Archive for February, 2009

One of the Joys of Aviation

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

A couple evenings ago I received an email from Bob, a fellow pilot, who has an interesting Web site about his flying experiences, The Joy of Aviation. Bob has begun the intensive work (fun) required to become instrument rated. Admittedly, all flying is fun to some of us “hard cases,” but some of the training [...]

Ercoupes landing at Oshkosh – 2008

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

I have not yet had an opportunity to go to AirVentures in Oshkosh – and don’t know if I’ll ever take my Ercoupe that far. However it would be fun to watch the ‘Coupes landing one right after the other.  Jose Gilbert, of Vero Beach, recently uploaded this video to share such a happening. He [...]

Second Flying Lesson in a C-172

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

A friend with whom I hang out at the airport has begun taking flying lessons. He was flying in a Cessna 172 with Jamie, the same CFI with whom I had my “refresher” lessons and successfully completed my BFR last summer and fall. An email last week from my Student Pilot friend, describing his second [...]