Archive for the ‘Aviation’ Category

First Solo

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Whoops! I wrote this post on January 25th, 2010 and forgot to post it! Bad Sean! It's been some time since I've written about flying. The lack of writing is not due to a lack of flying time, but rather to a lack of the fortitude to keep journaling my progress! I ...

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Crosswinds

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Another day up nearer to the clouds! Clocked in another 1.4 hours of time in the log book with Craig. We had a bit of wind aloft (and almost nothing on the ground when we took off), so we used the opportunity to do some turns about a point and S-turns. ...

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On landing

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

One of the nice things my new company does for me (and the rest of us!) is give us the week between Christmas and New Years off. So, I've been using this time to catch up on some flying lessons. I've been up twice this week - on Monday and on ...

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8.8

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Another 2.4 loggable hours today! All in all, a good day. On the first flight, we practiced steep banks (45 degrees) in both directions and some turn stalls. I actually screwed up at the beginning of the flight and didn't raise my seat up to an acceptable level, something I couldn't correct ...

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One Two Two Point Eight

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

I now have 6.4 hours in my log book. Craig and I went up for a double lesson yesterday, where we practiced a few more power-off stalls and a few power-on stalls. We took a break for lunch, and went back up to practice emergency procedures. I have to say, power-off stalls ...

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Climb and Maintain Seven Thousand

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

"Greeley Traffic, Skyhawk One Seven Two Zero Zulu, departing runway three four, Greeley." It all started with what would seem like an ordinary burger run. Several weeks ago, a few of us from work (actually, my old work, for a certain video security company), decided to go grab some burgers at the ...

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