Oshkosh – EAA Airventure 2013
If I had to sum it up in one word it would be…….”WOW!” I finally made the journey to the yearly gathering of pilots and aviation enthusiasts to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture! For many years it has been something that I have thought that I would someday do but now that I live only […]
First Grass Landing!
It only took 10 years but in July of 2013 I finally made my first landing on grass. The Sunday Morning Breakfast Club – SMBC was meeting up at Hartenbower Airport – 2v3. I called my pilot friend Jeff B. the night before and we met early at the Champaign airport on Sunday morning. The weather was […]
Two Trips to Detroit in Two Weeks
Although it probably seems like we are always flying somewhere, up until a few weeks ago I was behind on the amount of hours that I target for flying of at least 100 hours per year. This summer would changed that though as we have a lot of opportunities to use the plane. The weather […]
Spring Break – March 2013
It’s hard to believe that Spring Break 2013 has already come and gone. This year the family went two different ways but we all had a great time. Lori & Hannah had been planning a trip to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary with Lori’s Mom – Kathy & good friend – Judy. Lori has been to […]
2012 Aviation Update
It is that time of year where we pilots (yea, we are all analytical) look back on all the flights and summarize our stats. Even with a significant amount of downtime on the plane due to avionics upgrades/repairs and the engine being replaced at annual I was still able to meet my yearly goal of […]
Lots of Traveling!
Lori & I are finally getting caught up on organizing our pictures that we have taken this year. We have a pretty good system where she renames the pictures and I organize, upload and back them up. I also like to do blog posts on some of our adventures. This year we have been very […]
Flying to Memphis, New Orleans & Nashville
Lori has put up with me through 10 years of marriage now and 9 years of flying. I was surprised that she suggested we take a flying trip to New Orleans & Nashville to celebrate our 10th Anniversary. I started the planning as soon as she suggested it and quickly realized that Memphis would be […]
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 […]
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 […]