Winging It

A Tragic Event

May 22, 2008
/ By tom
/ 4 COMMENTS

I had a hard time making up my mind to add this post. I have tried to make this blog upbeat and positive so, I seriously considered just leaving this out. But, in life, the bad too often comes along with the good. So, if I am going to blog about all the positive events, […]

UGN-JVL-UGN

May 10, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

Georgia and I finally got to actually go somewhere in a small airplane. This particular trip was always planned to be our first flight away from home base but, for various reasons, it has taken us a long time to make it happen. Friday afternoon,we flew from Waukegan to Janesville, Wisconsin for a late lunch […]

First Glider Lesson

May 5, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 3 COMMENTS

In the last post, I said that I had submitted my application for membership to an area soaring club. A couple days later, I was notified that I had been accepted as a member of the Sky Soaring Glider Club. This past weekend was my first chance to exercise my membership privileges by flying one […]

Soaring Club – Revisited

April 28, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

We had more poor weather this past weekend. That seems to be the pattern this spring. Friday evening we had thunderstorms and Saturday was cold and very windy. Since the temperature was going down into the 30’s Saturday night and it was supposed to rain on Sunday, we left the campground Saturday evening. I did […]

Soaring Club Visit

April 21, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 5 COMMENTS

This weekend was the start of the camping season for Georgia and I. By “camping”, of course, I mean going to our air conditioned travel trailer with plenty of hot water and satellite TV. We spent Saturday getting the trailer opened up and restocked, raking up the twigs and leaves that accumulate on the lot […]

Exploring My Options

April 14, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

I haven’t done much flying at all since I got my private certificate. In the mean time, I have been visiting some of the flying clubs in the area looking for one that might have better pricing than where I am now and also have good availability if I want to take an airplane for […]

Experimenting With the Draft Mode of Blogger

April 3, 2008
/ computer
/ By tom

Blogger has a Beta site where users can experiment with new features being considered for inclusion in future releases. I have been playing with the site so, some of the new features you see here might be temporary. Two of the beta features I like best are the ability to add any Google Webmaster Tools […]

Caribbean Cruise 2008 – Part 2

March 9, 2008
/ travel
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

Day 6 – At Sea Another day of classes for Georgia and another day to enjoy the ship for me. This was our last full day aboard. The seas were a little rougher and the ship was moving more in the morning but, it got calmer as the day went on. I took a lot […]

Caribbean Cruise 2008 – Part 1

March 9, 2008
/ travel
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

Day 1 – From snow to sunshine, Chicago to Fort Lauderdale Our Caribbean cruise started from Port Everglades on Saturday so, we flew to Fort Lauderdale on Friday. This was a crafters group cruise for Georgia (husbands were invite to tag along) and we were meeting up with some of the others from the Klik […]

Back Home Today

March 8, 2008
/ travel
/ By tom

Georgia and I are enjoying one last day of warm weather before going back to the cold and snow. It is raining here in Fort Lauderdale this morning and, it is cooler than it has been all week. Still, light rain and 72 beats the light snow and 22 we are going back to later […]