The Joy of AviationI had my biggest and best flying adventure last Friday doing an Angel Flight. I was to pick up a couple from Philadelphia Northeast and bring them home to Rutland, Vermont. The trip down was fairly uneventful, flying smoothly between stratus layers. I was hoping this would be what I’d get northbound, but I [...]
This is my first experience using an autopilot so there’s be a bit of a learning curve. Some things are very intuitive and others, like if/when the King Autopilot 150, aka “Otto”, is going to catch the glideslope, are not. Even after a 100 linked approaches, it still seems kind of random whether it catches [...]
Working on my transition training for my Mooney, I’m getting drips of dual time. I’ve had this plane for one week now and have only been able to eek out 6 hours of dual. The slow pace it almost excruciating. The only thing that makes it bearable is that there are TONS (almost [...]
After 9 months of studying and flight training, I achieved what many call the hardest pilot rating there is. And it all came down to this….
I met my DPE, Master CFII and National Instructor of the Year in 2004 Doug Stewart (photo), at 10:00 at 1B1 Columbia County airport, his office, base of operations. [...]
Scheduling conflicts are all too common when you’re doing training. I had about 55 hours of instrument training and was chomping at the bit to get done. About this time, my two CFIIs that I used got really busy with their other priorities. It was really hard to get in one day of training per [...]
I know. It’s been quite a long time since I’ve posted to to my flight blog. As IFR training becomes more intense, and my (self imposed) deadline gets closer, I feel any time spent on my blog would be better spent studying. But, I do need a break from my book work, and since many [...]
Today was supposed to be my first day of IFR flight training, but my CFI had a cold and was as he put it, “running about 7 seconds behind the world.” With such lousy weather the past weeks and more in the future, I can’t resist having a weather window open and a plane with [...]
Three inescapable elements have converged and I have acquiesced that the time to commit to instrument rating (IR) training has arrived. Here are the three influencing factors:
Element 1: Peer Pressure (aka: Advice from seasoned pilots)
Almost every conversation enviably comes around to “have you gotten your IR yet?… you should. It’ll make you a safer [...]
