by Richard Brown | Aug 27, 2016 | Flight Training
Flying is fantastic! Everything looks different from the air, and in a small plane it looks different than when you are in the window seat of an airline. You are lower and slower than the big boys which gives you more time to look around and see things. If I was...
by Richard Brown | Aug 21, 2016 | Flight Training, Local
To get to the airport I drive along Euclid Ave which passes along the west end of Runways 26R and 26L. Today, as with every other time I drive by I was looking for whatever planes were taking off. I guess I’m still not tired of watching planes, any planes, fly....
by Richard Brown | Aug 13, 2016 | Flight Training, Local
I’m a little behind in posting. This flight was just flying the traffic pattern and working on landings, never straying more than a mile from the airport except a couple times I had to extend my upwind or downwind legs. I needed to arrive a little before my...
by Richard Brown | Aug 7, 2016 | Flight Training, Long Cross Country
I love flying! All of it… Even sitting on the tarmac waiting to take off in 100° heat because I know that soon I will be free from gravity and soaring through the skies. (This wasn’t one of those hot days.) Today was my long cross-country flight over...
by Richard Brown | Aug 6, 2016 | Flight Training
(I am writing this over a year after the flight so it will be less specific than other posts. However I wanted to fill it in to complete posts of all my training flights.) I thought that I was going to be making my long cross country this day… After the night...