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It’s Always Good to Have a Goal

Adam is a better pilot than I am. He has had a deep love of aviation from when he was old enough to put together a model airplane, so he should be a better pilot than I am. And his current … Continue reading

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Jetstream Publishing

This is going up late, but I realized I hadn’t put a link in here to the second Plane & Pilot article. Adam was critical to this one getting out there because I was in the middle of writing code for … Continue reading

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AirNav Reviews for June 2013

While on these extended trips, we make constant use of the Internet’s community of fellow travelers. I hope to eventually write up our recent trip up the West coast to the Seattle area, but before I do I need to … Continue reading

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Damn Script Kiddies

A few months ago my mother pointed out that the flying blog had gone down. It’s not that she’s the most loyal reader (although it works out that way), she kept it as her home page in her browser because … Continue reading

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BFG and the BFR

Roald Dahl knew how to write. And he had a little cabin on his property that was his writing space. He disappeared to it almost every day, which is one of the secrets to doing something well: do it all … Continue reading

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Hi, I’m a Failure

As a pilot, I train constantly. One of the things I loved about learning to fly was that as soon as I was signed off to solo I could go out in the plane and, as long as I focused, … Continue reading

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Liberal, KS to Chicago, IL by Dexter

The next day I woke up at 7:00 giving me a grand total of seven hours of sleep that night, or morning. I had a small bowl of Raisin Bran and small cup of apple juice, a disappointing breakfast. As … Continue reading

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Santa Monica, CA to Liberal, KS by Dexter

I woke up at 6:07 in the morning and hauled myself out of bed. I walked out to the kitchen where everybody was already up. I had a breakfast of a bagel and bacon, the last bacon I would have … Continue reading

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FBOs, Westward Flight, Summer 2010

Our tenth flight across the country brought us to the follow Fixed Base Operators, so I reviewed them for the Airnav web site. Eastward FBOs were already reviewed, and I also wrote reviews for our Spring Break 2009, and 2007 trips. Airnav really … Continue reading

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Responsibility

When we cross the country, in fact on most of our longer trips, I fly with some napping passengers. I’ll look in the back and Rudy will be reading a Piers Anthony book on his Kindle but Dexter’s head will … Continue reading

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