Finally, at long last (redundancy intentional), a lunch mission planned for six different dates was successful. The previous five attempts were all scrubbed because of family, life effects and plain old Mother Nature not playing nicely with her winds and precipitation. Bob is based in New York State along the Hudson Valley and I am [...]
Last week there was one perfect evening for a bit of local flying. Some airplanes just love landing on grass runways. On this beautiful September evening three planes and their pilots were having fun (practicing & learning) and were frolicking in the pattern, a Citabria, a C-172 and an Ercoupe. This video shows a greaser landing [...]
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 [...]
