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Saturday's forecast was for about 4kt lift up to 6-7,000' MSL, hot enough for thermals (about 87F, I think), but unfortunately with an inversion. Sure enough, I could see the inversion and watched it

The sickest episode yet!

... hear about a disgusting flight attendant trick ... take a trip inside the unofficial Vomit Comet ... plus hear another visit from

[2008/7 Update: the new iPhone native app version of ForeFlight, ForeFlight Mobile 2.0, is now out and available through iTunes. I have the new version,

I think I've actually finished one of my project papers more than a week early! I'm really happy with how this paper turned out. I analyzed solar irradiance data and compared it with surface reading

Every single guess has been correct: MS and the IFR Pilot have once again descended upon New Orleans. Pictures later, video will have to suffice for now!

In 2000 John McCain called the pilots of United Airlines "greedy and unpatriotic" for their attempt to improve their labor contract. Maybe I'm being blinded by my greed and lack of patriotism, but I

I had a new thing happen on a flight today. Not amazingly exciting; not even a little bit exciting, really. Just a matter of "heh, never saw that before." I guess the world never runs out of things

There are two frequencies that all pilots know by heart: 121.50 and 123.45. The first one is the emergency frequency that can be used at any time when safety of the flight is endangered. The second on

Okay, okay. I know I haven't posted lately, but I've been busy. Early morning launches to avoid thunderstorms, crazy hotels, crazy hotel shuttles, crazy food, flakey or non-existent internet connectiv

I interviewed with American Eagle on May 13th, 2008, a day before my 27th birthday. I was anticipating the call from them to schedule the interview for about a week, when I finally received the call.