The Joy of Aviation

3:30 PM Tuesday. The Phone Rings. It’s Bill. He can’t make the flight tomorrow. Life just jumped in the way. We were going to meet at Butter Valley Golf Port in PA (7N8) for lunch. This would be our first flying meeting since the flying bug bit him (again) almost exactly one year [...]

So far, I’ve been very fortunate to have enough friends who want to go up with me. And during this awesome autumn season, I’ve tried to get as many as possible up to see the foliage. Now with the leaves brown and down, I feel the need for a little “me” time. Just [...]

This was a four-part mission:
1) Give my friend, Pete, a memorable birthday present.
2) Enjoy some Maine-fresh lobster.
3) Expand my navigation envelope.
4) Place a new “pin” in my Airports Visited map.
5) Check off one of my life’s “to-do list” items.
First, let’s go back to the late 1970s. I was in High School and had a teacher [...]