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RJ Wannabe 
Time building flying is coming right along. In a few weeks, I'll finally have enough hours to put on form 8710 and apply for a Commercial Single Engine Certificate.
Saturday, a plane was re
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RJ Wannabe
Tuesday morning, my instructor and I were supposed to finish up the complex portion of my commercial training in the Piper Arrow. However, one of the Arrows was down for 50 hour maintenance and it hap
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RJ Wannabe
Tuesday morning, my instructor and I were supposed to finish up the complex portion of my commercial training in the Piper Arrow. However, one of the Arrows was down for 50 hour maintenance and it ha
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RJ Wannabe
One of the neat things about flying at Gateway is the variety of aircraft flying in and out. At any given time in the pattern you'll find: C-17's delivering Israeli Longbows to Boeing for refurbishm
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RJ Wannabe
Who am I kidding? Nobody is that happy. But I do have reasons to be happy. Things are finally going my way at school. That means no more training under CFR 14-142. No more waiting for a Seneca (of whi
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RJ Wannabe
In the process of getting ready to do a bunch of cross country flying, I stopped by a new pilot shop for some
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RJ Wannabe
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RJ Wannabe
Today I received a phone call from the VP in Florida of the flight school that I attend. After a week of vacillating, the finally agreed to move me from Part 142 commercial training in to Part 61 trai
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RJ Wannabe
The Law of Averages finally ruled in my favor. There was actually a flying Seneca at school today. The window was only 2 hours long and the lesson called for 8 approaches: ILS, VOR, NDB & GPS firs
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RJ Wannabe
Saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
Translation at Dyslexic school flight: "If it ain't workin', don't fix it"
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Yes, the aircraft was down again today. The
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RJ Wannabe
That's the succession of sounds made by my first solo flight in a Diamond Star DA20 (Katana). Here's the story:
I had been trying for nearly three months to get checked out in a Katana tha
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RJ Wannabe
With the happenings going on at school, I've caught myself feeling, sounding and acting rather negative over the last several weeks. As any type of education progresses, there are highs and lows. Up
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RJ Wannabe
I managed to squawk both of the "Flying Turds" today. No reason to bore anyone with the details as it has been covered ad-nauseum. Bottom line: no multi engine flight AGAIN.
Something has t
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RJ Wannabe
I swear that's what I would be saying if he were still alive. I'm beginning to feel like the joke is on me at school. My flight today was cancelled due to maintenance AGAIN. Have I mentioned that I'm
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RJ Wannabe
I have been getting maintenance cancellations on a 3:1 ratio to actually flying. The Seneca I's that my school has in it's fleet are TIRED OLD BEATERS. Seneca's aren't really stout enough for traini
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RJ Wannabe
I have been getting maintenance cancellations on a 3:1 ratio to actually flying. The Seneca I's that my school has in it's fleet are TIRED OLD BEATERS. Seneca's aren't really stout enough for traini
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RJ Wannabe
Over the past few weeks, I've been working on an Excel spreadsheet to use as a backup for my logbook. After completing it, I realized that I was close to losing night currency.
14CFR 61.57(
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RJ Wannabe
Over the past few weeks, I've been working on an Excel spreadsheet to use as a backup for my logbook. After completing it, I realized that I was close to losing night currency.
14CFR 61.57(
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RJ Wannabe
I just added a new section titled "Useful Aviation Resources". It is on the sidebar near the top.
Right now, there a just a few links. Over the next week or so, I'll add some more links t
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RJ Wannabe
I just added a new section titled "Useful Aviation Resources". It is on the sidebar near the top.
