The title of an old Gene Autry tune came to mind as I fired up the Ercoupe yesterday afternoon. In my younger days I did get to ride horseback occasionally - and, it’s true, you never really forget how, you just get a bit rusty. So, just how rusty was I likely to be with [...]
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 [...]
“CAVU, baby.” That’s how I greeted my flying buddy, Mike, on Saturday morning when he answered his phone. “How about hopping in the Ercoupe and flying out for a $100 Hamburger?” We had talked about heading to York, Pennsylvania for lunch, but as I was planning the flight I came across two PIREPS saying that [...]
