Gary's Flight Journal

Today Mary and I went up to put the Lowrance 1000 through it's paces. After the initial mounting to the yoke at the pilots position, we ...

Monday July 24, 2006 After a long weekend of overcast weather Monday was looking like the day to fly. I called the flight school (TAS) and b...

Planning that first flight as a "New Pilot" ! Mary and I have discussed many different locations for that "first flight"...

I passed!!! Yes, I finally hold that white slip in hand, I'm a pilot! As I sit here only 17 hours post checkride I am still trying to ge...

A new start to a new day! With the lack luster oral test prep behind me and the thoughts of nailing down answers I need to know I was set on...

As if tests are not bad enough.........I have read every test prep, watched the King DVD's at least three times and still could not find...

Yes, in the air for a third day in a row!! The gal (46C) needed some go go juice again today prior to taking off the triple leash (tie downs...

No traffic this morning as I head to Brandywine, how nice is that. I make my way to N99 while listening to CTAF 123.075 for traffic. It seem...

Wow, this flying stuff is pretty cool! It feels like I am a new student as I pull up to the airport today. I arrive early and complete my pr...

Today as I sat in Operations I witnessed a near miss......or hit as it may be. Trying to pay full attention to the conversation at hand conc...

No, flight training hasn't come to a halt! I did not manage to get a mock checkride scheduled prior to my vacation so that means I did n...

MONDAY JUNE 12, 2006 I scheduled "fly time" today just to get that extra work in on stalls, emergency procedures (the process, not...

The sky did not look good at all today. I thought for sure my 5:30 lesson would be a no go. I left work on time and figured on giving Maggie...

A 5:30 lesson on tap for today! I listen to the AWOS for N99, the "unofficial" until approved by the FAA. Winds 180-220 at 3 to 5 ...

Since it was so nice out and I finished up the "list" for the house I decided to go fly for an hour. After my last lesson I decide...

THURSDAY MAY 25, 2006 Wx for this review/mock checkride was not looking good. I got to the school early and finished up my preflight as my C...

MONDAY MAY 22, 2006 Monday finds a 4:00 lesson on the calendar ! Bill and I chat about the checkride, reviewing the groundschool/oral test p...

After reviewing my log book my CFI and I find no spin recovery training. Odd that we missed that but what the heck, time to have at it! I co...

WEDNESDAY MAY 10, 2006 Mary and I decided to head to the baseball field so that I could get in a few innings before we would have to head to...

FRIDAY MAY 5, 2006 I am off to get some practice/test prep work on another beautiful evening. I arrive at the flight school and pick up the ...