I haven’t been flying in a while. Since March, to be exact. Why not?
Plan A was to get my private pilot certificate before I deployed. That didn’t work out. On the bright side I’ve got $500 sitting on account at the aero club just waiting for me to use it.
Airspace classes, weight and balance, [...]
A night flight from FME-SBY doesn’t happen, disappointing my neglected wife. I’ve decided to stop flying lessons until I return from my [...]
NPR had an interview with an air traffic controller, John Charlton, receipient of the National Air Traffic Controller Association’s Archie Award for [...]
Another practice flight, plus some ambiguity about which runway to use at an uncontrolled [...]
Today was going to be a simple review of the basics with my CFI but as is sometimes the case, turned into more of an adventure.
To set the scene, I’m deploying 1 Apr for 100 days or so. I just came back from 10 days of training, shots, and paperwork, missed a day of work [...]