Winging It

Hawaii Cruise – Part 1

May 4, 2009
/ travel
/ By tom

Chicago to San Diego – We left Chicago O’Hare for San Diego early on Saturday, April 11. Our cruise didn’t start until Sunday but we flew out a day early to avoid any airline delays that might cause us to miss the ship. Spending the night at the Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor was our insurance […]

Back From Hawaii

April 30, 2009
/ travel
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

We got back from our cruise to Hawaii very early on Tuesday morning. It was a great trip. I will be posting a detailed report once I get caught up here at work and have a little more free time.

On Our Way to Hawaii

April 11, 2009
/ travel
/ By tom

Georgia and I will soon be off on our next adventure. In the morning, we are leaving for a cruise to Hawaii. We will fly to San Diego tomorrow and spend the night there. On Easter Sunday we will check in with Carnival Cruise Lines at the Port of San Diego before being transported to […]

Winters Last Blast?

March 30, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

From Saturday night to Sunday morning, we got about 6 inches of heavy wet snow. It stuck to trees and power lines causing big problems in some areas. Our power was out for 6 hours Sunday morning and for another 2 hours in the afternoon. The weather kept me from doing any flying over the […]

Club Signoff

March 22, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom

I hadn’t anticipated all the delays that have come up in getting my complex endorsement. It has been dragging on since the end of December. I though I would be signed off to fly all the club aircraft a long time ago. Now, a new set back has come up that I should have known […]

Safety Day

March 13, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

Stick & Rudder Flying Club is holding a safety day on Saturday. The public is welcome so, if you are in the area, please stop by to visit the club and learn something at the same time. Hope to see some of you there tomorrow. Update: Sunday 3/16 – The Safety Day was a sucess […]

Fifth Complex Flight

February 22, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom

Friday afternoon brought some the best weather of any flying day I have had this year. We were expecting a big snow storm late in the evening (and we did get it) but, ahead of the storm, we had only high clouds and big blue patches. The wind was shifting around a little but was […]

Fourth Complex Flight

February 14, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom

I was healthy, the landing gear was repaired and the weather, while not great, was acceptable Friday. I watched the METARS deteriorate all morning. More and more airports to the west of Waukegan were going from VFR to marginal VFR. Just before I left work at noon, UGN went down to 2900 broken. That was […]

Not Much to Report

February 9, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom

I had to cancel last Monday’s complex training because I woke up that morning with a nasty head cold. Then, just before I left for the airport yesterday, I got a call letting me know the Cutlass was grounded. The problem is a broken nose gear spring. My next scheduled flight is this Friday.

Third Complex Flight

January 26, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

Yesterday was another very cold but clear day. The Cutlass had flown earlier so it was outside rather than in the nice warm hanger. Pete and I cooperated to do a complete but quick preflight then got inside the airplane and out of the cold wind. I gave the engine two shots of primer, pumped […]

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