Dec 17, 2018 – Soul Crushing Disappointment
After waiting yet another 2 weeks for Matt to get home, we found out the wrong cylinder sat waiting in the box the entire time. I relied on Matt to…
Dec 14, 2018-Still waiting….
Hey Guys: I’m very excited to be expecting my airplane any minute. Matt is still out in Witchita doing maintenance training with FlightSafety for a new opportunity that found him.…
Dec 7, 2018 – Corporate Flying to NC
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…
Dec 4, 2018 – Cold Morning Ride
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…
Dec 3, 2018 – Altimatic IIIB Operation & Test Plan
** 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…
Dec 1, 2018 – Stories Might Improve
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…
Nov 28, 2018 – No Flight Test
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…
Nov 27, 2018 – Flight Test Plans
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…
Nov 26, 2018 – Vermont
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…
Nov 24, 2018 – N833DF Update
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,…