Bravo Zulu Aviation

I’ve been absent from this site for a while, but for good reason.  I have relocated to the left coast and have been busy running a full service aviation company in The Dalles.  We’re about 80 miles east of Portland, OR in the scenic Columbia River Gorge.  I’ve finally found the time to start blogging […]

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Doesn’t that just look like too much fun to be legal?  I decided to add a little thrill to one of my recent instrument training flights.  This particular student was looking to gain some experience with non-precision approaches in more remote areas.  These approaches are often more dangerous and harder to master due to more […]

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First off I will strive to post to this blog on a more regular basis this year.  Here are some posts to expect:

PIREPS: Pilot reports on specific airplanes
Destinations
More recounts of past and present flying adventures
Advice for student and certificated pilots

I am hoping to involve more of you readers in this site, don’t forget the comment […]

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It seems that I spend a fair bit of my time on this blog apologizing for tardy posts, or a lack of new material.  So to remain true to form, here is a quick update on how 2008 finished up:

Finished my MEI/CFII training at MN Aviation.
Prepared my first instrument student to a successful check ride, […]

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My apologies for such a tardy post…so much to catch up on.  I should be able to catch up on life in the next year or so.  The short version of the story is that I received my CFI ticket during Oshkosh week, and headed directly there to celebrate.  I enjoyed a great 3 days […]

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Bad Blogger…I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I started at an accelerated flight school, and that I’d post my experiences here.I’ve now learned exactly what accelerated means:  Work your butt off 24-7 until you’re done.  I prepared for and passed three check rides in 8 days. 3 of those days were almost entirely […]

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For a long time now I have thought that immersion in a subject is the best way to learn it.  I have been making strides to integrate more aviation into my daily life, hoping maybe to learn by osmosis.  Unfortunately the schedule at home always tends to fill up no matter how hard I try […]

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More importantly: How do I work all the stuff in my fancy new airplane? I will not deny the fact that I’ve been a slight computer geek for most of my recent life. I grew up around computers and can’t remember life before cell-phones and email.What does this mean for aviation? For starters…let’s take a […]

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My hope is to find a niche in experimental-specific flight training. Either providing flight instruction in planes i’ve helped build, or helping to provide transition training to specific kit planes.
This is also currently the only way to teach in a gyro, which is high on the list of ratings i’d like to add to my […]

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My hope here is to document my process of obtaining my Ground and Flight Instructor ratings. I would also like to publicize new training techniques and articles helpful to the sudent or instructor. When I start teaching students myself, this will be geared as a resource for students.
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