Category Archives: Trip

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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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The Trip We Wouldn’t Have Taken

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Colin Summers

Nell has friends, Tom and Marcy, who live up in Sonoma Valley, north of San Francisco. We visited them when Rudy was too small to walk and had a great time. Rudy and I stopped by again when Rudy was … 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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SBA Redux

Posted on May 11, 2006 by Colin Summers

I didn’t know I had connivance. I’ll have to get those inserts for my shoes, which I think takes care of that. Axel was a great passenger. He loved the entire ride and he pointed out all sorts of interesting … Continue reading →

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Ride to Santa Barbara

Posted on April 17, 2006 by stingraydoctor

Axel Meyer, a professor of evolutionary biology from Germany, was in town for a few days. He likes to fly and I had not seen him for a while so, with Colin’s connivance, we hooked up for a morning of … Continue reading →

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Fame

Posted on February 2, 2006 by Colin Summers

I made it into the FAA database! Oh. Maybe that’s not a good thing.

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Learning About IMC

Posted on January 21, 2006 by stingraydoctor

You could probably fill an album with photos of Colin and me flying that look much like this. You may think we were posing for the camera, but this is a candid shot with our customary in-flight expression, taken by … Continue reading →

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Florida Flight Extravaganza

Posted on January 11, 2006 by stingraydoctor

Pat Hernandez and I attended a scientific meeting in Orlando and capped it with an amazing trip to the keys to visit my aunt and uncle. We rented a 172SP out of Kissimee. The check out ride with Sunstate Aviation … Continue reading →

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A Nice Vegas hop in a DA40

Posted on December 31, 2005 by stingraydoctor

Here are two happy fellows headed into the sunset after a very nice trip to Las Vegas. I went to Long Beach and flew a DA-40 up to Colin at SMO.  The landing was perfectly acceptable considering it was my … Continue reading →

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