Category Archives: Flying



Flight School – Lesson #22 – 10:00AM-12:00PM – SWF, Solo & Porpoising

Posted on March 3, 2007 by admin

Hours – 27.6 I was sick last weekend, so I had to cancel my lesson. Yigal was sick today, so he only stayed in the airplane for a short while. Interesting lesson, I should say. The plan was to get … Continue reading →

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Flight School – Lesson #21 – 10:00AM-12:00PM – Finally to 1B1

Posted on February 18, 2007 by admin

Hours – 26 This was a pretty good lesson. We got a nice start because the airplane was already cleaned off after Wednesday’s snow storm. Also, it wasn’t bitter cold, like the last few lessons. I really wanted to get … Continue reading →

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Flight School – Lesson #20 – 12:30PM-2:00PM – Practice Landings

Posted on February 11, 2007 by admin

Hours – 24.3 Since I have been pretty busy with VOR navigation, airspace and communications practice, I thought I was getting a little rusty with my landings, so I went in today to brush up. Yigal wasn’t available today, but … Continue reading →

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Flight School – Lesson #19 – 10:00AM-12:00PM – VOR & SWF

Posted on February 9, 2007 by admin

Hours – 23.2 Another cold day for a lesson. This one was last Saturday morning. We used up some time cleaning the snow off the plane, but still got a good 1.2 hours in. I wanted to go up to … 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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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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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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