Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or
near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second,
telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant an
Back when I first bought Yellowbird, the gang at the iPilot.com message boards held a contest to come up with her name. The winning entry was suggested by a student pilot who went by the name of Cap'n
We've been in between major snow events with some decent weather for the last few days. We've had high overcasts for most of the morning and early afternoon turning into the fun MVFR/IFR that we all
Hooray for Christmas, it’s almost here! Gifts have been ordered, shopping lists have been made, and it’s 80 degrees outside today. Feels like Christmas is on it’s way.
We passed our
Once settled, we took a few days to explore our new surroundings. Things are pretty sparse compared to the Northeast, but it's not all cornfields.
About 35 miles to the east we find this sleepy littl
I’m having a nice break. Work has slowed down and left plenty of free time to enjoy. Student X, one of my more frequent fliers, easily passed his checkride a couple of weeks ago. Student I i
Every pilot in the world is thoroughly familiar with movie "Airplane!", and more often than not is guilty of evoking a few of the many classic one-liners. At the outset of a particular tricky approac
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal's Blog Watch column written by Keith Huang focused on four blogs written by Pilots. MyFlightBlog.com was one of the featured blogs along with PlasticPilot, Sulako's B
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal's Blog Watch column written by Keith Huang focused on four blogs written by Pilots. MyFlightBlog.com was one of the featured blogs along with PlasticPilot, Sulako's B
Well, I finally have everything set up again. Main telescope, guide scope, DSLR, webcam, laptop, etc. etc. I have a nifty new focusing program that autofocuses