December 18, 2024 – GUMPS and the Grand Jury
Grand Jury Summons: So my new company just invested in me, so that I could replace a long time pilot who left suddenly. I just complete training and fly home,…
December 17, 2024 – Flights #5, #6, and #7
Monday, December 16, 2024: weathered out: I was just about ready to leave for the drive to Hammonton yesterday (Monday), when Bob sent a text asking if I’d seen the…
December 15, 2024 – Cheyenne Flights #3 and #4
It was Sunday now, so I drove back over the Hammonton early to get a jump on things. I’d read the POH again, and adjusted the online version of the…
December 14, 2024 – First Day of Cheyenne Initial Training
What a rush! My training in the Piper Cheyenne is complete and I’m back home preparing to fly passengers. The company is very safety minded, as am I, and is…
December 12, 2024 – Chilly Flights
I’ve had a number of flights in the last few weeks that I really enjoyed. While I have been waiting for Cheyenne training, I’m getting out there and practicing in…
November 20, 2024 – Flight #2 in the Cheyenne
Note: I am referring to a gentleman here using his first initial to respect his privacy. I was able to go fly this today, and it went pretty well. Actually,…
November 19, 2024 – TurboProps Procedures
Writing this post is also a way of studying the procedures I’ll be carrying out tomorrow. It might be interesting for you, and will certainly be a set of notes…
Nov 5, 2024 – Zero Squawks Achieved!
On November 5th, Todd up at Lancaster Avionics found an open spot to fit in my small job of fixing an intermittent right engine fuel flow. I believed, and have…
September 6, 2024 – Chasing Zero
Update to the Avidyne UTC Mismatch Issue: I’m still experiencing this on the first startup of the day. While having Avidyne review the logs, they found an issue with my…
August 30, 2024 – IFD550 Shortcomings
Avidyne Support is Excellent and the IFD550 is amazingly powerful. The upload and download design of this equipment is not very well thought out, however, and is a risk for…