RV-8 Build (Empennage): Jan. 19-24, 2012

by PilotIan on February 2, 2012

Since I have been really busy I have limited time to post on here but i manage to find a free period in school to do just that. Here is all I have done to catch all of you up. January 21, 2012 First, after I got done deburring a bunch of stuff out of fear [...]

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RV-8 Building Log, A re-birth.

January 18, 2012
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Cheers to a new beginning! After taking a few months off of the RV-8 build it has come that time where I really miss building my airplane. I have been making stupid excuses lately and have realized that I have let fear of making a mistake get in the way of building. In result, I [...]

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Doing a little instrument training! [Video]

January 15, 2012

As a new years resolution to myself, I told myself I would try to make this a website for any aviator to want to come and spend some time exploring all I can offer to them (although not much). With that being said, videos seem to be the bait for pilots to want to come [...]

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4 days of flying… IN A ROW!

January 11, 2012
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Why hello everyone and welcome to 2012! I made a new years resolution to fly more throughout this year. To most that is a pretty vague resolution but for me it is something I have set out to do. After some quick number crunching I figured out that in 2011 I flew a mere 11.5 [...]

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An Aviation filled Holiday

December 30, 2011

As Christmas festivities wind down and we begin preparing for the New year 2012, I find myself in my room playing with all my new aviation toys Santa brought me for Christmas. So I thought I would take a moment to give you my 2 sense on the items I got and am so eager to use. [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2011
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As I look out side while I write this I would be fouled to think that it is Christmas time. With no snow on the ground and the weather near 40 degrees out I am still holding out for a Christmas miracle to happen. For me in Ohio, it is rare that I dont see [...]

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Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters [Book Review]

December 20, 2011
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Today I finished one of my new favorite books, as titles portrays it is the autobiography written by Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger, Highest Duty. I wouldn’t be surprised if a handful of you out there reading this has also taken the time to reward yourself with a read such as this one. I got this book from my parents for Christmas last year, [...]

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Why weather, oh why?

December 18, 2011
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As a private pilot there is a extensive list of rules when it comes to weather restrictions. Those of which mainly consist of the oh so prevelant cloud clearence requirements. The freedom of flight for a private pilot is usually barred by the weather conditions on a day to day basis. I have currently found [...]

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Catching up!

December 14, 2011

It has been a long time coming for another post, although I seem to always be behind the eight ball for posting about my flying life it doesn’t come without an excuse…. I WAS FLYING! Now that we have that out of the way lets get down to the nuts and bolts of my flying life lately. [...]

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Airplanes, Airplanes, and more Airplanes!

November 16, 2011

The last week and a half has consisted of me flying, learning and studying flying, and starting a flying club (All of which I will cover in today’s post!) As for flight lessons… well, they are flight lessons. Flying as a private pilot it is amazing how simple it was to fly. I used to tell people [...]

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