Our stretch of good weather came to an end - with the impending arrival of hot sticky weather forecasted for the weekend the weather had changed to cool and drizzly. It wasn’t pouring rain, but
For a long time now I have thought that immersion in a subject is the best way to learn it. I have been making strides to integrate more aviation into my daily life, hoping maybe to learn by osmosis
If I ever decide to do a CPL, I shall plan to sit my flight test in February, because sitting my PPL flight test in July has meant getting a decent enough day to sit my BFR on top of tying dow
While transiting Iowa by car on my way to Bloomington in May, I decided to take a detour to check out the Iowa Aviation Museum at Greenfield Municipal Airport (KGFZ). I had seen the signs on I-80 a f
I'm waiting in an FBO. I do more waiting than flying. I've figured out which local newspaper carries the New York Times crossword puzzle, and so I ask if it's available. It's not, but they offe
Well, after having time to think about it and away from the high-pressure sales droid, I decided that NASE didn't have very good insurance. The premiums might be lower, but that doesn't help if they
As of 29th of June, US pilots flying IFR using RNAV segments (SIDs, airways, or STARs) will have to file IFR flight plan. Many websites already posted about that, including the excellent
OK, I got a 29/30 on the neutrino paper. Not perfect, but it'll do :-) My grader wanted a little better explanation of why all of these experiments solved the problem. Given that I hardly understan
As was growing customary, we once again woke up to bright blue skies and comfortable temperatures.
Running out of clean clothes there was a necessity to do some laundry before we did anything else.
Waking up we were once again bathed in sunshine, and a quick look at the forecast proved that we were to enjoy this sort of weather for the full duration of our time in Vancouver. Great!
We started o
We awoke to the polar opposite of the weather we had left behind the night before - it was now warm and sunny, and the winds were virtually calm.
With little to do at the campground we were not long
Sure enough when we woke up Sunday morning it was raining, and had been on and off through the night. Many of the one-night local campers were disappointed and promptly packed up and departed early,
last night was the 2nd instr ground school night. it's from 6:30pm-10pm and feels a bit long by the end of it (particularly since i have a tough boxing class from 6am-7am on the same days). my night
I just received my grade on the UV project paper - 100%! What's more, the scientist who graded it recommended that I do the work necessary to turn it into a paper that can be submitted for publicatio
(Note: No, we are not dead! We have arrived in Vancouver and are having a blast, but WiFi has been tough to find so I’m a bit behind updating the blog. I’m trying to catch up tonight- W
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