I’m a Velocity Pilot

I’m finally there. Sure, a pilot’s license, or endorsement, is just a license to learn, and I’m sure I have many, many things to learn yet, but I can finally get in my airplane anytime I want and just fly. I spent 2 hours last night with my instructor working off the required hours to […]

Flying with Pete Sweemer

I’m now “officially” a Velocity pilot. Although I’ve been ‘signed off’ for awhile, the insurance wanted more dual time, and I finished that tonight with Pete, for a total of 15 hours dual Velocity time (5 at the factory, 5 in N44VF with John from the factory, 2 with Dave Bertram in our plane, and […]

Flying to the EAA974 BBQ

Not a big update for this weekend, I’m still fighting a cold, so I didn’t do too much, but we did have our annual cookout at the chapter hangar, and I did fly Elizabeth and I over to KHAO for it. It was the first time that Elizabeth let me fully pilot the airplane. That […]

Flying with Dave Bertram

This morning I needed 5 hours dual for our insurance, now I need 3 thanks to our good friend Dave Bertram. He was passing through and agree to go fly with me to get a few of my hours knocked out. It’s been a long week, and I’m tired and losing my voice to a […]

A long day’s flight – Flying with John Abraham

I think I mentioned that our insurance company wanted me to get more time (10 hours dual) before they would cover me as PIC. That’s more than I would’ve expected, having completed the factory training already, but I did want to get some transition in our plane anyway, so it wasn’t a big lay-on. To […]

Getting Insurance

I’m still trying to get some transition flying in our airplane, and now it’s more important as the insurance company has decided that – in addition to factory training – they want me to get 10 more hours of dual instruction before they will cover me as PIC. I’m working all of my options, but […]