Air Force One in Green Bay
Whether or not you’re a fan of the passenger, you’ve got to admit being this close to Air Force One is pretty cool. Air Force One parking on taxiway D at GRB for an Obama campaign rally at the … Read More
Time Travel on a DC-7
One of the stars of AeroShell Square at this year’s EAA AirVenture was a beautifully restored 1958 Douglas DC-7B. The airplane did a demo flight on Thursday and was open for public walk-through tours throughout the week. On the last … Read More
Not Your Average 172
What happens when you take a good all-around airplane like the Cessna 172 and bolt a 210-horsepower engine to it? You get crazy-good takeoff and climb performance and the cruise speed you wish a regular 172 had. In the … Read More
Good to Go for Another Two Years
February is drawing to a close and I crossed two things off my to-do list: my flight review and my CFI renewal. As an added bonus I got to fly a pretty cool plane. Pilot certificates never expire but pilot … Read More
Cessna 182 & G1000 Checkout
Over the weekend I learned to fly a 2005 Cessna T182T with the Garmin G1000 avionics suite. Insurance required at least a three-hour checkout with an instructor, which I accomplished over two flights. The first was in the daytime but … Read More
A Shiny Visitor
We had a rare airplane visit Brennand Airport today: a Lockheed 12. Its pilots stopped by to visit friends, and I joined everyone for lunch. What a beautiful airplane! I watched the landing but unfortunately couldn’t stick around to watch … Read More
Sunbeams & Paint Schemes
I fly in the evenings a lot, which is nice because of smoother air, but often my students and I have to put up with the sun in our eyes. Tonight a broken layer of clouds made my lesson with … Read More
Weekend at Flabob
I spent Valentine’s Day weekend falling in love with a little airport in southern California. I was in California February 13-16 to attend an AeroScholars facilitator training event at Flabob Airport in Riverside. AeroScholars is a program offering online … Read More