Restarting my flight training

Many years ago, when I started this website, I’d intended to add a section detailing and documenting my flight training (the time and costs as well as my reflections). Years went by with me building the airplane and Elizabeth preparing to eventually fly her, and there was just nothing to report on. That is beginning […]

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Flight Training Summary

This is a running summary of my flights and their costs for others looking to get their Private Pilots Certificate. Note that I did have some hours in the early 2000s, but I wouldn’t consider myself a natural, so your results will vary. All in Piper Warrior N89296 until flight lesson 21 when I switched to the […]

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[VIDEO] Scott Swing flies the Fox and talks Velocity/canard flying

Scott Swing was in town for personal business, but he came by and took a look at our airplane (Velocity N44VF) and went for a quick flight with Elizabeth and talked canard flying techniques.

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Flight Test Plan

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Brett’s First Solo

Brett’s First Solo

Still back-dating key milestones. On October 19, 2001, I did my first solo flight in 1972 Cessna 150 N18199!   For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut […]

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First Flight Lesson

First Flight Lesson

I’m filling in some back history for the blog, just to make the timeline complete. On July 2, 2001, I took my first lesson with Jerry MacDonald in Cessna 150 Aerobat N18199… it was 1.2 hours, with 4 landings, where we covered: Preflight Climbs Turns Takeoffs and Landings

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