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,…
Nov 13, 2018 – AirDorrin Adds Security
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…
Nov 12, 2018 – It’s a new day and a new week
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…
Oct 23, 2018 – Just have to share this…
I’m having too much fun. My second contract flying opportunity began with a repositioning flight on the 23rd. Philly to Burlington, VT. The repositioning trip is predictable and easy. I…