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.

Two Pilots

I passed. I now hold a Private Pilot certificate and the United States Government says that I can carry passengers in a small, single engine airplane which lands on terra firma (as opposed to the water).That’s the important thing. The … Continue reading

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One Day Left

I flew yesterday at 10am. Eventually Adam and I will get around to describing our primary instructor, Bob Delleo. He’s a fairly strict guy and has exacting standards. That’s been, at times, very frustrating (and demoralizing) when taking a lesson, … Continue reading

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Freedom

The ADIZ is a special zone of airspace around Washington DC. The Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) is huge. It was meant to be temporary and was defined in February of 2003 when, well, I guess we were scared. Now … Continue reading

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By way of Explanation

Back near the end of July 2005 I wrote the following bit of explanation for some friends about my new interest: Walking down the sidewalk near the house, in the sun, with Rudy’s hand in my right and Dexter’s hand … Continue reading

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The First Item

This blog will be a strange place. We’ll use it as a flight log, but I plan on posting my musings about flying here, too. Right now it is just Adam and Colin. Maybe eventually passengers will have a comments … Continue reading

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