Wow, this might be a serious set back. I just found out, minutes before my scheduled lesson, that my flight school has closed and sold their airplanes, yet another victim of the closure of the Blue Ash Airport. The owner of Blue Ash Aviation inexplicable decided to take the Warrior off the airport for a […]
Read MoreToday Pete and I both had things we wanted to pick up from Sporty’s Pilot shop, and since it’s local (at the Clermont County Airport), we decided we’d fly down there today and pick it up before they closed at 6. So, off we went, fat, dumb, and happy. As we setup for the downwind […]
Read MoreToday we’re going to class again… this time Class B, Cincinnati International, for a touch and go. Sadly I forgot to start my audio recording this time, but check out the video in the blog of Elizabeth flying the Fox to the Dayton Pilot’s Club BBQ. Since the hosts, the Lorenz’s, are building a Velocity […]
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I was pretty bummed when we cancelled the Velocity Midwest fly-in at our place last month, but there was no avoiding it. With all of the construction at our airport it just wasn’t safe to bring a bunch of pushers in and try to park them on the ramp with all of the rocks and […]
Read MoreToday we made another stop on the controlled airspace Whistle Stop Tour… today it was Dayton International’s turn in the barrel. Interestingly Dayton’s approach control is now out of Columbus, which I have to admit makes me sad, but it didn’t make it any harder to get in there. Oddly enough we ended up right […]
Read MoreWell, Elizabeth is still recuperating her back, though she is back and work and should be ready to fly again pretty soon. In the meantime Jerry was good enough to go put a few laps on the Fox and check out the new tires, cleaned brakes, and main gear alignment. That all seems to be […]
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