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• December 28, 2008
• 15:18

  Book Review: "The Pilot's Air Traffic Control Handbook"

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  Picked this book up from the library, figuring it would be good to learn something new while the flying weather is not cooperating. I am very glad I did, as it was not at all what I was expecting bas
• November 23, 2008
• 20:08

  Product Review: Foreflight Checklist

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  Back in October I purchased an app for my iPod Touch called "Checklist"from the folks at ForeFlight. I quickly set out to replicate the checklist
• October 20, 2008
• 22:37

  Airplane Photo Series (2)

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  Scaled down this time. This is a series of electric R/C aircraft images, some taken at the local R/C airfield and the rest at the Zen of Neato's aerodr
• October 14, 2008
• 20:57

  Airplane Photo Series (1)

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  I have a habit of taking pictures any time I am around airplanes. I have resolved to start sharing these images on a more consistent basis. I hope you enjoy checking them out!
  
  This first
• October 13, 2008
• 19:51

  Sharing the love and Rust Inhibitor

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  Two flights since my last post, the first added two more passengers to my total and the second was an attempt to keep the flying cobwebs away.
  
  A co-worker has a teenage daughter who is inte
• September 09, 2008
• 21:37

  Short solo hop, picture from motorcycle track day.

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  Took up 33149 up for 1.5 this afternoon around the local area to practice stalls with different flap settings. Then I jogged over to my old stomping grounds at Mettetal to fly some pattern work.
  
• September 01, 2008
• 22:49

  Flying to Put-In-Bay (3W2) for Labor Day

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  Thanks to a persistent (and most welcome) area of high pressure, my wife and I were able to fly to a family reunion on South Bass Island in the western end of Lake Erie. Initially, the weather on Fri
• August 28, 2008
• 20:10

  Dealing with the remnants of Fay

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  Flew a nice cross country to Grand Rapids (GRR) yesterday. The remnants of Fay built up from the southeast as our departure time approached. Visibility was fine, but clouds held us below our desired
• August 27, 2008
• 10:07

  Archer Checkout

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  This flight occurred Monday afternoon/evening.
  
  I am now signed off to fly the Archer despite getting a good reminder about "IMSAFE" and human factors. Everything was going fine, slow flight
• August 23, 2008
• 17:35

  Thunder Over Michigan 2008

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  I ended up going to this year's event despite the fact that I was disappointed with the show from last year. What can I say... I can't stay away from airplanes. The organizers decided to put the air