I can remember when as an new instructor my flight school purchased their very first Garmin 430. We were all very excited and as instructors we immediately realized that their were going to be lots o
Yesterday was the start of the first semester for my masters in astronomy. Of course it coincides with my two weeks in Florida when I have zero free time, and only sporadic internet access. Tonight
After appointments with the Endocrinologist, the Surgeon, the General Practitioner, the Reproductive Endrocrinologist and phone calls with ALPA representitives, the Chief Pilot, the Base Administrator
If you're a pilot in L.A., Bell School seems to be the hot spot this week. Pilots from Los Angeles City Fire Air Ops and Pasadena Police Department are attending Bell School along with myself and co-w
Couple design changes around here. Since most of you read this through the news feed it probably won’t impact you, but do take a look and leave any thoughts you have.
I will be out of town (in Boston) for the next week. I wasn't able to fly this past weekend due to poor weather.
In the meantime, check out this post at
I have my cell phone set up so that a call from Crew Scheduling brings up the caller ID "Satan," and the accompanying ringtone plays "I Hate Everything About You" by Three Days Grace. The animosity is
So, continuing on with the story. Needless to say, we arrived back in DTW late. I had already missed my flight home and knew the flights out of DTW in the morning were oversold. This left me with 2 ch
I saw an ad for DUAT Mobile ([www.duat.com]) recently, a service for phones and Internet-connected PDAs. I figured this would be a great way to get weather and
I made some small steps toward selling the RV-4. I reworked the canopy hinge that connects the canopy to the fuselage. There were some hinge eyes broken off so I drilled out those sections of hinge a
I have to thank God that He has seen fit to bring me help in the form of two additional deacons. I’ve started showing them the ropes the past two Sundays. They both live some distance from
Our club just bought two Blaniks and a bunch of parts from a private party. We knew that one of the ships is in really good shape and the other "needed to be assembled". Well, that was an understateme
Yesterday I was planning to take a friend C for a flight. We had already cancelled once before due to high winds. The forecast was for marine layer clouds to burn off by 10-11 am, with 30% cloud cover