Skywriting Results
The weather was slightly better today. But still not good enough for regular VFR flying. The ATIS showed Winds 310 @ 8, Overcast layer @ 300 FT. The only good news was that the fog and low clouds were expected to burn off later in the day. We reviewed the plan and waited for some […]
Ugly Weather (Perfect Day to Fly!)
Today was expected to be a dreary weather day in the whole state of Florida due to a large “cold front” that was passing through. Today was definitely NOT a skywriting day. But what a great day for some recurrent flight training in actual IMC! I had planned a training day with Jason Schappert of […]
Planning For A First Attempt At Skywriting
After reading several of Steve Dilullo’s posts, I feel inspired to try something a bit different this weekend. His post about ribbon cutting has quite cool. But I fly a Cirrus and I can’t “just open the window” to try ribbon cutting. However, his post about skywriting really got me thinking. I wanted to give […]
The Next State (OK) State #33
The states are now getting further (and harder) …. But that’s OK … Today was a beautiful day to fly… My intended destination was Dallas. But I was compelled to make a slight detour to land in a new state(Oklahoma). The route is shown below: The weather forecast showed a little bit of IFR along […]
Last Minute Angel Flight
Normally, my Angel Flights are scheduled well in advance. Usually, I have to juggle a whole bunch of things (both work and personal). But late yesterday I got a message from the “Angel Flight Mission Control” about a particularly compelling flight today (Wednesday b4 Thanksgiving) that was in jeopardy of being canceled. The patient, who […]
East Coast Journey (Going Home)
Seven new states, and 5 IMC hours later, it was time to go home. The journey home involved a stop in Frederick, MD (state #32). Here is what the final route flown looked like: Since I needed to stop in MD, it was only natural to stop @ FDK. I was hoping to squeeze in […]
East Coast Journey (Day 3)
Today was the most varied (and most intense) day of flying I have ever had! The day began as a leisurely morning sightseeing flight with Avanni (and her Daddy). As you can see, Ronak got the hang of aerial photography pretty quickly as we flew over Patriots stadium down to Rhode Island and back: After […]
East Coast Journey (Day 2)
Day 2 was a rather simple day of flying… But it did include 3 new states, unusual ATC interactions, and best of all some awesome sites. The day began in Raleigh, with another good weather forecast. I filed IFR RDU > LVL > WWD (Wildwood, NJ) Very simple routing that avoided the Washington DC Special […]
East Coast Journey (Day 1)
Day 1 went off “almost” as planned. I was so excited to begin my journey. I arrived a couple of hours early to the airport so that I could do a thorough pre-flight and still have time to “correct” anything that may have needed attention. Luckily everything checked out OK and after a whole bunch […]
East Coast Journey (Day 0)
So tomorrow is really day 1 of the journey. But tonight, was time for the flight planning. My general sequence is usually as follows: 1 Weather 2 Route Selection 3 Airport/FBO selection Then if time permits 4 Lodging 5 Ground Transport. But if time doesn’t permit getting to 4 or 5, I am usually happy […]