Winging It

AirVenture 2009 Opens Today

July 27, 2009
/ airshows flying
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

Today is the opening day of EAA AirVenture 2009 at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Georgia and I will be there later in the week but, for now, I can only watch from the sidelines. There are some ways that those of us who can not attend or who are going later can follow the action from a […]

A Weekend at the Airport

July 13, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom

On Saturday, Georgia and I flew to Janesville for lunch at Kealy’s. This is the first time Georgia has flown with me since her foot surgeries and, as she pointed out, the first time we have flown together on a hot summer day. The near 90 degree temperature and light but gusty winds made this […]

Instrument Lesson 3 – Working Hard

July 8, 2009
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 4 COMMENTS

Yesterday’s lesson included several new tasks. I was pushed well beyond my, admittedly still pretty low, workload limit during this one. It was hard work but a very good lesson. As before, I filed IFR to the Kenosha airport, did the preflight – including a VOR check, got the ATIS and our clearance and taxied […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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