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Commercial flying can be a drag. This trip got off to a rough start. I got myself to Philly at noon for a planned departure on the first leg to Washington (IAD) at 14:40. Scheduled to arrive at 15:42 pm, … Continue reading
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It’s always something. So I’m driving home from the airport in my brand new Honda CRV. There are construction vehicles everywhere working on the route one highway so that the folks from DC can efficiently jam our roadways. The peninsula … Continue reading
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** I had developed a test plan for testing the autopilot and had written a post entitled ‘May 17, 2016 – Altimatic IIIB Testing Plan’. Little did I know it would be another year and a half before I’d get to … Continue reading
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Clipped this picture out of my YouTube channel line up from 2015 and early 2016. The picture quality is stunning in my view, versus the ones taken late in 2016 when vibration in the camera mount had begun. I’m thinking … Continue reading
N833DF will not fly this morning. I’m still leaving in an hour or so to do a pre-flight and organize my airplane to bring it home. The really very good news is the the engines are clean inside and started … Continue reading
N833DF is coming back on Wednesday. I verified with Matt that the airplane will be ready, so I’m leaving for Georgetown around 6 or 7am so I can get there early. I’m still working on travel arrangements and logistics, but … Continue reading
Good morning folks! I’m sitting in a Vermont hotel writing this at 4:30 in the morning. Worked all day at FlightSafety yesterday, getting two initials ready for Astra Sims. Immediately after I zipped up to Philly airport to get on … Continue reading
N833DF IS DAMN NEAR READY! Matt called yesterday to let me know he might be starting the airplane engines for the first time in two years. As it turns out, he didn’t get that far, but I am not discouraged. … Continue reading
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I’m becoming more aware of what I pay GoDaddy to host the website, and they wanted another $79 to add SSL. I need to add that because I’m getting questions about the ‘Not Secure’ warning that Google tagged me with. … Continue reading
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We’ve been up checking on my wife’s mom upstairs since 3:30 am. I have a recurrent ground school for Astra today, and will get through that just fine with the usual 6 hours of sleep. Had to turn down a … Continue reading