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Stick & Rudder Holiday Party
Georgia and I attended our first Stick & Rudder holiday party last night. We enjoyed the evening and felt very welcome at the club. Both of us look forward to more social events in the future.
Continue readingBad Weather Strikes Again
My membership at Stick & Rudder Flying Club is official and yesterday was my first session with one of the club CFIs. Since I haven’t been flying lately, I want to get some dual time in addition to getting checked out in the club aircraft. According to the club rules, by checking out in any […]
Continue readingBack in the Air Soon – I Hope
I haven’t been doing any flying for several months now. But, that should be changing soon. I submitted my membership application to The Stick & Rudder Flying Club yesterday. Once approved, I plan to start working on my instrument rating. Thank you to the readers who have stuck with me during this lull. I should […]
Continue readingNew Wish List Item
Garmin has just announced two new portable aviation GPS units. They are the GPSMAP 695 and 696. The Garmin press release can be read athttp://garmin.blogs.com/pr/2008/10/garmin-gpsmap-6.html?activeBranchId=newsroom. These new units are significantly different from previous Garmin portables. These are tablet computer style devices with a 7″ screen. The two units are essentially the same except that the […]
Continue readingSocial Networking for Pilots
If you have been listening to just about any of the GA podcasts, you have probably heard about myTransponder.com. If you haven’t already been to the web site, you should take a look. The idea is much the same as other social networking sites like MySpace and FaceBook except that this one is for pilots […]
Continue readingMore AirVenture 2008 Photos
Click the picture to the left or go to http://picasaweb.google.com/tclough1/Airventure2008 to view an online album with a few more AirVenture 2008 pictures. I also added a link to a Harrier video to the opening day post and a JetPack video link to the JetPack post. Look for the links within the posts or click the […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2008 – Back Home Wednesday
We checked out of the hotel early Wednesday but, made one last visit to AirVenture before driving back home. This morning, we went to the Affordable Flying Center for a forum on aircraft ownership. Presenter Mark Scott gave us some very good tips on how to own an airplane for less than the cost of […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2008 – Jet Pack Tuesday
The one Tuesday highlight we didn’t want to miss was the unveiling of the Martin Jetpack. From the talk I had been hearing around the grounds, everyone else wanted to see it fly too. The Jetpack unveiling was probably the most hyped event of the show and was scheduled for 9:30AM. When we got to […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2008 – Opening Day Monday
The official opening of AirVenture 2008! My top priorities for the day were to pick up my “free” SPOT Satellite Messenger and to see the unveiling of the Icon A5. We had breakfast at the motel and were at AeroShell Square by 8:30 AM. The Icon unveiling was scheduled for 10 o’clock, so I went […]
Continue readingAirVenture 2008 – Pre-show Sunday
Georgia and I made the two and a half hour drive to Oshkosh on Sunday morning and went directly to Wittman Regional Airport, site of AirVenture 2008. Monday will be the official kickoff day but, getting there a day early gave us an opportunity to get oriented without fighting the huge crowd to come. After […]
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