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Itchy Pilot

Oh! I am so itchy to get back to California and go out flying.

[ More ] January 26th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aviation, Interests, Life, Misc |

Deer on runway 31

Not sure if this really happened somewhere but someone forwarded this one off the online forums at West Valley. A student pilot and his instructor are holding short of runway 31, waiting for takeoff clearance A deer is on the runway… so… Tower: Cessna XXX cleared for take-off. Std: ‘What should I do? What should [...]

[ More ] January 13th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aviation, Misc |

Beautiful Malwa skies

Beautiful malwa skies Originally uploaded by Dalfry Taken during my quick kingfisher ATR flight from Jaipur to Indore, looks like the region will get some good rain water this time. Weather was all IMC all the way from mumbai to Jaipur to Indore. *yawn*

[ More ] December 1st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Aviation, Misc |

Strange Tail Wheel Endorsement Day

So after an intense week of training at Amelia Reid Aviation, almost 35 landings and approximately 10 hours of flying, I got my tailwheel endorsement! I can now fly any tail wheel airplane I am checked out for. Right now, I am checked out for the Bellanca Citabria. But as usual, the day had to [...]

[ More ] September 15th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Aviation, Interests, Life |

Tillamook / Siletz Bay

Weekend was good. We flew from Hillsboro Airport (KHIO) to Tillamook (KTMK) to see the Air Museum. We landed and then parked the airplane in the wrong parking lot. The museum was at the other end of the airport, so had to taxi all the way around the airport fencing and then onto a side [...]

[ More ] April 30th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Aviation, Interests, Life |
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