Author Archives: Colin Summers

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About Colin Summers

I am an architect, programmer, private pilot, husband and father. A couple of those I am good at.

The Culminating Event

Posted on November 6, 2005 by Colin Summers

As great as it was to fly all over the Los Angeles basin and out into the desert with Adam, yesterday was really the image in my head that brought me down to Santa Monica airport to begin with. I … Continue reading →

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Instrument Flying

Posted on November 1, 2005 by Colin Summers

There is tremendous satisfaction in flying precisely by instruments. Keeping the altitude at exactly four thousand five hundred feet as you glide along held in the fingertips of the atmosphere is an accomplishment. As it becomes more and more automatic, … Continue reading →

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First Flight

Posted on October 31, 2005 by Colin Summers

This weekend was the whole plan coming together, as if there were a plan. But at 12:30pm on Saturday afternoon, Adam and I climbed into our rented Piper Cherokee (N777VP) and took off from Santa Monica into the most gorgeous, … Continue reading →

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Actual Trip Time to Vegas

Posted on October 31, 2005 by Colin Summers

Bob was along for the ride and took a ton of photographs.   Proposed Schedule for the Trip 0800 Depart the studio 0815 arrive at Santa Monica Airport (SMO) 0830 Take off 1000 Arrive Henderson Executive Airport (HND) The contractor … Continue reading →

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Travelogue to Vegas

Posted on October 28, 2005 by Colin Summers

Yesterday I flew to Las Vegas in a Diamond DA40. Robert Stewart is a salesman for US Aero. Because I really can’t consider a plane seriously without flying it on what would be a standard flight for me (to Las … Continue reading →

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Buying Time

Posted on October 26, 2005 by Colin Summers

Tomorrow will be a visit to Las Vegas. That’s where I have a couple architecture projects. I have tired of the cattle cars that SouthWest flies, and I can’t bring myself to charge my clients for tickets on the higher-priced … Continue reading →

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Book: Flight of Passage

Posted on October 24, 2005 by Colin Summers

by Rinker Buck I am not sure yet how these book reviews will work. I feel a little silly writing things here that I know are easily found with a few clicks on Amazon.Com. Nonetheless: Rinker Buck is fifteen years … Continue reading →

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Book: Solo — My Adventures in the Air

Posted on October 24, 2005 by Colin Summers

by Clyde Edgerton I am always a little curious about this sort of book. Mr. Edgerton has published a bunch books and eight of them were New York Times best sellers. So does his editor say, “Write anything you want, … Continue reading →

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Justice, where is it?

Posted on October 23, 2005 by Colin Summers

Nothing but clouds since I received my Private Pilot Certificate. My father-in-law is in town and I would like to take him flying. Astonishingly, my brother-in-law has said it would be okay to take my fourteen year old nephew up … Continue reading →

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Second Judgement

Posted on October 20, 2005 by Colin Summers

It was a great flight up to Paso Robles. A little over two hours in the air. All the things that I love about flying. Dramatic paths cut through the clouds, an entirely different view of the way the weather … Continue reading →

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