Items by Eric Gideon

• June 01, 2008
• 17:30

  Off to school

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  I’m leaving tonight for Bend, OR (KBDN), where I’ll be for a week learning to fly the Cessna 400. It’s technically
• May 07, 2008
• 19:38

  Flying for fun

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  That’s the ultimate standard for success, right? Take something that you enjoy, then find a way to get paid for it. So far, I think I’m doing pretty well. Next month I fly down to Bend, O
• April 10, 2008
• 13:00

  Checkride season

   » ‎ aeronaut
  After a pretty marginal winter here in the Puget Sound, the weather is finally starting to improve. Low ceilings and lots of rain h
• March 03, 2008
• 17:43

  Improvements

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  Couple design changes around here. Since most of you read this through the news feed it probably won’t impact you, but do take a look and leave any thoughts you have. January 23, 2008
• 20:50

  The future, wouldn't that be nice

   » ‎ aeronaut
  As I was finishing up my time with UND Aerospace, the fleet had started to switch from classic round-dial ‘steam gauge’ instruments to the Avidyne FlightMax flight display / Garmin GNS430
• November 29, 2007
• 16:25

  King Schools Teach the Wrong Things (and other thoughts on teaching at a Cessna Pilot Center)

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  For the most part, this is a list I’m generating for myself. The more problems there are with a syllabus, the more important it is that my coworkers and I have ways of getting around them. I
• September 18, 2007
• 1:08

  Keeping busy

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I apologize for the almost two months of silence on my part. In early August I graduated July 23, 2007
• 21:22

  Light Sport aviation gets some big names

   » ‎ aeronaut
  If you haven’t been following the news coming out of EAA AirVenture 2007, th
• July 16, 2007
• 23:33

  Further towards minimalism

   » ‎ aeronaut
  After about a year and a half, everything was starting to look pretty orange. So, now it’s not as orange. This is kind of a liv
• July 09, 2007
• 3:36

  Mountain flying, density altitude, and the AA-1 Yankee

   » ‎ aeronaut
  After some deep thoughts on these three important crossing-the-Rockies factors, I’ve decided to hold off on my coast-to-coast trip –
• July 02, 2007
• 2:23

  slight course change

   » ‎ aeronaut
  A few weeks ago I said I’d be heading home for the rest of the summer and finishing my courses in the fall, but that’s not quite the case. I have one class left for graduation: AVIT 480 (
• June 09, 2007
• 15:32

  From student to teacher

   » ‎ aeronaut
  Well, I’ve finally done it. After three years of flight training at UND, I’ve earned the last rating required for graduation – and the one most useful to a job search in Washington
• April 30, 2007
• 17:49

  Almost done for the semester

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’m wrapping up my CFII course this week; it’s been keeping me busy for the last month. My to-do list for the next 24 hours, mostly to make sure I don’t forget anything: (DONE)
• April 03, 2007
• 14:09

  Taking the grand tour

   » ‎ aeronaut
  One of the things that’s been creeping to the front of my mind as I near graduation is a flying tour of the country. I’ve
• March 26, 2007
• 18:10

  Interfaces designed by engineers

   » ‎ aeronaut
  One of the things that bothers me most about our increasing reliance on technology is how absolutely terrible some of it is. Where simple tasks exist, complex methods are often required. Other times,
• March 18, 2007
• 3:05

  my apologies

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’ve really dropped the ball for the last month, and I’ll try to get something up shortly. Things have been a bit busier
• February 19, 2007
• 2:59

  Scaling down the focus

   » ‎ aeronaut
  One of the things I have realized during my instructor training is just how much we have to learn. Everyday aviation tasks like taking off and landing aren’t just absorbed, they have to be taug
• February 08, 2007
• 23:22

  The big aviation career picture

   » ‎ aeronaut
  Just about every time it’s mentioned that I attend flight school, I get The Question: “so, you want to work for the airlines?” It’s a difficult one to answer, in part because
• January 28, 2007
• 18:44

  The importance of involvement

   » ‎ aeronaut
  One of the things that’s been hugely emphasized in my flight instructor training has been the need to involve students in their own training. It’s not enough to simply sit there and lectu
• January 25, 2007
• 14:36

  Proficiency and ongoing education

   » ‎ aeronaut
  If the first two weeks have taught me anything, it’s that I’m in for a lot of writing this semester. A presentation on an airliner for my transport category aircraft course, a 2,000 word
• January 10, 2007
• 15:34

  Flying the AA-1

   » ‎ aeronaut
  Well, I’m back in North Dakota again after a relaxing winter break – and some awful travel experiences with Northwest. A
• December 24, 2006
• 18:43

  Merry Christmas!

