The Joy of AviationIt was a dark overcast moonless night. It was also two days before my Portland trip, which had a high probability of a late return – with a passenger. I needed to get my night currency up to date.
It was one of those perfect autumn days. The leaves were brilliant gold against a cobalt blue sky. The air was calm and warm. I was outside doing seasonal cleanup chores (ugh) and after the 10th small plane flew over my house, I declared it was too nice a day to be [...]
I’m one of those fussy people who just hate to look through a dirty windshield. So, when I joined my local flying club, one of the biggest turnoffs was that both planes’ windshields had a LOT of spider web type scratches. In fact on one of my late afternoon Fall flights last year, I [...]
September 20, 2009: Time to pop this article up to the top!
Here’s one of these handy websites I just love this time of the year – The Fall Foliage page from The Weather Channel. They update it every couple of days beginning late August through mid-November.
Here’s the Northeast map
My daughter accompanied me on yesterday’s local foliage flight. She borrowed my camera for a while. Being seven year old, I didn’t know what to expect, but as usual I was wonderfully surprised. If you can stand a bit of “kid’s home video” check out this clip.
Is that just wonderfully revealing – or am [...]
It was a nice autumn day. Sun was bright and hot on your skin. The winds were cool and blowing atypically from the northeast. Speed was 7 kts gusting to 16. No tango airmets, and after seeing two wonderful days pass by, I decided to go have some fun.
Had another great flight yesterday. Lots of firsts and records for me.
First time in moderate turbulence
First time in the rain
First time flying above overcast
First time calling flight services for an enroute weather update
First [...]
