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Big Country Flying: March 2006
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006. I know, it's been awhile. Posted by Big Country at 6:29 PM. Sunday, March 05, 2006. Another Beautiful Day in SoCal. So, being an East Coast southern boy, living in California drives me nuts. However, it does have a few advantages. The almost-always-good-enough-to-fly weather in SoCal has to be one of them. Today was smooth, stable air, high ceilings, light winds, and great visibility. What more can you ask for? Today - 2.2 hrs, 7 landings. Total - 35.3 hrs. Great day for flying.
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Big Country Flying: November 2006
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006. Yesterday, I got to serve as a crewmember on a Part 121 carrier. I was serving as Seventh Deputy Underassistant Copilot for Customer Service. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's the guy snoring in 26C on the redeye from SLC to ATL. Dude at Call Center in India:. I'm sorry, sir, we can't reroute you, that flight has already departed. No, it actually leaves in eight hours, but it isn't going anywhere, please reroute me through SLC. No, it won't. Let me get this ...
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Big Country Flying: October 2006
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Monday, October 30, 2006. Has it been two months? Has it been two months since my last post? Holy small airplanes, Batman! So, here's a laundry list of why I haven't posted in two months:. Trip to visit UVA Darden Business School, Wharton Business School, Duke Fuqua Business School: Complete. Two weeks at sea monitoring an exercise: Complete. Trip to visit Harvard Business School: Complete. Harvard Application: Done, no response to date. Wharton Application: Done, no response to date. That's it for now.
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Big Country Flying: August 2006
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006. I once said that, like Jimmy Buffett in "The Wino and I Know," I would like to live my life like a song. As I mentioned in my previous post, a job change is in the works, so the next song would be "Changing Channels." More appropriate to this blog, I guess, would be "Cleared to switch.". Posted by Big Country at 9:20 PM. Monday, August 28, 2006. Posted by Big Country at 7:55 PM. Sunday, August 27, 2006. But for now, I will post a requiem. Today, COMAIR 5191 crashed on departur...
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Big Country Flying: September 2006
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Friday, September 01, 2006. Changes in altitude, changes in attitude. As I have spent more time flying Pipers, one of the things that I have noticed, maybe only in the ones that I fly, is that they are very nose heavy. Post Facto Editors note: PA-28-161's, the 181's are great). I was thoroughly impressed with the difference the CG made in the airplane's handling characteristics. I may have to start bribing people to sit in the back seat. Until later my friends. Posted by Big Country at 12:37 PM.
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Big Country Flying: February 2006
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Sunday, February 26, 2006. KPSP, Solo cross countries done. Wheels down at 1400 local, gave the steed some go-juice and put it to bed, then came on home. Dinner with my lovely wife, then soon to bed for the start of yet another week. Hopefully, I'll be getting a few hours of flying in next weekend. Posted by Big Country at 6:51 PM. Saturday, February 25, 2006. Posted by Big Country at 3:07 PM. Friday, February 24, 2006. I hate IT's (rant). No problem, I use AutoRecover, just in case. Have a great weekend.
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Student Pilot Blog: Sep 18, 2007
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My account of working towards my pilot's license and beyond. Tuesday, September 18, 2007. Next stop. Checkride! My checkride is scheduled for tomorrow! So then we got in the plane again, and I contacted ground so I could taxi to the runway. Ground: "Mmmrfff wbble - way 13 rmffbl echo echo bschmrg". Me: "Uh taxi to runway 13, roger". Seriously. why do they sound like the worst drive-through speaker from the 70s you've ever heard? Don't they ever listen to see if they're coming through ok? 40 hrs IFR time.
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Student Pilot Blog: Sep 23, 2007
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My account of working towards my pilot's license and beyond. Sunday, September 23, 2007. The checkride was scheduled for Wednesday, but I had to reschedule to Friday in order to get the maintenance logs for the airplane. So, on Friday, I got up early to fly to GLX, cram some more, and then meet the DE. Yes - that's about what it shows for the other altitudes." He smiled and said I got it right lol. So I passed the oral. Yes! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Pass 3rd class medical. At least 50 hrs XC.
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Student Pilot Blog: Updates
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My account of working towards my pilot's license and beyond. Wednesday, June 18, 2008. A funny thing happened on the way to Memphis. We met at the airport, and prepared for our flight. We wanted to be thorough in our planning since this was a new plane, and a long trip, so we had a bit of a late start. We planned a fuel stop which was halfway between Houston and Memphis in Monroe LA. They can go about 200 mph, have aerobatic capabilities, are still good on cross countries with ranges of around 900 miles,...
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Student Pilot Blog: Nov 20, 2007
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My account of working towards my pilot's license and beyond. Tuesday, November 20, 2007. I hope I will not have to find out. Well I decided to refuel at the halfway point. This would have been at Mobile Regional, but according to airnav their fuel prices are a whopping $5.24. I saw that KPQL nearby had fuel prices of "only" $4.88, but now they are also at $5.24. That's ridiculous! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Pass 3rd class medical. At least 50 hrs XC. 40 hrs IFR time. 15 hrs dual IFR. Oral and flight test.