I've wanted to fly for a fractional jet ownership company for a while. It's a good combination of being able to provide personal, high-end service, while still having a lot of variety, and the trainin
One update from Oshkosh and then dead silence.
Sorry folks. As usual, I got too darn busy!
I captured more than 1200 images during my three full days on the grounds at Airventure 2008. Here’s
Ever wonder how a pilot knows to stay clear of an airshow? According to Federal Aviation Regulations 91.03 "Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become familiar with all available i
This morning I undertook the adventure of converting my contacts and calendar from the Palm desktop to the iPhone. Given that Palm is one of the only serious competitors for Apple, you would think Ap
So I went to the concert. We lined up for an hour or so to get through a security bag check. It was like being at an airport, except we didn't have to take off our shoes. They made everyone dump out t
I can’t no longer count the number of male pilots I know, there are too much of them. Counting the number of female pilots I know is much easier. It just requires two hands, and a strong memory
I was roughly nine or ten when I first flew in the front seat of an aeroplane (it was Australia, so it was spelt that way), a Cherokee piloted by a friend of my father's. We flew out
The boys get a report on an interesting airport, go off on wing walkers, and get a surprise visit from a good friend. All this and more on Uncontrolled Airspace, Episode #95 “Wing Walking”
I have added an experimental, alpha-quality feature to OurAirports: local Canadian Airport NOTAMs via RSS (scraped from the Nav Canada web site). If anyone is interested in trying this out, you need
One part of becoming a pilot is learning to deal with your emotional reactions to flight. Here's an example: When flying the traffic pattern and turning from the base leg to final, a lot of the earth
Well, if I have any readers left...no, I haven't abandoned my blog. My lack of attention to it even has a good excuse attached. Our internet at home (which is to say, the neighbor's wifi that we've be
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