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Flying with my son
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My Son Steven and I have now logged about 6 flights and I figured it was time to do a bit of writing on the subject. From about the time my son became old enough to hold a toy airplane he has been fascinated with flying. Sometimes I think he is more interested in airplanes than I am. I just hope his interest doesn’t wane as flying becomes more and more “routine” for him. My wife on the other hand has never really caught the flying bug. There was a time when she “unenthusiastically” flew with me almost every weekend but at that time I was a new pilot and her dislike for small planes was confirmed on more than a few bumpy summer afternoons Read More→
Upcoming flight: EAA240’s Pancake Breakfast – and RV Fly-In N57
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Upcoming flight. Just the thought of warmer weather is making me feel good!
Below is some detail on the event. Note: The dates on the website and poster are from last year and have not been updated. I was notified of 2010 date via email.
Saturday, May 15, 2010 — Toughkenamon, PA. EAA240’s Increasingly Famous Pancake Breakfast – RV Fly-In (Website). New Garden Flying Field. (N57) – All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast for just $6. Join local aviators, RV enthusiasts and hungry locals supporting general aviation for the best breakfast in the region! We dedicate our first event of the new year to RV fliers, and other Breakfasts have similar themes and focus. New Garden Flying Field is a unique grass-roots airport, near the PA and DE state line, in Chester County. Young Eagles flights are available. See our web site for details.
Contact: Mike Parry @ 302 234 9596, email
Website address:
http://www.eaa240.org/?p=704
http://www.eaa240.org/?page_id=409
One seat open in our plane (unless my wife comes along) Click here to RSVP for on my site (if you would like to join our group)
Flight to Ocean City MD
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Ocean City MD
One of the most common questions I am asked as a pilot is “what is the furthest place you have flown to?” If you are a pilot you know what I mean and after being a pilot for 9 years you would think I would have some really cool answer but actually I didn’t. During the years I had made a few flights to locations such as Nashua NH, Manassas VA, and Providence RI with other pilots but since they did the flight planning and most of the flying I considered myself more of a passenger than a crew member. Read More→
FAA Finalizes Changes in Hudson River Airspace
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For Immediate Release
November 16, 2009
FAA Finalizes Changes in Hudson River Airspace to Enhance Safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today finalized a federal rule, effective November 19, 2009, that will enhance safety by separating low-altitude, local aircraft flights over the Hudson River from flights transiting through the river airspace.
“Better separation of aircraft means a higher margin of safety,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “These new rules will ensure that aircraft can operate safely in the busy Hudson River airspace.” Read More→
My first IFR flight in IMC
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Finally some IMC!
After all of my IFR flight training you would expect to see some actual IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) flight time in my log book, but after about 42 hours of IFR time there wasn’t much. Just a few flights at altitude in and out of the cloud layer, not what I would consider IMC. Well yesterday I made up for some of that. I didn’t think my simulated instrument time provided enough experience to just hop in the plane solo, takeoff into the soup and fly an approach to minimums; so I opted to fly with an instructor. After calling the flight school the dispatcher let me know that one of the instructors would head up to the airport in about an Read More→
IFR checkride
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I have been working on my IFR rating for about a year now and after a few months of pretty intensive training I went for my IFR check ride with my DPE (FAA Designated Pilot Examiner).
My first step was to sign up for the IFR ground school at American Flyers in Morristown NJ. I attended the IFR ground course and studied at night. After the 3 day course I took the IFR written exam and passed with a 90%. It wasn’t the 100% I was aiming for but I will take it. Read More→
Knocking off the rust
Posted by: | CommentsI haven’t flown an airplane since being laid off from my job of 9 years in early May. So I finally decided to get back up in the air. Maybe flying would dispel my “I don’t have a job” funk.
The plan was to depart from Morristown KMMU and make the short trip to Alexandra Field N85 for some landings and then play it by ear. The weather in the northeast has been a bit unsettled to say the least, so when I woke up Sunday morning to rain I wasn’t surprised. Hoping that the weather would improve I moved my reservation to later in the afternoon. Read More→
My first flight in the Lancair 360
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My first impression was “this ain’t no VFR training airplane!”. This was My first flight in Keith Smith’s (ks flight log) Lancair 360 and my first flight in anything faster than a Piper Arrow. Read More→
NYC Skyline Flight with Mike
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Introducing first time flyer’s to the world of general aviation has got to be one of the most rewarding benefits of being a private pilot. After my wife discovered Facebook (and in turn found all of her old friends) I decided to give it a try. It didn’t take long for me to find all of my old friends, one of which was my former next door neighbor Mike. The last time I saw him (01/2001) I was only a student pilot.
Flight Details:
My preferred route for this flight is to depart Morristown airport KMMU and switch over to Newark Tower KEWR (127.85). (Newark has a low altitude frequency that is used for helicopters and light aircraft traveling in the Newark area, they are usually very helpful, Read More→
Our flight to Block Island RI
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After hearing about Bolck Island from my flying buddy’s for the longest time I decided to check it out; so on Thursday 9/18/2008 we flew our Cessna 172N N3054E to Block Island Rhode Island.
A little about Block Island: (Block Island Tourism Council)
Block Island has long been a haven for residents and visitors who have found here a quality of life that recalls the pleasures of a life that is simpler, slower, and somehow, more carefree. It’s no wonder that the Nature Conservancy has designated Block Island “One of the 12 last great places in the Western Hemisphere.” Read More→
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