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Work harder, not smarter

The real reason people have been losing their jobs is the work has all been pushed onto me.

My wife will tell you, more accurately, that in fact I keep signing up to do more.  That’s not completely correct but it’s a reasonable characterization.

So what’s been going on these days that’s keeping me so busy?

I’m hitting the [...]

Cross country larceny? (flying lesson 25)

I finally made my cross country flight to LNS (Lancaster, PA) two days ago.  The weather cooperated as did my wife’s work schedule so she was invited along for the ride.  The plan was straightforward – fly up to Lancaster, have lunch, fly back.

It was a cold morning that day.  I preflighted before my CFI [...]

Let’s do the time warp again! (flying lesson 24)

Everyone sing along! "Let's do the time warp again…"

I don’t know why I had the song “The Time Warp” from Rocky Horror stuck in my head today while flying, but I did.  Hopefully you’ll share in my joy and also find the tune hard to shake.

I did some solo pattern work today, though again it [...]

It was as if I was really going to fly

Having been weathered out the last couple of flights I thought today was a sure thing.  The winds were a concern but they weren’t due to pick up until later in the morning, so I filed my ADIZ flight plan for the pattern, got a thumbs up from my CFI, and headed out to the [...]

Haunted!

I thought I’d start 2009 off right, aviationally speaking anyway, and had scheduled my night cross country (to SBY – Salisbury, MD) for tonight.  That was my plan.  That’s not how the cards were dealt, however.  This morning I received an e-mail from the club scheduling system – the plane I’d reserved was out for [...]