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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Long time no see!

November 3, 2011

Why hello there everyone, I apologize for being M.I.A. from my blog for so long,  blame it on my golf team for going to state! But I am back and ready to share what my flying has to offer to those reading. With the many months off there was a lot of change in my [...]

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RV-8 Build: Post 3

September 19, 2011

Dear fellow readers and contributors I know it has been a long time since my last post but that one dag on thing got in the way again….. LIFE! Lately I have been finishing up my last varsity golf season and been looking for a new job. That combined with my highschool academics has proved very time consuming. Luckily though [...]

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RV-8 Build: Post 2

August 27, 2011
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Sorry fellow readers that I have neglected you for so long. With my senior year of high school starting up, golf matches starting to happen, and my RV-8 build starting, it is hard to find time to post as recently as I would like. So my apologies to all of you! Now that thats out of the [...]

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RV-8 Build: Post 1

August 18, 2011
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Today I thought I would share pictures and comments of my days in the garage working on my airplane. Yesterday was Day 1 of the build, and it involved me unpacking everything from the 2 boxes full of hardware and parts. It was a total suprise seeing the FedEx truck come yesterday, because expected delivery wasn’t until Thursday. But [...]

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