Right now, there a just a few links. Over the next week or so, I'll add some more links t
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RJ Wannabe
Today, a group of instructors and myself embarked on a tour of the Phoenix TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control). The Phoenix TRACON handles all IFR and VFR traffic within 40 nautical miles of Sky
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RJ Wannabe
Today, a group of instructors and myself embarked on a tour of the Phoenix TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control). The Phoenix TRACON handles all IFR and VFR traffic within 40 nautical miles of Sky
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RJ Wannabe
Last night, I was looking at my electronic flight log spreadsheet. One of the things that stood out was that I had 66 approaches in the last 60 days. 66 reminded me of 14CFR61.157 which basically stat
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RJ Wannabe
Last night, I was looking at my electronic flight log spreadsheet. One of the things that stood out was that I had 66 approaches in the last 60 days. 66 reminded me of 14CFR61.157 which basically stat
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RJ Wannabe
Commercial Multi-Engine is going well. There has been a lot of time spent in the FTD. The school I go to has two Level 6 Seneca FTD's. They are basically Seneca cockpits that have been converted to
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RJ Wannabe
Commercial Multi-Engine is going well. There has been a lot of time spent in the FTD. The school I go to has two Level 6 Seneca FTD's. They are basically Seneca cockpits that have been converted to
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RJ Wannabe
It seems like many of the guys
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RJ Wannabe
It seems like many of the guys that I like the best are going to
October 24, 2006
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RJ Wannabe
Translation from Seneca language: Seneca One Dog
I knew going in to this that Seneca's are not training aircraft. They just aren't as hearty as a Seminole. Two flights in a row had to be ca
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RJ Wannabe
Translation from Seneca language: Seneca One Dog
I knew going in to this that Seneca's are not training aircraft. They just aren't as hearty as a Seminole. Two flights in a row had to be ca
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RJ Wannabe
The last few weeks have been pretty busy. Between work, school and family - there's been very little time to breathe, much less write.
Last weekend was my daughter's 8th birthday, which we
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RJ Wannabe
The last few weeks have been pretty busy. Between work, school and family - there's been very little time to breathe, much less write.
Last weekend was my daughter's 8th birthday, which we
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RJ Wannabe
Thuderstorms rattled the Phoenix area throughout the night. We had fairly heavy rain, lightning and thunder at our house from Midnight to about 4 a.m. This is unusual weather for October in Arizona. L
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RJ Wannabe
Thuderstorms rattled the Phoenix area throughout the night. We had fairly heavy rain, lightning and thunder at our house from Midnight to about 4 a.m. This is unusual weather for October in Arizona. L
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RJ Wannabe
Cue: Theme from
"The High And The Mighty"Oh what the heck, here...just listen to it. It will set the mood.
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RJ Wannabe
Cue: Theme from
"The High And The Mighty"Oh what the heck, here...just listen to it. It will set the mood.
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RJ Wannabe
The first part of this post is about our trip to see Roger Waters in LA. For the aviation portion of the post, scroll down.
Roger Waters
Well, we did the 30 hour turnaround to LA to se
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RJ Wannabe
The first part of this post is about our trip to see Roger Waters in LA. For the aviation portion of the post, scroll down.
Roger Waters
Well, we did the 30 hour turnaround to LA to se
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RJ Wannabe
I have a new name for the Archer that I've been flying recently. "The Flying Dump Truck". I had to go to Wickenburg today and took Dana with me. We were well under max gross weight, but the thing just
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RJ Wannabe
I have a new name for the Archer that I've been flying recently. "The Flying Dump Truck". I had to go to Wickenburg today and took Dana with me. We were well under max gross weight, but the thing just
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RJ Wannabe
The President is coming to P
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RJ Wannabe
The President is coming to P
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RJ Wannabe
The last step in commercial single engine are a couple of long cross country flights, one day the other night. With my busy schedule, it's better to just combine them in to one trip and that's just wh
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RJ Wannabe
The last step in commercial single engine are a couple of long cross country flights, one day the other night. With my busy schedule, it's better to just combine them in to one trip and that's just wh
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RJ Wannabe
Today was finally the day for my commercial stage one check. As expected, it was rather simple. The ground portion was about 45 minutes and consisted of questions about emergency procedures, lost co
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RJ Wannabe
Today was finally the day for my commercial stage one check. As expected, it was rather simple. The ground portion was about 45 minutes and consisted of questions about emergency procedures, lost co
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RJ Wannabe
My instructor turned in the paperwork for my commercial Stage 1 check last Saturday and we expected it to be schedule by Monday or Tuesday. For whatever reason, it was pushed back to Thursday at 6 AM.
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RJ Wannabe
My instructor turned in the paperwork for my commercial Stage 1 check last Saturday and we expected it to be schedule by Monday or Tuesday. For whatever reason, it was pushed back to Thursday at 6 AM.
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RJ Wannabe
11,500(G1000/j) = air sickness bag
   Mexican Food              500
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RJ Wannabe
11,500(G1000/j) = air sickness bag
   Mexican Food              500
