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I had a chance to go out and practice some of these this past Saturday and man are they fun! Using the 1000 ft touchdown markers as my spot, I managed to nail five or six of them, had to cheat and ad

This morning we started out bright and early.

I didn't sleep too well because I had too much ForeFlight code bouncing around in my brain. But a quick g

While visiting Northern Wisconsin this weekend I was able to fit in a flight. I wanted to re-familiarize myself with flying to an airport within Class C airspace. I decided to fly to Green Bay's Austi

My life can be a little complicated at times, even by time zone-hopping pilot standards. You see, at the present time, I have six employers: Sunrise Aviatio

Finally a few days of good weather. I’ve done 18 hours so far which is pretty good compared with last month so looking good for 40 hours for the month. Did a test flight in MBH yesterday after

First impression: I hate typing on it. Perhaps this is an acquired taste.

So far it hasn't crashed, though, which is more than I can say for my Treo today. And I'm able to read email on i

Prompted by VariFrank

New Zealand managed to get some blue sky and light winds. I figured that since we'd had total and utter crap for the past 6 weeks that there'd be no chance I'd get a plane. But I decided to chance m

Listening to - As Tall As Lions - 505AM

Thanks to some really strong afternoon thunderstorms in the tri-state area, even good 'ole Islip is backed up by an hour and twenty five minutes. Fli

Episode 47 One of the things that bugs the Flight Attendants most about passengers is that they travel without a pen.  It's basically just being unprepared. I was unprepared this month because my

that I had started back in July that I wanted to add photos to and finish up, but just got so far behind, that I'm putting them up anyway. If you go read down past the Very Sad News, you will find the

Few months ago, one of you asked me what is the cost of rental flying in Europe. It’s not so easy to answer in a straightforward way, so I always postponed it. Several factors make a US vs. Euro

Now that it's determined that I will not be plunged into a B727 training course in the immediate future, and since it's becoming more probable that I will live out my days as a contract pilot, I think

Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #94 "A Tie is a Win"

Sen. McCain wants to enter her in the "Ms. Buffalo Chip" contest, and I can see why!
Ferdinand T. Cat actuall

Holding on to a boogie board, I was happy that I just caught my first big wave on the beach of Bellows AFS. But being a very lousy bodyboarder, I lost my balance and tumbled forward with the wav

So I spend a couple of hours today resizing my pictures so I won't exceed the 100 MB/month upload limits of my free Flickr account. After uploading an initial batch of pictures, I get a warning that