We awoke in Thunder Bay to another dreary grey day. It seems that we’ve been underneath questionable weather since departing home 4 days ago, but the forecast shows that at some point on our we
I'm still waiting for the shop to find time in their schedule to put Yellowbird back together. For the past three months, I've tried several tactics for dealing with flying withdrawal. I've painted wh
I'm advised that I'll be doing my much delayed pilot proficiency check this week. That means that if I get the job I'll have two career-critical flight tests right after one another. Lovely. This one
Large airports are mazes of modern times. Flying a good approach and land smoothly are good things, but the pilot’s job is not over before reaching the parking position (paperwork excluded). Und
Flying always feels different after sunset. Isolated, elsewhere, in orbit instead of just above. My world becomes the plane and the plane is the entire world. Cities and farmland and lakes and railwa
This question comes from Josh:
I’ve had a little confusion with cross-country planning. It is with the magnetic and true courses. Can you tell me if this is right. When I plot the route and use
Awaking Sunday morning after what turned out to be an unsurprisingly bad nights sleep it turns out that our scenic lookout is actually fairly scenic, and the scenery is about 1 feet from our front doo