by Matt | May 17, 2010 | Blog, Fun Flying, Milestones, Photos
My parents recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. They aren’t big on gifts and things. Well, long story short, Mom got a new convertible this year that she’s calling a gift and she wanted to do something special for Dad. What could be more...
by Matt | Mar 7, 2010 | Blog, Fun Flying, Milestones
Since I already plan to get an instrument rating, I decided that I needed to start building cross country time. I’ll probably do quite a few short cross countries before I do anything long. I have these ideas floating around, but I don’t know about taking...
by Matt | Jan 16, 2010 | Blog, Milestones
The check out flight for the Diamond went well enough that there wasn’t a question in my mind about taking my wife up. She would be my first passenger. I scheduled the plane for the afternoon and we set off for the flight school. I knew she was nervous and to...
by Matt | Sep 29, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons, Milestones
I just wanted to check in and let everyone know that the ground school and all the studying that I’ve done has paid off. I passed the knowledge test!
by Matt | Sep 13, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons, Milestones
To make a long story short, I completed my first cross country. We flew to Cleveland Hardwick. It was a nice flight and it only takes about a half hour to get there. I was a little nervous, but I knew that I had planned everything and that it was a good day to...
by Matt | Jul 27, 2009 | Blog, Flight Training, Lessons, Milestones
Over the past week I worked on the presolo test. It was pretty straightforward although I wasn’t sure how much to say on some. One question in particular was what to do if the engine ran rough in flight. I wasn’t sure whether to exclude things that...
