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What's up with the flying?

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, [...]

Holding short

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 [...]

Flight Controller Honored For Grace Under Pressure

NPR had an interview with an air traffic controller, John Charlton, receipient of the National Air Traffic Controller Association’s Archie Award for [...]

Are we there yet? (flying lesson 29)

Another practice flight, plus some ambiguity about which runway to use at an uncontrolled [...]

Out of my comfort zone (flying lesson 28)

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 [...]