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Enjoying The Classics
Mon, Mar 26 2012 1:00 PM

I like this photo. As far as I can see, it could have been taken any time in the last 40 years. A man in jeans and a jacket prepares a 1970 Bellanca Citabria for a Sunday morning flight. I like ths photo because I took it within the last month. The aviator is Frank Bober of Middle River Aviation and he is preparing to take me up for Primary flight instruction... Read More...

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Filed under: Pilot, Archer, flight school, PA28, Student, Robin DR400, Bellanca, Citabria, Tail Wheel, Tailwheel, tandem

Autonomy, Automation.., oh and Boredom.
Mon, Jul 19 2010 10:48 PM

I have a vision of my automotive future and it is automated. My family would lease a vehicle large enough for carrying us and whatever we need to take with us. It would take me to work and here's the unusual bit, it would take itself home for whatever my family need of it. It doesn't need to be sat in my employer's parking lot all day. If it needs... Read More...

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Filed under: Pilot, air travel, automation, kitkat, single pilot

First Time Under the Hood
Sun, Jul 11 2010 11:15 PM

A bead of sweat is starting to form on my forehead. It could be the Maryland humidity and we've seen record temperatures recently, but I don't think so. My grip on the yoke is tighter than before. Gone, the sometimes forced relaxed posture in the left seat of the Archer. My eyes, robbed of the what now seems a most generous view of the Maryland countryside... Read More...

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Filed under: flight training, Pilot, Archer, flight school, IFR, Student, VOR

Taking My Family Flying
Sun, Jul 4 2010 11:00 AM

Responsibility is something that sneaks up on you as you go through life. I never went looking for it and it snuck up on me while I wasn't looking. Above all else, I am responsible for the financial security of my wife and 2 1/2yr old son and in more subtle ways for their safety, health and happiness. This sits well with me and I am proud to support them... Read More...

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Filed under: flight training, Pilot, Family, Piper Archer, Responsibility

All American Life....
Fri, Apr 16 2010 7:22 AM

Welcome. It's been a while. In my last post, oh so many months ago, my family and I were preparing to move across the Atlantic, Green Cards in hand. Well, we made it and moved to Maryland on the day of the second wave of the worst snowstorm for 100 years. Gone, the five inches of "heavy snow" in the UK and welcome to three lots of 18 inches of snow... Read More...

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Filed under: America, USA, AFSP, TSA, flight training, Pilot, Fingerprints