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Drove up to Wilmington this morning to perform a ferry flight for a Grumman AA5-B Traveler. The airplane was well out of annual, and needed to be moved about 20nm…

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis, Bob and Dee sent this to me last night – timing is…

Study and Research: I’m finished Redefining Airmanship, by Anthony Kern a few weeks ago, based on a recommendation in one of the magazines or sources I read. That same source…

My PA30 is still waiting for a Utah based shop to recondition a cracked left main gear trunion. I really can’t wait to get it going again, but I am…

The PA30 had a few repairs in December, including replacing the oleo seal on my left main gear. It is currently down again for the same problem, only this time…

I drove down to Georgetown tonight to take advantage of the reasonable weather and fly the airplane home. I departed GED in daylight with the temperature around 35 degrees F.…

I’ve been flying less lately, and it has shown in my performance. I’m working to analyze what’s up, and get busy fixing it. How I found it: During flights in…

Lately I have been flying, but significantly less frequently than usual. Less flying in winter is no surprise, but it is worse than in other years, and started earlier. Reasons…

I just love this stuff. I should be working on my house, but when I saw rain and low clouds moving in, I couldn’t resist the urge to go do…

I’m excited these days about lots of things. One – I’ve got a cool wife at home and she gets (tolerates) me. Two – I was given the opportunity to…