A birthday cross country flight that I had promised my niece since her birthday in early November finally happened.
This was another one of those flights that has suffered cancellation after cancellat
Hi everyone, it's good to be back. In my time off I haven't heard from Badger (nor have my phone calls reached someone who can, so that may be the end of the line, there) but I have been called by ano
Today I did the longest flight I've ever done. It was great! I planned a flight last night from San Carlos (SQL) to Oroville (OVE), a non-towered airport about the same latitude as Fort Bragg. My f
I fly small twin-engine airplanes providing up to 6 passengers with wonderful views out the windows and sizeable savings in travel time. Customers are able to accomplish in just part of a day what wo
Single engine plane (Cessna Caravan 7 seats) coming from St. Barthelemy SBH. It went down on approach approx. 5 miles from the field in the ocean. Only the pilot on board and he has been rescued!
Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year!!
2006 has literally flown by. 2007 is just around the corner! I am looking forward to another great year!
Today, I started back on reserve. I was with the
This morning I picked up fellow aviation blogger, Midway Six (Cpt. Rod), for a $100 breakfast burrito adventure. Capt. Rod flies regularly out of Midway as part of the Civil Air Patrol and also for hi
We could not have had better weather for our flying days. The weather and schedules even cooperated to let us hop down to GA to see my family for the day on Thursday -- something that wouldn't have b
As much as I complain about working too hard and not getting enough vacation, I must admit that after one week of actual vacation.... I am totally bored. It has been wonderful to catch up on sleep, g
My resolutions.
Short-term:
1) I will get working on Alderney this week and finish it off.
2) I will sort through and post all the millions of photographs gathering virtual dust on my
For my last flight in 2006 I decided to take a route that Susan wanted to do. Leaving Hamilton, we'd fly north down the Waikato river to the sea and then head down the coast to Raglan for lunch then
Well, I'm done flying for now. I have met all the requirements to file form 8710 and request a check ride from a DPE. Now all I need to do is study, study and study some more. My main course of study
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