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.
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 […]