Monthly Archives: January 2007



The Secret Blog Reader

Posted on January 30, 2007 by admin

I get flattered pretty easily. If anyone notices anything I do, I am impressed. Perhaps that is because I bring stuff up so often, I get a lot of eye rolls, but when someone else brings up something I do, … Continue reading →

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One Cold Flight Lesson

Posted on January 26, 2007 by admin

I really wasn’t looking forward to this morning’s flight lesson. It was about 7 degrees outside…the coldest day of the year so far. As I lay there in my warm bed, I could only imagine what my 15 minute pre-flight … Continue reading →

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Digging Out the Basement – Done

Posted on January 24, 2007 by admin

Well, I finally finished digging out the basement. I found some time under a rock on Saturday and went down to the pit with my shovel and rototiller. This was the last section of dirt…and boy was this tough stuff. … Continue reading →

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Long Tri-Fold Kneeboard

Posted on January 24, 2007 by admin

In my previous post, I mentioned that I made a cross country flight. Well, one of the things that I learned on that trip was that organization is extremely important. I needed my sectional chart, a sharp pencil, a backup … Continue reading →

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Flight School – Lesson #18 – 10:00AM-12:00PM – Cross Country

Posted on January 24, 2007 by admin

Hours – 22 This Sunday, I decided that it would be nice to take a cruise to Waterbury/Oxford Airport (OXC) in Connecticut. We would depart from MGJ, fly to the Kingston VOR station in Poughkeepsie and from there, head straight … Continue reading →

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Our Listings on Oodle

Posted on January 16, 2007 by admin

This is pretty cool. If you remember a while back, I mentioned that we have several data feeds that a variety of websites draw from…mostly the new “Classified Search Engines” like Oodle and Vast. Both of these websites give us … Continue reading →

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How To Read an Aviation Sectional Map – Airport Information

Posted on January 13, 2007 by admin

My father finally received his Christmas gift yesterday. I got him a Charlotte sectional map, which includes his area of Wilmington, NC. The reason I got him the sectional map is because I needed him to look around for frequencies … Continue reading →

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Creating a Flight Plan Using the Jeppesen Navigation Log

Posted on January 12, 2007 by admin

Do you want to know what someone said to me about my previous post about VOR navigation? They said it was boring. I didn’t think it was boring when I was writing about the fascinating topic of airplane navigation. I … Continue reading →

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Flight School – Lesson #17 – 10:00AM-12:00PM – VOR Navigation

Posted on January 7, 2007 by admin

Hours – 20.4 This was a fairly challenging but rewarding lesson. That seems to be the default description of flight school…challenging but rewarding. I remember the first time I did VOR navigation with Yigal. It made so much sense on … Continue reading →

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Peter Kagan and the Wind

Posted on January 6, 2007 by admin

A while back, Laura and I were driving home from Lowes in Middletown, NY. I have a bad habit of turning the radio dial to NPR with other people in the car. I don’t think a lot of people appreciate … Continue reading →

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