March 01, 2014 (Saturday) Drinking from the Firehose
After arriving yesterday and relying on Flightstar to take care of my airplane, I stopped at RTC to introduce myself and scope out the area. I let them know that…
February 28, 2014 King Air Adventure
My only worry leading up to this trip was whether or not the left engine would start. I continue to work with my mechanics to improve left starting, which is…
February 22, 2014 Return to the air
I have been on withdrawal, trying to get a chance to fly anything at all. My own Twin Comanche has been down all of January and most of February with…
February 17, 2014 Replay of a Freezing Rain Encounter
I have a post-maintenance flight ahead of me, returning my Twin Comanche to service after some significant gear work. I am once again making the difficult decision not to start…
February 15, 2014 Getting back in the air
My beautiful airplane is back online and ready to go. Shown here waiting in the south hangar. I thought about bringing it back home this weekend, but my north hangar…
February 14, 2014 Fate is the Hunter
This book is on my mind. Ordered it from Amazon as a kindle book months ago. My favorite novel, or one of them. Found that i actually purchased a summary…
February 13, 2014 I’m gonna eat worms!!
My King Air rating will have to wait. Southwest cancelled my commercial aviation experience tomorrow morning to Indianapolis, so I had to unwind my scheduled training. Darn!! The snow monster…
February 12, 2012 Musings of an aspiring pilot
No matter how good I get, there is always someone sitting next to me that I failed to notice, who has infinitely more skill and experience, but looks like a…
February 12, 2014 RTC Training Prep
Continuing to plan and prepare for my King Air BE200 initial rating in Champaign Illinois. This is the experience I had scheduled to replace the Florida Keys motorcycle adventure i…
February 2, 2014 Preparing for King Air BE200 Initial
Having a wonderful time getting to study turbine engines and the King Air BE200 in preparation for earning a new rating. I’m taking advantage of my new simulator room downstairs,…