Monthly Archives: August 2013

Departure

This will post automatically as we are climbing into the sky over Santa Monica and starting our eastward journey with a last pass over the Los Angeles basin. 

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Reconstructing a Flight

I should have made a rule at the beginning of my flying that I had to write up the best flights within a week of landing. Now there are some memories which have faded. It’s fine to just have the … Continue reading

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The Steps I Took Each Day

This post is part of the five pieces that make up 2013’s How To Fly Across. Okay, so you are generally planned (“I’ve got to fly from KSMO to KHTO…”), you know your big problem (“getting past the Rockies is … Continue reading

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Have Some Basic Rules

This post is part of the five pieces that make up 2013’s How To Fly Across. When I did my first really long flight in the little plane (up to Friday Harbor) I made a mistake on the return flight. … Continue reading

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Remember You are Fortunate

This post is part of the five pieces that make up 2013’s How To Fly Across. I read the comments on AirNav sometimes and I am shocked. Pilots complain about a thirty cent per gallon difference in price for fuel, … Continue reading

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Solve the Biggest Problem First

This post is part of the five pieces that make up 2013’s How To Fly Across. For us, the most daunting portion of the cross-continental journey is getting past the Rockies. It is always summer time and the combination of … Continue reading

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What to Pack

This post is part of the five pieces that make up 2013’s How To Fly Across. I made a very detailed post about the items we packed into the plane on the first flight across. The list has not changed … Continue reading

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How To Fly Across The Country version 2

As I mentioned in the previous post about having to repair the blog I was surprised to bump into one of this blog’s readers in Souix Falls, South Dakota. Apparently he was going to fly from Camarillo, California up into Michigan … Continue reading

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