything I can get by email I'm going to. I've alread
Nothing too exciting today. Just watched a little TV, did a little laundry, played around on the computer, taught myself some simple songs on the guitar, and read/studied. My pre-comp check is this
I guess I was old school or something, but I never had much of a desire for a handheld transceiver. Since I never met a gadget I didn't like this always struck me as being a little odd. I always tho
Please pardon the hiatus... I have an excuse, as in vacation. I will be back in the saddle in a few days. Until then, FL 390 is holding; right turns/10 mile legs/ fat on fuel. Life is good!
Waukegan got over 15 inches of snow on Friday. The snow storm was followed by a major temperature drop over the weekend. I got in a short lesson on Sunday but, it was sure cold! The thermometer in m
The snow is blowing across the runway at a great rate of speed today; I can see it from the passenger lounge. I bought a new toque to keep the worst of it off my head, but Winter is here and that suc
A few nights ago, we had a good mix of people from the jet center out at our local pub. We had taken over a section of the outdoor seating and we were having a good time shooting the bull. One of the
Waukegan got over 15 inches of snow on Friday. The snow storm was followed by a major temperature drop over the weekend. I got in a short lesson on Sunday but, it was sure cold! The thermometer in m
Please pardon the hiatus... I have an excuse, as in vacation. I will be back in the saddle in a few days. Until then, FL 390 is holding; right turns/10 mile legs/ fat on fuel. Life is good!