"I'm curious, when you say "checklist" is this an actual piece of paper, a computer screen, or a set of memorized items? I understand there are emergency memorized lists, but what of the rest? -Much
Some you win and some you lose! This particular lesson I lost – that is to say I didn’t have a great lesson! Having said that, you learn more from your mistakes, so on that basis, I learned a lo
Well, weather was not on my side yet again today. I was scheduled at 1:00pm to go for my ppl license at Holland landing airport. When I woke up this morning the METAR’s were indicating 1/2 mile visi
When I've had a failure that has required me to roll one of my two engines back to idle (on take off at night with a patient on board.. trust me this is not fun) the mechanic stating he is fixing it b
Last week, I had an interesting situation arise during a flight. This kind of situation would be a perfect scenario to throw at someone during a P.C or L.O.F.T flight in a sim. It is real world based
While to some (myself included) the wing suit seems a bit crazy, and I would never try it myself I can recognize the skill of others and the joy they obviously get from it. Here are some particularly
The previous Ardmore trip as well as my weekend trip to Whitianga (photos + film to follow) allowed me to tick over the 50 hours PIC mark. My new goal is 40 hours Archer time (there is also a total t
Fellow blogger, former Marine, and former Presidential Candidate Cary Cartter is a guy I agree with much of the time. He comments here now and then. When he found out Big Bubba moved to Mesa he quickl
By the time we start the helicopter to launch on a scene flight, most of the heavy lifting has already been done by Police, Firefighters, and ground EMS Crews. I'm in awe of the job they do, and uncom
Normally the November is in Germany for balloonists a leisure time, because of the strong weather conditions.
So there are many evening for spending time with computer gaming:
1) Balloon game for cel
It’s something we’ve all heard about during our flight training and at many safety seminars since. CNN just posted some dramatic footage recreated from radar and transponder data depictin
I'm interrupting my story for what I really did today, Sunday
November 11th. It happens that I was back in Canada.
I went to a Remembrance Day ceremony at a public cenotaph. I
realized as I dress
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