Bravo Zulu Aviation

FINALLY! I got up in the air.  It seems that the weather has been plotting to keep me on the ground just to rub in the fact i’ve not yet earned my instrument rating.  I managed to coordinate some free time with a decent weather window and took to the sky to work off some […]

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We’ve all looked to the sky and strained our necks towards the distant drone of an airplane. Somehow things change once you’ve actually been behind the controls of one. Despite barely catching a glimpse of a plane cruising by at some unknown altitude, you can’t help but wonder the details of the journey, the […]

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So my plan with this category, is to go back through my logbook and document in more detail the experiences that brought me to the Private Pilot level. Hopefully this will be educational if not entertaining for those involved in their own training or considering it. I think that some of the lessons I learned […]

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I probably learned more about flying in this one trip than I had thus far in my entire training. That’s not really true, but it sure seemed that way. My good friend had invited me to Reno, NV for his bachelor party. I instantly thought to myself: what a great opportunity to build some flight […]

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Learning to fly in Oregon is second to none. The geography was designed perfectly for student pilots. There are the beautiful Cascade volcanoes for great visual cues, and endless farmlands for emergency landings. There also happen to be a plethora of great little airstrips all around. My third official flight lesson involved more slow flight […]

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