Flying The Hudson River Corridor
This weekend, I took a friend (Claire) on her first flight. The weather was perfect and I decided to take her on one my favorite sightseeing destinations, which is NYC Skyline as seen from the Hudson River. The best way I have found to do this is the following the rules laid out by the […]
Landing in a Snowstorm
This week I had a really unusual flight. It started out as a simple VFR takeoff in clear blue skies. I was bringing the plane home to Poughkeepsie from maintenance in Danbury. Simple, short flight… Or so I thought… This was me in the hanger just before takeoff: But the weather forecast looked a little […]
My Puppy’s First Flight
Today was a historic day… It was my puppy’s first flight! We tried last weekend for the first time… But she was terrified by the sound of the engine and so we just shut down and “called it a day”. During the week we bought “Mutt Muffs” for her, which you can see below (notice that Lisa […]
Tail Number Changed & Grounded
I am grounded this weekend for a bunch of reasons (weather, good maintenance and bad maintenance) 🙁 First we are having a snowstorm in the Northeast and Lisa doesn’t want to go flying anywhere. She is very much a fair weather flyer. Second, the FAA finally approved my request to change tail numbers! … I […]