Well, weather and vacations are getting in the way a bit, but I got my medical in my hands towards the end of last week, so when we went out today the only question was how rusty was I? Well, I wasn’t too bad. The first pattern wasn’t great, but the landing was OK, and […]
Read MoreI’m back from vacation, and show is Pete (he’d flown to Florida in an RV-7 based on the field)… so, it was time to get in my required night cross-country. The days are getting shorter, so we were able to knock it out without being out too late. We took the relatively easy flight up […]
Read MoreMy flying is going to be winding down for a little over a week as we near the long Labor Day Break (we’ll be vacationing in Myrtle Beach), so we wanted to get in our required long cross country. Flying direct from Lebanon to Muncie, Indiana, then to Butler County (where my EAA chapter resides), then back home […]
Read MoreI’ve just about got everything I need pulled together to send back to the FAA for my medical, and I’ve got a couple of flights to get in before our Labor Day vacation, so tonight we went out and did some night flying. I’ve always enjoyed flying at night. It’s so calm, typically very few […]
Read MorePete and I moved on to another new skillset today. We did both unusual attitude recovery and simulated instrument (IFR, or hood time) flying. We started with some soft and short field work as a recap of the previous flight. I did OK, but still need some work there, the last couple being pretty good, but the […]
Read MoreWe beat the storms tonight to do some more precision airplane work, mostly soft field take-offs and short field landings. We did a couple at Warren County, including a failed engine on take-off simulation, then headed over to Middletown. MWO was buzzing with activity, and we did a couple of short field landings there before […]
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