Nov. 23, 2024 | Share This Post:
While at a rocket launch in Plant City fellow rocketeer Bob invited us to the NSL 2024 East with a side of Turkey and GRITS launch. Having Skyscraper back online we made the short flight to Adel, GA where we...
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En route to Oshkosh this year we stopped at Boscobel (KOVS). Having heard they planned on having a balloon popping event we flew the only RV-10 in among a sea of single and tandem RVs. Having never seen an event...
Continue ReadingJun. 29, 2024 | Share This Post:
After departing International Falls we headed to Chattanooga to spend some time with a few of our friends who are building a (4) place Sling TSI. While in Chattanooga the girls and I took Karrie to Rock City to experience...
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After installing the newly overhauled prop on the pointy end of Skyscraper we loaded up the plane to head to Minnesota to pickup London from camp. This was Violets first trip out of a car seat and in a booster...
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After what seemed like an eternity waiting for the dust to settle and normalcy to return after my career change coupled with a whole bunch of catch up maintenance on Skyscraper, I figured it would be nice to stretch our...
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I got home from work a day early and as Karrie and the girls had plans and school I decided to make use of the time by flying to Sun N Fun. Jeff, always ready for an adventure, opted to...
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27 nights in Columbus 11 straight days of ground school 1 day off followed oral portion of check-ride starting at 2230 and ending at 0112 9 straight nights in the sim 2000-2200 brief, 2200-0200 sim session, 0200-0230 de-brief 2 days...
Continue ReadingJun. 10, 2023 | Share This Post:
Back in ’98 a buddy of mine went to a camp on an island in the boundary waters of Canada and Minnesota that his dad had attended to in the 60’s. Rich in tradition and a place where boys get...
Continue ReadingMay. 01, 2023 | Share This Post:
While closing in on the 1,500 hour mark I decided that Skyscraper had earned the right to be the airplane to carry me over the mark. I could have let a rental twin hold the place in my history but...
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