Weekend in Grand Cayman
With great weather predicted for south FL and the Caribbean, this past weekend was the perfect opportunity to make a dent in the bucket list. I decided to fly to Grand Cayman. The flight was a straightforward IFR route mostly over water and directly over Cuba: I was a little nervous about the international flying […]
Aerobatics Training In a Zlin
As you have probably noticed, I have not been posting much lately. It is NOT because I am flying less. In fact, I have been flying quite a bit lately. However, most of my flights were routine with nothing that I hadnt posted about before. But this week, things really started to change! After finishing […]
Presidential TFR Delay
I was planning a short joyride to FT Lauderdale for lunch last week. However, President Obama was in town and the corresponding temporary flight restriction (TFR) made my home airport a “no fly zone” until 3:15pm. Apparently, the president didn’t know (or care) about my plans… So I had to wait till he was […]
Island Hopping in Hawaii (Part 2)
After an exciting intro to island flying, the next couple of days provided more amazing scenery and even more challenging flight conditions. The first stop, which was the island of Kauai, was the longest flight segment over water. So we filed a flight plan (and actually used the autopilot a bit). As we approached the Lihue […]
Island Hopping in Hawaii (Part 1)
As many of you know, I have been trying to personally land in all 50 states… After 2 years of flying to every nook and cranny of the continental US and Alaska, this weekend I finally managed to check Hawaii off my list! The first 49 states were all done in my Cirrus. However, it […]
State #49 (New Mexico) and Vegas
After spending entirely too much time in China during the past month, I was finally able to squeeze in a good IFR x-country trip. There was a meeting in Vegas that I wanted to attend and conveniently New Mexico was sort of on the way 😉 The routing was fairly direct, as you can see […]