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Night ILS Down to Minimums!
I don’t know if words can express my feelings right now but I feel like I need to capture them the best way that I can. Today was a beautiful day and the weather forecast was perfect for flying. A friend of mine – Jeff P. – who I used to fly with here in [...]
2011 Aviation Update
It is that time of year where we look back on all the flights and summarize our stats. I did not meet my goal of flying at least 100 hours this year but I did get quite a bit of experience and had some good adventures. I also explored quite a few new airports in [...]
MSU Upsets Wisconsin with Hail Mary!
I’m always looking for a new adventure and excuse to fly the airplane somewhere. A few months ago a couple of my coworkers suggested that we fly to a sporting event. We decided that the Michigan State – Wisconsin college football game in East Lansing would be a great trip. It was a night game [...]
N2893Z Annual
Surprisingly another year passed and it was time to bring N2893Z in for annual inspection. We have now owned this plane for over 2 years and have flown many miles. We have made multiple trips to Pennsylvania & Michigan to see family, New York City & Charlotte to see friends, Myrtle Beach and Orlando for [...]
Nashville – September 2011
The original plan was to fly to Nashville, TN for Labor Day weekend and to meet up with Gary and Mary Mascelli for a couple of days. Unfortunately, N2893Z was brought in for its biennial IFR certification on Thursday for what usually is only a few hour event. It was still in the shop by [...]
It’s a Small World!
A couple of months after we moved to Monticello, Lori’s Uncle Bill stopped in for a visit at our new home in Monticello, Illinois. He told Lori that her Grandfather was from a town called Deland, which is the next town north of us, and he gave us a copy of an article of where [...]
Walt Disney World – June 2011
For our 2011 Family Vacation we decided to go to Walt Disney World in Florida again. Surprisingly it has been almost 3 years since we went in September of 2008. Hannah is now 7 and Bryan is 5 so we thought that they would really enjoy it at this age. Lori and I really had [...]
2010 Aviation Update
Well, everyone else is doing it so I thought that I would as well. I noticed both Rob and Gary put similar summaries on their blog so I thought I’d review my data as well. Here is a summary of my flying experience gained in 2010. 2010 Hours: 136.1 – First time to break 100 [...]
Flight to Michigan – Memorial Day Weekend 2010
View at Picasa Flights – MI Trip – May 2010 – 2327-May-2010 11:05, Canon Canon PowerShot SD70, 5.6, 5.8mm, 0.005 sec We flew the airplane to Michigan for Memorial Day weekend in May 2010. The trip had been planned for a couple of months and I started looking at the weather earlier in the week. [...]
Hannah Dancing at Her Talent Show
Here’s a video of Hannah dancing at her talent show. She is 6 years old and in kindergarten.
