2025 Spruce Creek Annual Taxi In
One of the things I love about living an airpark is the variety of community activities. This week, was the annual Spruce Creek taxi in, which is an annual tradition, where residents bring out their planes and we have a wonderful social event. The event is also a fundraiser for EAA and the local Boy […]
Flying Into Houston’s Busy Class Bravo Airspace
After my failed attempt to go to Houston on New Year’s Day, I finally made it there just a couple of days later. I flew into the HOUSTON HOBBY Airport, which is one of 2 class bravo airports in Houston’s busy class bravo airspace. If you want to fly along as a dodge weather, deal […]
Alternator Failure Over the Gulf
On New Year’s Day this year, I had a rather unusual situation. I was flying from Spruce Creek to Houston’s Hobby airport. I was planning to a a video about flying into a busy class bravo airport. But instead I had an alternator failure enroute over the Gulf of Mexico. Check out the video below […]
Flying the Airbus A320 Full Motion Simulator @ JetBlue University
Recently I was invited to JetBlue University to try my hand at their Airbus A320 Class D full motion simulator. The experience was amazing. The simulator was way more realistic than I expected. For example, when you are taxing you can actually feel and hear the rumbling of the tires on the pavement. The screens […]
Stuck Mic Avast Interview
I was recently a guest on the Stuck Mic Avcast. You can check out the interview here:
Landing at JFK
As some of you know, a couple of weeks ago, I tried to do a “Touch & Go” at JFK. I figured that due to Covid-19, the skies would be pretty empty and ATC would have plenty of time on their hands. That attempt did not work 🙁 The controller told me “Touch & Gos” […]
Flying A Chandelle
Since most of the northeast is still on lockdown during Covid-19, there is still really nowhere to go. But it’s still a good time to fly and use this time to practice basic flying maneuvers. For this flight I decided to practice chandelles and a few approaches. The first chandelle, I forgot to turn the […]
Practice Flight Over Rhode Island
Another exciting week of Covid-19 life (NOT)! This week was far from exciting. In fact, between working from home and only leaving the house for the occasional grocery run, it was quite boring. As a result, I was eager to escape to the skies. Unfortunately, the rest of the country is still on lockdown. So […]
Can You Fly During Covid-19?
Can you fly during Covid-19? For me, the answer is YES. But with a few precautions… First, I realize that I am extremely lucky to even have the ability to make a judgement call on this. Some of my friends in Germany, don’t even have the option. But for me, I was more concerned about […]
Flying a Lap Over Long Island
Socially distant general aviation flying during these Covid-19 times.