Last night I slept without a post-op shoe on, and without my foot propped up on pillows, and without a continuous cold pack. It worked out fine. Today I've spent most of the day in my office getting
This morning I met Norbs at 8:45. The plan: Review every exercise in the commercial flight test to identify my weak points, and write off the stuff I have covered. I planned the first stub of a cross
Sorry it's been a while since my last post. My dear Uncle Sam forced me to fly left rear (way rear) seat on some big iron to the Republic of Texas to earn my paycheck. Thanks, buddy.
The Good: The oral exam was smoother than I could have possibly imagined. Everything came to me. Nothing stumped me. It was awesome. The DPE told my instructor, "It was excellent. He really knows his
After writing about the changes to the OAK ILS RWY 27R, an approach I fly frequently, I started to apply my Jepp updates this morning. After getting all the new charts inserted in the binder, I turned
Great flight this morning. Really hazy from the bushfires.
Victoria's suffering through some of our worst bushfires ever, which means when the wind's right the whole of Melbourne is covered with smoke
Sorry it's been a while since my last post. My dear Uncle Sam forced me to fly left rear (way rear) seat on some big iron to the Republic of Texas to earn my paycheck. Thanks, buddy.
I have not taken retirement yet from writing my blog (sorry spammers and crabs). I've been publishing elsewhere also. It's been an exciting start to the New Year. New works, new positions, new travels
Over the last few months I've received some
requests to publicize informational websites. I'll have
a look at a few today.
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After flying on Sunday, Athenia and I met up with Jason and Lisa for lunch, we tried really hard not to talk about flying, but I think we still managed to scare Jason away! Then I spent the rest of t
My friend T's dream is to join the Roller derby, so I'm being all supportive by going to the rink with her. A couple of issues: I haven't attempted roller
My lesson the other day was delayed because the runway friction index at Buttonville was .27. The minima for instructors is .30.
The Canadian Runway Friction Index (CRFI) is a way of measuring how sl
Hmm, one lawyer is much more querulous than one impeccable lawyer. Er, some valiant lawyer passably did between one indisputable lawyer. Oh my, this lawyer is far more palpable than that celestial law
About two years ago I had an odd dream. I saw a silver object set against a backdrop of crimson flame. The object looked similar to a trophy or urn. The surface was so shiney it almost looked like