Archive for November, 2006

Out of the Killing Zone

November 28, 2006, filed under Just Words; Comments Off.

I’ve been watching my logbook total hours for the past couple weeks, just waiting for this to happen. I finally passed the three hundred fifty hour mark. That’s critical. There’s a book called “The Killing Zone” which is an examination of private pilot accident statistics. The hours between forty and three hundred fifty are markedly [...]

Over to you, Otto

November 21, 2006, filed under Just Words; Comments Off.

That’s my lap as I fly from Oxnard (OXR) back to Santa Monica (SMO). I took off through a thin layer of clouds. On my right knee is my miniZ kneeboard (from ZuluWorks), where I have copied my clearance and I have the Hobbs time and ATIS written down. Little pilot notes. On my left [...]