Winging It

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2009
/ By tom

Another new year is here. It seems they just keep coming faster and faster. I didn’t do as much flying as I would have liked in 2008 but, Georgia and I did do more traveling than most years. The Baltic cruise was a memorable experience and the Caribbean trip was a nice winter break. AirVenture […]

Merry Christmas

December 24, 2008
/ By tom

This is my favorite Christmas carol. I hope you will enjoy it too.

Stick & Rudder Holiday Party

December 14, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 3 COMMENTS

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.

New Wish List Item

October 30, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 4 COMMENTS

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 […]

O’Hare Flooding Videos

October 1, 2008
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

For those of you who are not in the Chicago area, we had some major flooding here in mid September. The videos below show the ramps at O’Hare airport on September 13th. The airport ended up being closed for much of that day.

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