Ron's Adventures

Tonight’s class was all about charts. The primary chart we use for VFR flight in our area is the Charlotte sectional chart. The country is dividend...

This was my first evening flight since daylight savings time ended. My 6-8pm flights had been starting during the day and ending after dark, but tonight...

Another day with fantastic weather; a little warmer than yesterday, which made it nearly perfect for flying. Visibility wasn’t fantastic, but it was good enough. We...

I was looking forward to today’s flight. The weather doesn’t get much better than it was today… 60-70°F this morning, clear skies, calm wind and smooth...

Tonight’s class was more about weather. We covered a little more weather theory and spent the rest of the class talking about all the resources available...

The weather was beautiful today, though it was cold and there was a fair amount of turbulance. Gene wanted to go to a new airport about...

The forecast for this morning was not looking so good. I sort of expected when I went to sleep last night that I wouldn’t be flying....

Weather is a major factor in every flight, so a significant part of becoming a pilot is understanding how the weather works and how to use...

Since I hadn’t flown in over a week, and my birthday flight was a bust, Aimee was kind enough to stay home and let me schedule...

I was really looking forward to a birthday flight today at 2:30, but I got a call from my instructor that I was sort of expecting....