Flying

The weather has been hit and miss (mostly miss) this summer. Doug and I scheduled all afternoon to fly together. I was planning to fly up...

Aimee finally got into a plane with me today. I’d been waiting for this for a long time. I spent some solo time a few days...

Aimee still wasn’t ready to fly, so Joseph and I went up again. This time visibility was better, though not as nice as it will be...

Passenger number one: Joseph. Aimee said she wanted to be first, but we hadn’t updated our wills yet, so she decided to wait. Joseph wanted to...

I’ve been waiting for and dreading this day for a long time. I get nervous before tests, in general, but never have I been so anxious...

After yesterday’s experience, I wasn’t feeling so confident. I rescheduled my checkride for tomorrow, July 5. I’m ready to be done already, but I was glad...

After our last flight, I spoke with Gene and was able to schedule my checkride for July 4th, but I got a call from the examiner...

I had just one more test prep session with Gene and I’d be ready to schedule the checkride. Unfortunately, the weather today was questionable. There was...

Time for some real test prep. Since I’ll be taking the test out of the Burlington airport (BUY), it’s a good idea to work on some...

It’s Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers, including myself. I took advantage of the nice weather and the fact that my sister-in-law offered...