Presidential TFR Delay
I was planning a short joyride to FT Lauderdale for lunch last week. However, President Obama was in town and the corresponding temporary flight restriction (TFR) made my home airport a “no fly zone” until 3:15pm. Apparently, the president didn’t know (or care) about my plans… So I had to wait till he was […]
Island Hopping in Hawaii (Part 2)
After an exciting intro to island flying, the next couple of days provided more amazing scenery and even more challenging flight conditions. The first stop, which was the island of Kauai, was the longest flight segment over water. So we filed a flight plan (and actually used the autopilot a bit). As we approached the Lihue […]
Island Hopping in Hawaii (Part 1)
As many of you know, I have been trying to personally land in all 50 states… After 2 years of flying to every nook and cranny of the continental US and Alaska, this weekend I finally managed to check Hawaii off my list! The first 49 states were all done in my Cirrus. However, it […]
State #49 (New Mexico) and Vegas
After spending entirely too much time in China during the past month, I was finally able to squeeze in a good IFR x-country trip. There was a meeting in Vegas that I wanted to attend and conveniently New Mexico was sort of on the way 😉 The routing was fairly direct, as you can see […]
Shaking Off the Rust / Test Flight
Last week I returned from China and was planning to go a for a joyride with a fellow pilot named Ron, who was visiting town from Atlanta. This flight was a multi-purpose mission: First, and most important, I wanted to “shake off the rust” after 2 1/2 weeks of zero hours in the logbook. Second, […]
Tough Start To A Very EZ Journey
This week’s mission was to go from Tampa,FL to Danbury, CT, which is a perfect mission for an SR22 with one fuel stop. Surprisingly, the weather forecast was beautiful everywhere along the route except Florida. Usually, it is the other way around. So I was expecting a takeoff in moderate / heavy rain, which is OK. […]
Fuel Planning Over The Gulf
Last weekend was a perfect example of why you must “get good” at flight planning while enroute. I planned a simple direct flight over the gulf at 16000 FT from Tampa, FL to Galveston, TX. Conventional wisdom says you do your flight planning on the ground and then simply execute in the cockpit. It sounds […]
Fuel Planning Over The Gulf
Last weekend was a perfect example of why you must “get good” at flight planning while enroute. I planned a simple direct flight over the gulf at 16000 FT from Tampa, FL to Galveston, TX. Conventional wisdom says you do your flight planning on the ground and then simply execute in the cockpit. It sounds […]
Ribbon Cutting Flight In A Cub
On the way home from Lansing, I decided to make a pit stop @ Dayton Wright Brothers airport. Partly out of necessity (because I needed one fuel stop between Lansing and Tampa). But more significantly, it was a great excuse to meetup with a fellow pilot blogger named Steve from the Mile of Runway blog. As often […]
Migration 9 Trip Summary
I have finally arrived in Colorado Springs and the journey was quite amazing! It is hard to summarize a 4200 mile trip. (But here goes…) Some of it what was “as expected ” ; Some of it reinforced how flexible you need to be on a journey like this. Between weather, customs formalities, spotty radar, […]