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’m just about to head out the door for a Christmas Eve dinner in Seattle with some friends and family, but before I do –
• December 21, 2006
• 14:53

  reading up on aviation safety

   » ‎ aeronaut
  This semester didn’t finish soon enough. Now that finals are done, though, I can turn my attention to other things! I’ve picked up a couple of interesting books in the past month, both
• December 05, 2006
• 23:47

  marginal conditions

   » ‎ aeronaut
  It’s that time of the year again, with finals charging down the hill at full tilt. The weather is getting crappier, keeping th
• November 18, 2006
• 21:37

  Grumman update

   » ‎ aeronaut
  My dad flew down to Arizona to pick up the Yankee, and started the trip home yesterday morning. It handles and performs well – I’m not sure what kind of speeds he was getting, but he̵
• November 14, 2006
• 1:57

  ownership

   » ‎ aeronaut
  November 03, 2006
• 2:17

  39,000 miles, give or take

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’ve been remarkably busy, but after updating my lo
• 2:17

  39,000 miles, give or take

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’ve been remarkably busy, but after updating my lo
• October 24, 2006
• 0:55

  brace for turbulence

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’ve been busy again, but some things take priority around here, like catching up with my flying schedule (I fell behind thanks to an ear infection… ugh). Anyway, in the past few weeks th
• 0:55

  brace for turbulence

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’ve been busy again, but some things take priority around here, like catching up with my flying schedule (I fell behind thanks to an ear infection… ugh). Anyway, in the past few weeks th
• October 13, 2006
• 1:17

  national insecurity

   » ‎ aeronaut
  No doubt you’ve heard about the tragic crash in New York by now – Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor, for unknown reasons, struck a high-rise while flying Lidle’s
• 1:17

  national insecurity

   » ‎ aeronaut
  No doubt you’ve heard about the tragic crash in New York by now – Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor, for unknown reasons, struck a high-rise while flying Lidle’s
• October 11, 2006
• 21:41

  rebuilding

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’m back! It’s a bit of a mess around here thanks to the server failure, which as you may have noticed lasted the better part of a week. The database is back (that’s what runs this)
• 21:41

  rebuilding

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’m back! It’s a bit of a mess around here thanks to the server failure, which as you may have noticed lasted the better part of a week. The database is back (that’s what runs this)
• October 03, 2006
• 13:10

  time to start cooking crow?

   » ‎ aeronaut
  According to Bloomberg, Emirates is ‘reviewing its options’ after bein
• 13:10

  time to start cooking crow?

   » ‎ aeronaut
  According to Bloomberg, Emirates is ‘reviewing its options’ after bein
• October 01, 2006
• 21:33

  still around!

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’ve been getting utterly swamped by classes (and just recently discovered that 24 is actually pretty good). Sorry about the two week dead zone. A big ol’ batch of photos from Reno is
• 21:33

  still around!

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I’ve been getting utterly swamped by classes (and just recently discovered that 24 is actually pretty good). Sorry about the two week dead zone. A big ol’ batch of photos from Reno is
• September 17, 2006
• 4:57

  good evening.

   » ‎ aeronaut
  4:57

  good evening.

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  September 15, 2006
• 3:11

  another reno comes around

   » ‎ aeronaut
  It’s that time of the year again.
• 3:11

  another reno comes around

   » ‎ aeronaut
  It’s that time of the year again.
• September 11, 2006
• 14:29

  Looking back

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I haven’t ever written about 9/11. There’s so much there that I just couldn’t ever fit it into words, but I need to at least get this out. The split between our immediate a
• 14:29

  Looking back

   » ‎ aeronaut
  I haven’t ever written about 9/11. There’s so much there that I just couldn’t ever fit it into words, but I need to at least get this out. The split between our immediate a
• September 06, 2006
• 0:24

  spinning around

   » ‎ aeronaut
  0:24

  spinning around

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  August 28, 2006
• 16:58

  nose to the grindstone

   » ‎ aeronaut
  The drive was pretty uneventful. I’ve been back in Grand Forks for about a week now, and the semester is already looking to