Winging It

Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells Airshow

July 1, 2009
/ airshows
/ By tom

On Friday, Georgia and I were looking for a last minute weekend escape and decided to drive up to the Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells Airshow. We made a reservation at the Ho-Chunk Hotel, which is adjacent to the airport, for Friday night but they were booked up for Saturday. The Wisconsin Dells area has plenty of hotels […]

Instrument Procedure Trainer 7

June 25, 2009
/ computer
/ By tom
/ 3 COMMENTS

I ordered a copy of the ASA Instrument Procedure Trainer 7 a few days ago and received it yesterday. The package includes the simulator software and the Pilot’s Manual Volume 3: Instrument Flying. I don’t have enough experience with it to give a detailed review yet but, I can say the installation was very easy […]

Instrument Lesson 2 – More Attitude

June 23, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

It was 90 degrees when I got to the club today. Pete was with another student when I arrived so he told me to file IFR to Kenosha while I waited for him. I filled out the form, called 1-800-WX-BRIEF and filed. Pete finished up with his previous student and we went over our plan […]

First Instrument Rating Lesson – Finally

June 16, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 4 COMMENTS

I have a couple flight training tasks that I started but have left hanging lately. I need about 12 more hours of PIC time in a Skyhawk or equivalent to qualify for club insurance on the C172RG. I also wanted to build some cross country time to be closer to the required 50 hours before […]

Jetrecord Online Logbook

June 10, 2009
/ computer flying
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

Thanks to Todd over at MyFlightBlog.com for posting a review of the new online logbook service called Jetrecord. I was able to create a new account and import my LogShare records within just a few minutes. In addition to Logshare, you can import from other online and computer based logbooks as well as entering flights […]

Back From St. Louis and Looking Forward to Oshkosh

June 1, 2009
/ airshows travel
/ By tom

Georgia attended the Klic-N-Kut digital die cutting seminar in St. Louis over the weekend and I tagged along. She learned a lot while I got to relax for a few days. I did help out with some video recording of the sessions and helped the ladies carry their machines but, for the most part, I […]

Waukegan Air Show to Return

May 22, 2009
/ airshows flying
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

Good news! After being canceled last year, it looks like the Waukegan air show is back on for this year. An article in today’s Lake County Sun Times gives September 19 as the date. If you are in the area, please try to attend. We need to support the event if we want it to […]

Hawaii Cruise – Part 4

May 11, 2009
/ travel
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

Waikiki, Oahu – Friday morning, April 24, our cruise ended. We left the ship, collected our luggage in the terminal and caught a cab to the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach. We would be staying there for the next three nights. We checked in about 11 AM but our room wasn’t ready yet so we […]

Hawaii Cruise – Part 3

May 4, 2009
/ travel
/ By tom

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – We had no pre-planned tour in Kona so it was a shopping day. Getting off the ship proved to be more difficult than expected though. This was another tender port but rough waters were making getting everyone ashore a slow process. At one point, tendering was stopped while the crew switched the […]

Hawaii Cruise – Part 2

May 4, 2009
/ travel
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

Hilo, Hawaii – After our five sea days, we made our first port call at Hilo. I was out on the balcony as the ship entered the harbor and tied up to the pier. I wanted to see the mountains inland but, a moderately dense layer of vog limited visibility. This cloud of sulfurous volcanic […]