Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
So I took a flight yesterday, and on the way down to the airport (about an hour’s drive), I called my folks. They knew I was heading out, but I could tell were still having trouble imagining me flying a plane. I can’t blame them, as I still get that ...
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Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Ok, that Lego cargo plane – the green one listed below – it’s flipping huge. No, really. The box says it’s over 20” long. That’s a foot and 2/3s. I thought “yeah yeah, not that big, it’ll go on a shelf” Fat chance. The wingspan alone is at least a ...
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Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Flew the 152 out of Crest today. Got in just under an hour and a half. Worked entirely on pattern procedures. We left Crest, and went right over to Auburn, did 4 touch and goes there, then went to Renton, did two touch and goes, then back to Crest for ...
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Sunday, March 1st, 2009
I just bought this the other day (right). I pieced it together pretty quick, and it’s seriously cool! Last Lego airplane I had was a little twin from the late 80s – the pieces were all very simple (but it still looked neat – I think I have it around ...
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
I put up a few new photos today, and changed some of the layout in the gallery. I took a number of shots from McChord AFB in late January, and finally got those posted, along with my flight in the T34. A few of them came out pretty nicely, I ...
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Winter’s cold, wet, and in this instance snowy and stuck-at-home-because-of-the-snow –ey. I miss flying, and I miss flying kites when I can’t fly. I am, however, playing an inordinate amount of MS Flight Sim w/ Virtual ATC (networked – there’s real people on the other end) on my TV-Computer, which ...
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Friday, November 7th, 2008
Backstory - A while back (early October if I remember right), I'd signed up to assist on an AngelFlight mission with a pilot in the area, but the mission was scrubbed when he needed work done on his plane before it could fly again. I hadn't met the pilot yet, ...
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
I've been shopping around for a while to find a decent hand-held scanner. My main goal was to have something I could listen to ATC with while at the airport or at the park, and get some forewarning about cool shots I needed to get ready to take (such as ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
A friend has been loaning me his Nikon D80 every so often. I've taken a ton of new shots, mainly from Lake Union and Boeing Field, only the best of which are posted. Having a 200mm zoom makes a world of difference in the types of shots I'm trying to ...
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Looking over the pages, after being prompted by a comment (thanks Rand!) it's been a while since I've written anything. There have been a number of reasons behind that, but lack of interest isn't one of them. Shortly after my first flights, my (former) company sent me out of town ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Couldn't get enough the first time around, so we went back for more. We started out fairly early, around 8 or 9 am (definitely early for me), but I was too excited to care. My wife was with me again, so she got some instruction by proxy, until about halfway ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
I've gone some 25 odd years with only knowing a few private pilots, and it was never a big topic of conversation. I'd generally find out by accident, or they'd mention "I used to fly", etc. But over the last few months, I keep running into people who either are ...
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