🌍Atlantic Crossing Part 4: The Long Way Home
After an unforgettable few days in Hamburg for the COPA European Migration, reality finally set in. It was time to turn west and begin the long journey home across the North Atlantic. Part 4 of the Atlantic Crossing series is where the adventure truly intensifies. Headwinds replace tailwinds, weather becomes a real factor again, and the […]
🌍 Crossing the Atlantic in a Kodiak 900 — Part 3: ATC Nuances, Deicing Decisions, and One Very Unusual Arrival
ATC Nuances, Deicing Decisions, and One Very Unusual Arrival One of the unexpected gifts of our eastbound Atlantic crossing was time. We built in extra days for weather and mechanical issues, but when everything went smoothly, it opened the door to something even better: exploring Europe from the cockpit. In this leg of the journey, […]
🌊 Crossing the Atlantic in a Kodiak 900 — Part 2: Greenland to Iceland and Beyond
The adventure continues! In Part 2 of our Atlantic crossing series, we take on one of the most exciting and challenging legs of the journey — flying from Greenland to Iceland, and then across to Scotland, officially completing our eastbound crossing. We start the day in Greenland, suiting up once again in those ever-fashionable Gumby […]
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” […]
Home Just in Time for Maintenance
After the return trip from Palm Springs, I realized I had reached home “just in time” for some critical maintenance. My final round trip journey was in excess of 4000 nm, as you can see below: Before the trip I made sure all the maintenance was current and even had my mechanic go over the […]
AOP Summit Journey (Part 2)
After an overnight in El Paso and a full regular day of work, it was time for the final leg of the journey. El Paso turned out out to be a great place for an overnight stop. Thanks to both NASA and the military there was no shortage of noteworthy aircraft on the ramp. The […]
AOPA Summit Journey (Part 1)
My trek to AOPA is now well underway! The first leg of this trip was quite memorable. Since I was flying direct over the Gulf, I squeezed as much fuel as I could into the tanks (92 gals). Other than the eAPIS filing, the departure was just like any routine IFR trip anywhere in the […]
Angel Flight To Stuart
It has been a while since my last Angel Flight mission. In fact, I don’t remember exactly when the last one was. So today after work, I decided to fix that by transporting a Moffitt patient (Mendis) and her daughter (Carmen) from Tampa to Stuart, which is on the east coast of FL. The weather […]
First Four Legged Passenger
Until today, all of my passengers were people. But today was a long overdue flight… I loaded up my first four legged passenger (Tristan) in preparation for takeoff. The route was rather simple (Ft Lauderdale to Tampa). However, there were a bunch of clouds surrounding Ft Lauderdale around departure time. I filed a quick IFR […]
Finally The Storm Has Passed
Tropical Storm Debby finally passed most of the state of Florida yesterday! I was very disappointed that I couldn’t continue the seaplane training this past weekend. Worse yet, the seaplane base is closed next weekend due to the Brown family vacation! So that will need to wait till sometime in July. After 3 days of not even […]