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I got myself a ZenFolio account, and have uploaded the nicest astrophotos that I've taken so far. See here for the collection.

Well where does the time go? I had intended to document every day of my visit to Oshkosh but that just never happened. We were either too busy or just plain too whooped to do anything when we got ba

The other day, I get a phone call from my old flight skool. I’ve been assigned a student. This truly comes out of nowhere. I can only imagine that they’ve forgiven me for refusing to bu

Time this lesson: 0.8
Total Time: 66.4
Landings: 218

Today was planned as a morning "mock" checkride with my FBO's Chief Flight Instructor. The weather did not cooperate (low clou

Mt. Whitney Trail Camp 2nd Day, a bit higher up 19:37

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Mt. Whitney Trail Camp at 12,000'

Mt. Whitney Trail Camp

Today I passed my checkride for my commercial certificate in the Seminole. I’m very pleased with the progress up until now and I’m looking forward to the last two weeks of the program in Las Vega

My latest animation is on its finishing stages and I decided to offer a small sneak peek for you. Here is the animation's cast shot.

Mary and I decided that a "no go" was in order for today's planned flight to KOXB. We didn'

Here are my weekends from the present to the beginning of November:

- Yosemite for a star-gazing party (stay up all night at Glacier Point). I'm hoping for some good photographs.
- De

I Loved "Wings"

I've probably made some mention of it here, but most of the discussion has been on cjsmith's j

This has turned out to be the second-to-worst year for hours billed as a CFI since I started teaching (second only to 2004, the first full year I taught). I blame a bunch of trips during the summer s

Steven Covey calls it "making sure your ladder is leaning against the correct wall." That is, before struggling to climb the ladder of success, make sure you've got your priorities straight and that

A better picture of the Dumbell Nebula.

Taken 8/3/2007 in Sunnyvale, CA. WO Megrez 90mm; WO FF II; Canon Rebel XTi with Hutech Ia mod; 120 unguided exposures, 30 sec, ISO 800; 30 darks sta

After reading Aviatrix's entry today (Parallel Careers), I got to thinking about those who risk and fail, or accomplish things they hadn't originally p

I had the check flight with the CFI last night.  I wish I'd had it some time ago.  Depsite everyone's protestations, it was as I expected- not bad, just not ready.  When I say not ready

Nav Canada is upgrading Buttonville's ILS system. No new functionality is being added, just installing a new localizer. In order to accommodate this two month outage, Nav Canada is producing a GNSS a

This stuff is fun

Some pictures of yesterday's launch of STS-118 taken by an acquaintaince of mine who lives on the beach in Florida.

Today I was reunited with someone whom I met the summer I earned my instrument rating. He finished his IFR just a little after I did, with the same examiner. We spent some time that summer flying arou

Me and a couple of buddies got up for a flight last weeknd. This was the first time that either of them had flown in a small non-commercial aircraft.

For my birthday, Lisa took us to see "Evil Dead : The Musical". We got tickets in the 'Splatter Zone'. It did not disappoint. In fact, it wa

Recently, I've had the pleasure of meeting a number of women who are also wives or partners of pilots. We all "met" through the Internet and decided to meet up in real life, and it was fabulous. Could

Below is kind of a strange way I posted pics finally. My computer is having issues. Windows will not allow me to open my pictures folder which blogger needs to access pics from this way of posting.

Me flying PSD on the Zaca with the burn boss Ron Bollier in the left front seat.

Our first operational and only operational rappel of the season on the Goldledge fire

Luke falling the tree.

This is all I can show you of what was left after the big rig struck the cow then the

I kid you not, this is for real, happened in June before we left for the Zaca fire, a

Some of the creatures in our forest on the Zaca Fire. The Desert Horned Lizard, ak

Diesel to the dozers

The fuel truck parked in front of the ship(blocking it), but a cool pick of the act

the prowler in the back

An intelligent, insightful, curmudgeon with a wry sense of humor...
And I can tell ya from firsthand experien

From the forums on Flightinfo.com:



The last time I went through the Staff Line in London, they took the time to squirt a sample of each and every item in my "Liquids and Jells"

Spending time with friends who hail from England invariably leads to comparisons between how we use language, between American and English. We had great fun mimicking each others' accents, being baffl

If this wasn't a field I was really interested in, this might have been the worst summer ever.
Luckily, I love learning, and especially within this field. And even better, the weather absolutely

B is usually busy with work, but we both have a night free this week. It’s been a miserably hot summer, and we’re going to try to find relief in Duluth. It’s usually cooler up ther