July 2008 Update : Have A preview of All New Bloggingpilots.com Version 2.0

Last week, I was set to begin a flight with an instrument rating candidate when we overheard an aircraft inform the ground controller that they could hear an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) on 121

MS and the IFR Pilot have returned from a glorious trip. A full report will follow after laundry is done, house is cleaned, and pictures are downloaded.

But here's a preview:

Later today we flew one school flight. One hour in traffic circuit. The conditions were probably the easiest possible as wind was stable five to eight knots along the runway all the time. We did five

It was one month to the day yesterday since we flew.
Just went to Pease International in Portsmouth, NH
and had lunch. 61 air miles each way.
Dad was in hospital with nasty respirat

I'm as much of a gadget freak and Apple fanboy as anyone, but I don't understand why anybody would spend $300 on an Apple TV. The iPod makes sense: you m

Thursday, March 1, 2007 in Rotor and Wing Magazine

HELICOPTER TRAINING ON THE JOB: FLYING THE LINE

There’s plenty of work flying long-line missions and not enough trained and s

Continuing on from the previous post here is our path that we took back home. Starting in KT

Since we had flown all the way down from Canada without stopping for gas we needed to purchas

Today looked great but we decided that with the windy conditions it was not worth getting bumped around for a stroll along the beach. If we were heading out on vacation I would tolerate a bit more, bu

On friday it was time for my third flight. I walked to the hangar little before 10 o'clock in the morning. I opened the hangar doors and started to prepare the aircraft. My instructor arrived a little