Just a quick word on plane preferences. I do love the challenge and surprise that comes with a completely new plane. I will always chose to fly the unfamiliar over the familiar. That said, in the realm of the familiar I have a lot of time in both the Cessna 152/172 and the Piper Archer/Warrior. [...]
My brother and I are not two peas in a pod as pilots, or as people. We got into this at the same time and progressed equally smoothly, but we are quite different in temperament, and subtly different in the things we do well. Our parents think we are equally good pilots who have an [...]
Yesterday was a nearly perfect flight. I’m trying to get a few more hours in Two Sierra before we fly up to Fresno tomorrow. So I had a 10am flight schedule. Rudy had a cold, so he stayed home from school after picking up his homework. In the morning he worked on his math in [...]
Adam was having such fun flying Mom and Alex around that I had to figure out a way to take them up. The problem was that I didn’t really need to go anywhere. I don’t know where Adam is getting his flying dollars, but my budget appears to be a little tighter. I did need [...]
I realized Sharalyn and my mom were not much worried about flying with me as I took off from the bleak and windy airport at Bullhead City. My passengers all have headsets and each headset has a mic. I can’t imagine flying around in one of these little tin cans without being able to talk [...]
Well, another day off and another great day of flying. Yet another reason I want to live closer to my folks. I was not sure how Mom would take to flying since she is overly concerned with her mortality in large airplanes. In big planes Mom is usually just fine as long as one of [...]
This is the essay my nephew Max wrote for his application to high school. He had to write about the person he admired most and why. I was proud to be chosen and a little surprised, since I don’t think of myself as very accomplished. My uncle, Colin, is one person whom I really admire, [...]
Those are buffalo burgers out on Catalina. And there are buffalo out there on the Island. I’m not sure one is made from the other. Update: January 2006. Adam and I have now flown to Catalina’s little Airport in the Sky over half a dozen times. There is a small herd of buffalo kept on [...]