Looking To The Sky

• First Flight Into KHIO

  

  First flight into Portland-Hillsboro Airport (HIO) along with information about the days flight and that I get to start soloing between Twin Oaks and Aurora State.

  January 5, 2011 / Jason / Comments Off on First Flight Into KHIO

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• Chris Guillebeau’s New Book

  

  Last night, I joined a large group on the third floor of Powell’s Books in Portland to see Chris Guillebeau speak.  Chris had his book published this last September and he has been on the road since on an unconventional book tour. Unlike your usual book tours where the author doesn’t really want to be […]

  December 17, 2010 / Jason / Comments Off on Chris Guillebeau’s New Book

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• Shirt Off My Back

  

  I didn’t get to fly yesterday, but I did get to pick up the rest of my shirt that was cut off my back after finishing my solo landings on Sunday. The tradition for pilots when they finish doing their first solo is to cut the back of the shirt off (or at least a […]

  December 8, 2010 / Jason / 2 Comments

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• First Solo Flight

  

  Yesterday I had one of the most unreal flights yet.  It was my first opportunity to fly solo! The day started like a number of others discussing shortly what we were planning on doing and then getting into the plane to take off.  Unlike any day before, the weather was perfect, I was feeling great, […]

  December 6, 2010 / Jason / Comments Off on First Solo Flight

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• Smooth Landings

  

  Well it has been a couple weeks since I’ve posted and since then I’ve flown twice.  Once a week later (last Thursday) and yesterday.  Weather just keeps getting in the way! My flight on Thursday was with Emily Stark and my flight yesterday was with James.  The flight with Emily was rough at first because […]

  November 24, 2010 / Jason / Comments Off on Smooth Landings

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• Well, That Didn’t Work

  

  Yesterday, I went to Twin Oaks for my solo flight. Sadly, the flight didn’t end up happening.

  November 5, 2010 / Jason / Comments Off on Well, That Didn’t Work

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• Today, I Tried To Fly Solo!

  After much preparation learning to fly, I am finally going to go try to fly solo!

  November 4, 2010 / Jason / Comments Off on Today, I Tried To Fly Solo!

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• Finally Flew Again

  

  Yesterday, I finally flew again after over a week and a half without roaming the skies.  Boy, was it good to flight or what!  The flight was short and sweet with, nothing more than landings, but it sure was fun.

  November 3, 2010 / Jason / Comments Off on Finally Flew Again

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