Blog Profile / My Flight Blog
| URL : | http://www.myflightblog.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Hobbies / Aviation | |
| Posts on Regator: | 138 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.5 | |
| Archived Since: | April 25, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Flying Club Scholarship Receives 126 Applications
Several months ago I joined forces with three other Chicago based pilots to form Ground Effect Advisors and to offer the first ever scholarship to help create a flying club. We realized that there is a need across the country...
The Classic Flight Bag Adds a Touch of Class to the Cockpit
Paul Lemley, a fellow pilot, was dissatisfied with the quality of flight bags available on the market. At first he settled for what was available. Then finally decided he would solve the problem and build his vision of the perfect.....
Lunchtime Laps in the Pattern
Most pilots are familiar with the $100 Hamburger. This past week though I enjoyed my first $82.50 PB&J. For months I have been trying to think of ways to find more time for flying. Recently, I started wondering whether I...
Sporty's Instrument Rating Course App Review
Sporty's recently released their Complete Instrument Rating Course as an app for Apple's iPad and iPhone. The app takes DVDs full of content and makes it portable so you that spare time can turn into aviation training opportunities. I recently...
The First Ever Flying Club Scholarship
I am proud to announce my participation in the creation of the first ever Flying Club Scholarship. It all started several months ago I had the opportunity to join Marc Epner and Al Waterloo, hosts of Simple Flight Radio, for...
2012 Year of Flying in Review
Nine States, four aircraft and nearly 40 hours of flying capped of a spectacular 2012. Just two years ago I logged the fewest hours since earning my license in 2004 with just 6.2 hours. About that time I joined the...
Flying Eyes Review: Protected Eyes and Comfortable Ears
I recently had the opportunity to test a new take on aviation sunglasses. Flying Eyes have created a pair of sunglasses made specifically for pilots that solve the problems of the temple bar of the sunglasses breaking the seal...
Flying Clubs can Save the Pilot Population One Pilot at a Time
In a dimly-lit doctor's office in 2009, my wife and I looked at two beating hearts on an ultrasound and immediately realized our lives were about to change. At the time we could never have known how positive the experience...
Simple Flight Radio: An Online Radio Show for General Aviation Pilots
I recently had the opportunity to be a featured guest on Simple Flight Radio, a weekly two hour online radio show focused on general aviation. Hosts Al Waterloo and Marc Epner are on a quest to find amazing people doing...
CloudAhoy Review: A Flight Data Recorder in your Pocket
On my most recent cross country flight I tested out the CloudAhoy app to track and store flight data including route of flight, altitude and speed for the entire flight. CloudAhoy is a free app for the iPhone and iPad...
Loop Magazine The Best Aviation Magazine You're Not Reading
I am an aviation content devourer, someone who consumes magazines, blogs and podcasts greedily or voraciously. I am not embarrassed to admit that, as I know most pilots are the same way. With less than a half a percent of...
Gaston's Fly Out Adventure
I have never been much of a fisherman and frankly I am not all that fond of eating fish. So why would I find myself at The #1 Trout Fishing Resort in the country this weekend? Because their 79 cabins...
NFlightCam Wants to Record Your First Solo
NFlightCam has launched an interesting campaign called the Solo Hall of Fame. It is their goal to help students share the accomplishment of their solo flight by documenting the experience with an in-cokpit video of the achievement. The great thing...
Airshows Bring Aviation to the Forefront for a Weekend
Ever wonder what it would be like to live in one of those aviation communities where taxiways and runways took precedence over roads and all your neighbors thought about aviation as much as you did? Once a year I get...
Your Guide to the 2012 Chicago Air & Water Show
The 2012 Chicago Air & Water Show will roar back to life over the next few days leading up to the 54th Chicago Air & Water Show this weekend. The headline act, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, will arrive Wednesday...
Flying the T-6 Texan Cross Country: Day Two - I Follow Roads
The sun was just starting to rise over the eastern horizon when we arrived at Hutchinson County Airport in Borger, TX to continue our journey to Chino. After 7.0 hours of flying the previous day, we were nearly halfway there,...
Flying the T-6 Texan Cross Country: Day One
Last Thursday I kicked off my longest cross country since earning my private pilot's license in 2004. I joined fellow pilot Mike Miester at Gauntlet Warbirds at Aurora Airport, just outside of Chicago, where we launched in a T-6 Texan...
Flying the T-6 Texan to California
When I was learning to fly and would mentioned to friends and family that I was going to log cross country time they often were confused that I was flying just 50 nautical miles away. The FAA requires that a...
Twin Garden Farms Mirai Corn is Worth Flying For
Every pilot has heard of the proverbial $100 Hamburger, typically a subpar meal used as an excuse to go flying. I have a suggestion to pilots in the midwest: replace your hamburger runs with corn runs. Which is exactly what...
Cessna SkyCatcher Light Sport Aircraft Experience
Earlier this spring I learned that Cessna selected eight pilot interns to fly a fleet of SkyCatcher's around the country as part of the Discover Flying Challenge. My first thought was, what a great gig. After that I decided I...