Category Archives: Flight

Just one flight, barely a trip.

The Art of Flying

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Colin Summers

It was time for another visit to the Castle site, so I scheduled another milk run for Thursday. My friend Art was available, and since he is training for his IFR it was a good opportunity to spend some time … Continue reading →

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Cleared for the Clouds

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Colin Summers

I wasn’t sure if it was worth paying my CFII to accompany me up to the check ride. I went back and forth about it. The check ride was schedule for Tuesday, October 24 at 11am. It was going to … Continue reading →

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Most Exciting Lesson Ever

Posted on October 7, 2006 by Colin Summers

Previously, the most exciting thing that happened during a lesson is when the wind picked up the tail of the Cherokee while I was starting my flare for landing. If my instructor had not been in the right seat, I … Continue reading →

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More Progress

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Colin Summers

There are just a couple things left to do to get my instrument rating. Today I completed my IFR cross country flight. It had to be at least two hundred fifty nautical miles, have three different kinds of approaches, and … Continue reading →

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The Milk Run

Posted on September 16, 2006 by Colin Summers

According to my logbook I have flown the round trip from Santa Monica’s municipal airport to Henderson Executive Airport fifteen times (as of September 12, 2006). I had one more flight into Las Vegas, but it was a stop in … Continue reading →

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Mixing with the Big Boys

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Colin Summers

This past weekend I took Rudy to Comic-con. It is the international convention of people in the comic business, held each year in San Diego. With the success of movies like Batman, The Matrix, Spider-man, Batman Begins, X-Men and so … Continue reading →

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The Longest Nautical Mile

Posted on July 20, 2006 by Colin Summers

Adam was running his laboratory and teaching classes up at Friday Harbor Island Marine Station. That’s on one of the San Juan Islands off of Seattle. Bob and I were curious about taking a long flight, and I checked to … Continue reading →

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Terrain Terror

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Colin Summers

Okay, so I had to put some out-of-state hours on the airplane and I had gotten a little tired of the flight to Vegas. I checked the chart and decide to fly to Lake Havasu, just over the Arizona border. … Continue reading →

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Aborted Flight to Vegas

Posted on May 22, 2006 by Colin Summers

Bob was in Las Vegas and I needed to visit the Castle site. Adam had a research friend who was in town and interested in taking a flight. I am not sure you could pay me to ride back and … Continue reading →

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First IFR in IMC

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Colin Summers

IFR: Instrument Flight Rules. You can fly in the clouds. VFR: Visual Flight Rules. A lot simpler, but you can only fly where you can see. IMC: Instrument Meteorlogical Conditions. You can’t see where you are flying. Way back on … Continue reading →

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