Monthly Archives: January 2017

More of What They Carried

The first time I crossed the country I wrote up a detailed list of what we carried in the plane. And four years later when I was trying to gather all of my advice for How To Fly Across the country, … Continue reading

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Literary Inspiration

Way back in 2009 I took a friend up to the Bay Area and he shot a little film of it. And one of the latest passengers has written a book of poems about a flight up the west coast … Continue reading

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Photographic Trip

Another failure to properly document a long flight. But I took a few photographs. My goal for my next long flight is to properly gather the images for a real photographic logbook (my first effort was in September). At 4am I … Continue reading

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The Real Excitement

If you fly two thousand hours over eleven years you will see some equipment failures (and some pilot failures). This was the first time I had a failure and didn’t know it. Friends who follow me on Facebook are familiar … Continue reading

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Today’s Mistake

I would love to document a perfect flight. I know that I did a little round-robin of airport hopping a few years back and I was really happy that I had not made a single mistake on the radio. Since … Continue reading

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