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I made the first tangible bit of progress towards my commercial pilot certificate today by passing the written test. As with the instrument written test a couple of years back, I posted my best score

Enjoy listening and learning as you eavesdrop on the Hangar Flying conversation with Certified Flight Instructors! The CFIcast #9 CFI panel:
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I want to talk about promotions... specifically military promotions.
Let me explain.
One of my High School classmates is now a Major General in the United States Army. He was in many of my c

Sad news for aviation enthusiasts, the F-117A Stealth Fighter will be retired as of April 22nd, 2008. I’ve always enjoyed the look and mystery of the F-117A and it will be sorely missed…

Listening to - Ben Folds - Losing Lisa

I worked 8-4 today and had a 5 o'clock flight. I had originally planned for HFD as it's a nice 2hr flight. By the time I got to the airport and got to

FINALLY! I got up in the air.  It seems that the weather has been plotting to keep me on the ground just to rub in the fact i’ve not yet earned my instrument rating.  I managed to coordinate s

It's the middle of March. MARCH. The temperature today has been 81 all day. And very humid. I was very hot and sweaty and my clothes were sticking to me in the plane earlier today. However, appar

Had my first flight back in the plane since survival which was nice.

Our planned vacation to the west coast this summer is still on the books. Unfortunately the cost of fuel (especially diesel) continues to reach record highs. When we originally envisioned this trip l

It was my first real flying job after being an instructor. Part 135 cargo, flying an SUV, single pilot, IFR, at night, in the mountains for Diamond Air. I found myself doing the things on a regular ba

Thanks to a small subsection in our pilot contract, I was able to procu

A first look at my lovely new toy, “Snowbird”, named after

Last week I was in Boston. I flew out of Buffalo because it was a signifigant cost savings over flying out of the ← March 10 (14 items) March 12 (17 items) →

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