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I drive to KANE after Student B’s lesson — B and I are planning to spin today. The clouds look lowish, but it turns out we’re going to be fine. I always have disturbing thoughts wh

A bunch of us agreed to post on the same topic yesterday, writing about one good part of flying, one bad part, and one weird part (unfortunately, I’m running a day late). Here are some of the o

I met with Dave last Friday morning and went over the questions that he had giving me. Then we went over some of the stuff that I might be asked during my flight test.

This weeked sucked we

Student B has an afternoon appointment every Sunday, and in warm weather, it gets bumpy in the afternoon. Today isn’t an exception. But although KMIC is very irritating in gusty winds, it̵

Mary and I decided to take advantage of the weather and spend the afternoon shopping in St. Mi

I apologize for being a day late and a dollar short on this post. Since the beginning of April, I have been to Virginia, bought a house, returned to San Diego, worked a lot, went to Honolulu, worked

I flew the Husky from Ottawa to Wyoming in two days in 2005 and I now admit that it must have been beginners luck. In 2006, nature threw up all of her General Aviation obstacles to ensure I did not g

A great article on the 2006 annual Gaston's fly in Lakeview Arkansas from the April 2006 issue of Twin & Turbine magazine by our friend, T&T Editor

The Good, The Bad and the Plane Weird


I forget last night was the night when a group of us pilot bloggers was going to all make a similar post about our experiences. The topic for thi

This is the continuation of the last post, here we are about to touchdown on Runway 28L. This

This is morning number 2 with minimum rest so I am a bit tired and this is also my second day

A few months ago in a hotel room somewhere I decided I needed a new Wordpress theme. After searching the intertube for a theme with the desired features I came up

It seems like ages since I last flew, but it was in fact only three weeks. Since then, I have been in Vienna to my sister’s wedding and the plane has been through an annual. Nothing adverse discov

It seems like I'm finally back in "full swing" on my commercial license. I've put myself on the schedule for Saturday and Sunday afternoons for the next month and a half (with the exception of one we

Call it an affliction, but I revel in noticing details. Most of the time, it's for my own enjoyment and, some might say, as a self-verification of my level of Situational Awareness.

Some pe

We left the KBMG airport around 3:30 headed for home, KJGG. During our Lancair test drive an hour earlier we saw that the clouds were from about 8,000' to 10,000'.

Our trip back was plan