Flying

Nothing major, but the vacuum pump on the plane failed today in the middle of flight. More on that later. Last night, the forecast for this...

The weather could not have been better today. It was a little under 70 deg. at 7:30am and the forecast was for a clear day with...

This morning the weather was very nice. There was a bit of fog early in the day, but it went away by the time we got...

I had another flight scheduled this morning, but a dense fog made visibility less than a quarter mile into the late morning, so we had to...

The weather was much better this evening. Not too hot, not too humid, fairly clear and only 4-5 knots of wind. After the usual weather and...

I was scheduled to fly again this evening (not this morning as I previously wrote), but the weather wasn’t looking so good and there was a...

Tonight’s lesson was scheduled from 6-8pm, so I left shortly after Aimee got home from work. The weather (finally) looked nice and clear and I was...

This morning wasn’t looking so good outside. Visibility was anywhere from 3/4 to 1 1/4 miles … nowhere close to VFR minimums. After looking at the...

After my lesson today, I had an FAA medical examination with a an FAA medical examiner who also happens to be a club member. I filled...

After checking the weather last night, I was excited to see that the forcast for rain had changed to partly cloudy. However, when I woke up...