Aug 13, 2019 – Post Performance Training
This blog and others like it represent the updates I’ve been sending to my teammates as I go through the training required to get a type rating in the Gulfstream…
Aug 8, 2019 – Avionics Challenge
This blog and others like it represent the updates I’ve been sending to my teammates as I go through the training required to get a type rating in the Gulfstream…
Aug 10 – G280 Training Day +6
Good Morning Everyone. It’s Ground Hog Day – Again. N833DF is in the midst of having its engines taken off today. The crates are due in anytime, and they’ll be…
Jul 31, 2019 – Stress
I’m am stressing about getting ready to leave home and train on a new jet. Bev’s mom is in failing health, which is a long term thing. Her siblings, for…
Jul 19, 2019 – Overhaul Decision
It is difficult to correlate myriad opinions, all of which you trust, when they disagree vehemently. Overhauling Engines: As you know from my previous writings, I have been running down…
Jul 9, 2019 – Balancing Act
I’ve been experiencing vibration from my engines dating back to 2015, just before the long downtime to deal with the gear bulkhead issue. I first became aware of it when…
Jul 7, 2019 – Instrument Approaches
Synopsis: Deferred camera work; Autopilot repairs yield some unexpected benefits; and Inadequate flows cause holding troubles. Suck it up, buttercup: The weather lately has been hot and humid, with constant…
Jun 23, 2019 – PA30 Flying!! Just what I needed
You already know I didn’t fly to Canada, but you didn’t know I had a friend, Mike, coming to town for his Flight Review the very next day I was…
Jun 20, 2019 – Canada Deferred
Please Note: The events I describe may not all be in the correct order, and the details not exactly as described. That is what happens when time marches on and…
Jun 19, 2018 – Canada Trip
Here is only the details I’ll need. The trip is jeopardy at the moment. I’m having trouble connecting with CBP for re-entry into the US. Just thought to check the…