There are just a couple of loose ends before Student A's checkride. We're going to get the aircraft logs, make copies of performance charts from the POH, and make sure the MNDOT weather computer's pr
MS and the IFR Pilot tackled the winter weather today, making a run to KPHL for lunch at The Perfect Landing. It was snowing a bit, but we were near the bottoms and had sight of the ground for much of
Most corporate aircraft have no identifying marks on them at all because the company doesn’t want competitors knowing where their executives are going. They even go so far as to have their N-
The airplane for our new club, North Star Flyers, is ready for checkouts now. C is going to check me out, and after that, I can check other people out. This should be a fun flight after my crappy da
Student B is all revved up for traffic pattern work, and so am I. Unfortunately, VFR Warrior isn't starting today. I have no idea why. This airplane usually starts perfectly after only a couple of
Work has forced me to restrict my flying to weekends lately. Weather has prevented me from flying on weekends lately. Net result - all work and no play!
I'm breaking my rule of not doing discovery flights or aircraft checkouts, because Student wants to get checked out in the 150 today. I don't like the skool's aircraft checkout sheet -- the ground po
Today I asked 388 co-owner and newly-minted Private Pilot John to act as my safety pilot. This was my first under-the-hood work since about 9 months ago, and it really showed.
Here's a quick clip of a plane having a bad gear day. Watch as the pilot shuts down both engines so the propellors don't strike the runway while turning. The only thing he forgot was to switch off t
Work has forced me to restrict my flying to weekends lately. Weather has prevented me from flying on weekends lately. Net result - all work and no play!
Back from Nassau, getting ready to go across the country next week. I'll upload a few more pics from the Nassau trip shortly, as I saw something I hadn't seen before on the ramp just prior to our depa
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