Hey all. I’m back.<\/p>\n
I have been thoroughly enjoying my new job for awhile, and have gotten away from flying and everything else.<\/p>\n
I think I’m down to 90 or so hours over the last 12 months, which is disappointing. On the other hand, I own a Piper Twin Comanche and its fully updated and running well. Lets go have some fun.<\/p>\n
Last Saturday, I spend the entire day with Beverly trying to get the house in order. TVs and Microwaves had to be replaced. On Sunday, Bev and I agreed I should grab some of the day and go flying.<\/p>\n
Once again, I had forgotten to fully charge the new NFlightcam, but headed out none-the-less. It was clear and sunny at Delaware airpark, and you can see me depart at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u2Q41W3sVAw&sns=em<\/span><\/p>\n This flight was refreshing. I went out on my own and felt fully competent for any event that might arise. \u00a0I’m flying a corvette that moves at 200mph easily. \u00a0Flying north and west toward Harrisburg, I was surprised to see weather start appearing. \u00a0It was just light rain and IFR at 6000′, but I hadn’t expected it. Nexrad wasn’t showing it, and I admit to not exactly studying the forecast too terribly.<\/p>\n Harrisburg cleared me directly to the field, but I told them I really wanted to fly the VOR-A. They vectored me north along the Susquehanna, and you see that in the video. Memories as I flew over Capital City, where I obtained my first multi-engine commercial and instrument rating. I kicked butt, as I recall. I also lost a good friend here – Bill Wilson. \u00a0He taught me to spin without fear, had the misguided notion I could land the Pitts S2B. \u00a0Bill died doing what he loved – with someone like me.<\/p>\n Flying the PA-30 into Carlisle (N94) did the trick to save my Sunday. I flew through some rain, and out into the clear over the HAR VOR. See\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WLYF4YqE7BA&sns=em<\/span> to watch excerpts of the VOR-A approach. There are two towers that will keep you honest at the end of the approach, and hills that will teach you to pay attention to your timing of a VOR approach. This one is not to be trifled with in actual conditions.<\/p>\n Ok then, keeping this short. \u00a0I came here because John D. and I flew into this airport when I was preparing for my second multi-engine checkride. Memory is vague, but I think this flight with John was my first solo twin ride with a pax; after my private and commercial had been attained; and while preparing for my multi-engine instructor checkride. \u00a0The ATP was done a year later in Connecticut.<\/p>\n I distinctly remember John repeatedly reminding me that i was too fast and too low while coming in to land… \u00a0all the result of being faster than usual in a bigger and faster airplane going into a skinnier runway. \u00a0It makes me smile. \u00a0Particularly when it was the first time I was doing it too….. \u00a0 John gets credit for allot of firsts from the right seat with me. \u00a0Ice included. \u00a0The man has the gonads and is fun to fly with.<\/p>\n I am not having fun at work this week; \u00a0so I’m hoping to fly again soon.<\/p>\n Frank<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey all. I’m back. I have been thoroughly enjoying my new job for awhile, and have gotten away from flying and everything else. I think I’m down to 90 or so hours over the last 12 months, which is disappointing. On the other hand, I own a Piper Twin Comanche and its fully updated and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airdorrin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}