The ADIZ is a special zone of airspace around Washington DC. The Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) is huge. It was meant to be temporary and was defined in February of 2003 when, well, I guess we were scared. Now they are talking about making it permanent.
I am not by nature suited to the rigor and attention to detail that is part and parcel of scooting about the sky without a chaperone. I am just not the detail guy. Big picture, fact bank, rapid extrapolation from known situation, sure, but always remembering to turn on the carburetor heat before landing in [...]
There is nothing more intimidating than following my brother. Whether it was rollerskating down steep hills or leaping off a speeding motorboat to see what it felt like, there is a little sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that is the fear of looking foolish. Especially in comparison. Following his writing is worse [...]
Back near the end of July 2005 I wrote the following bit of explanation for some friends about my new interest:
This blog will be a strange place. We’ll use it as a flight log, but I plan on posting my musings about flying here, too. Right now it is just Adam and Colin. Maybe eventually passengers will have a comments area. “You call THAT a smooth landing? I’m glad I’m not in the plane for [...]