Winging It

Win a Great Airplane Ride

July 21, 2008
/ airshows flying
/ By tom

If you are going to be at Oshkosh on Monday July 28, you have the opportunity to win a backseat ride with the Aeroshell T6 Aerobatic Team. Just visit http://www.avweb.com/register/AirVenture2008AeroShellPromo/rules.html to enter. You must be a member of Avweb but, you can join on that same page. The team will call you Saturday night if […]

Back to Glider Training

June 2, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 3 COMMENTS

I finally got back into a sailplane after three weeks away from training. Saturday morning was windy with poor lift so, only students were flying. I got 4 flights in the Schweizer 2-33 with a different club CFI-G. None of the flights was very long but, we got a lot done in that short time. […]

Learn to Fly for $100?

May 27, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom

As I said in the last post, I spent the weekend in northern Wisconsin where Georgia and I attended a memorial service for my nephew. The service was very well done and went a long way toward allowing Russ’ family and friends to move on. After the service, I spent some time talking to a […]

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 […]

What is That Yellow Ball in the Sky?

February 17, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 7 COMMENTS

Yesterday we experienced what has been this winters rarest of weather events – a sunny day. Not only did the sun shine but, for what seems like the first time in months, it happened on a weekend. Most remarkable of all, I had an airplane reserved for a couple hours on this sunny day. Yes, […]

Trying to Fly

February 3, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

I had an airplane scheduled for yesterday but, the weather stayed IFR all day. The area forecast for today was showing a window of VFR for the afternoon so, I rescheduled for today at 1 PM. It is now 10:15 AM and the TAFs are showing IFR for O’Hare and marginal VFR at 1100 feet […]

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