July 2010
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June 2010
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I'm a hustler baby...
Ah, the joys of scrapping for time and networking. I get to fly a Piper Aztec to Arkansas and drive someones car back so they don’t have to. So minimal flight time but descent for networking…
Ah, the joys of modern aviation…
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What the hell just happened?
guys, guys! I’m still around…I just got involved in…things. We’ll have to leave it at that until the dust settles.
Anyway, the past week has been beyond weird. I went from little ole struggling pilot, working my little 9-5, flying my crappy little spam can rental to possibly being an aircraft owner with serious delusions of grandeur. Oh to be headstrong and naive.
The...
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My fancy briefcase, where I keep my important...
…ok, not really. What a shitty way to spend the weekend (you see what I did there?) Not to mention its 102 degrees here (thats 38.8C for all you non US peeps)
Also I might not ever forgive Cessna for putting this in such a cramp space on a Citation V…
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Things I effed up for the day: a list...
Having a positive attitude about flying
Hitting full scale deflection on a VOR approach
Not staying aware on a circle to land
A sweet ass runway incursion(not my fault per say)
And I’m pretty sure I was double parked
Yep. 2 hours of pure hell…
On a non aviation note I might be actually be playing hockey tomorrow which I haven’t played in 6 months( and it shows). I might...
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Watch your head as you may become weightless...
So today was a pretty decent step towards my instrument rating. I did a few approaches a few misses and a hold. Pretty normal training flight except for one thing: a passenger in back.
There was a few reasons for this…1. It was the local lineman’s flight, happy to oblige 2. The added weight in rear was sure to make flight a little different attitude due to full tanks and a 105 degree...
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Clearing out the ole iPhone...
So I tend to dork it up at work snapping pictures of all of the aircraft I manage and clean. Since I have this tumlbr page now, I figured I’d toss the “artsy” ones on here. Also I’m just too lazy to finish my big post on the Cub…
This was taken right before a storm…fortunately the camera on the iPhone is terrible with the lighting and made a cool effect. from...
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umm holy @(#$
Yeah, that just about sums up this video and article by AOPA on the Stearman incident at Reagan Nat’l. I’m impressed with how calm the pilot is with his passenger. I’d be curious the amount of damage that is done.
In other taildragger news, tomorrow will be another first for me as I go off to New Orleans to fly a Piper J-3 Cub. It’s pretty much a dream plane for me. Hope...
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WX S(u)X
Aight, since everyone seems to be getting screwed by weather, I figured I’d join the club with Mr. Squall line.
He’s a jerk and is quite the debbie downer…
Anyway, a few people took off after this beast passed through, but I pussed out. I mean, I thought I could get some good actual IMC, but with my close friend and CFII off dealing with personal issues, I really didn’t...
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Jetsetting
Ahhh, its been too long, but I’m here now. Well as in my post from a couple weeks ago, I got to fly my first badass jet.
OK, so it doesn’t even have reversers nor is it even that badass, buts its a jet nonetheless. Actually the small size is one of the reasons I got to climb into the right seat to begin with since Reed, the nice guy who let me take the yoke, is single pilot rated in...
May 2010
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an apology...
Well I failed at keeping up this blog, but I have plenty of good stuff to write about this evening including an 8 hour flight as well as my first jet experience. Til this evening…
April 2010
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Riddle Rats, ugh →
As much as I despise Embry Riddle trash, I thought it was pretty funny video.*
*funny to pilots, “normies” excluded
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Who Dat in the sky with diamonds? →
Drew Brees, you know the man that single handedly rebuilt the city of New Orleans, won a super bowl, and created quite possibly the single cutest baby on earth? Captain awesome is appearently a meast in the air as well. He wins at everything!
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