March 13, 2015 – Seasons Change
Departed Salisbury (SBY) to Philly yesterday in bright beautiful sunshine. Not a cloud in the sky as we watched the sun come up, wondering why we had a ground delay…
February 27, 2015 – Schedules; People Caves; Writing a book; and Logging Flight Time
Managing Schedules: I am sitting in my chair this morning on my 3rd scheduled Golden Day off. Having just returned from an early start / late finish four day trip,…
February 21, 2015 – Out flying with Friends
Today was a good day. I’m on the same four day trip I had last week – and once again winter weather has jumped in there to change things up.…
February 12, 2015 – Flying Everyday
Regarding finishing the paint project and getting my outstanding machine back in proper trim: The long road back from screwing around with trim tabs and ailerons and flight testing and…
Feb 8, 2015 Upcoming posts
I’ve been distracted trying to deal with a cold since the 23rd, so I haven’t done much with the book project, nor the blogs. In fact, I felt bad even…
Jan 27, 2015 – PA30 is Back!! Details on the last set of test flights
I noted on my last post that I was hoping to wrap up the paint project with the aileron replacement up at Dutchland Aero in Smoketown. Well – I believe…
Jan 16, 2015 – Piedmont Update and PA30 Paint Finale?
Piedmont Update: Just coming off of a difficult two day trip. I was with an good Captain and Flight Attendant, but this was the first time I’d flown with each.…
January 12, 2015 – Low IFR and landings in Dash 300’s
Problem Identified: Last week I had a few 300 landings I wasn’t happy with. I don’t get to fly the larger airplanes as much as the 100’s, and that is…
January 2, 2015 – Piedmont’s Schedule
The excitement of test flying the PA30 is on hold. We’ve found for sure that the left aileron was warped in the process of re-skinning it. An entirely new aileron…
December 4, 2014 – Day Three of Flight Testing
I’m just coming off of an awesome Piedmont trip with low IMC, DCA airspace, and excellent approach opportunities in the DASH. I am better able to take full advantage of…