One year ago today, I accomplished a huge dream of mine and became a licensed private pilot! A dream that took four years to accomplish once I started, but not for a lack of trying, but because it was one…
Lenhardt Area with Elli, David, and Nigel
Nigel’s friend Elli was visiting Portland from Germany and we decided to give her an awesome experience to take back with her. Because of the clouds in the area and limited amount of time, we decided to stick around the…
Nehalem Bay State Park with Chase and Larry
My buddy Chase contacted me a number of weeks back asking if there was a chance I could take him and his dad who was visiting town on a flight to the coast. The weather is hard to predict and…
Siletz Bay/Lincoln City with Nancy/Rick/Kristen
On Tuesday, my friend David asked me if I would fly his boss Friday to Lincoln City and after making some arrangements and thinking it over, I said yes. Nancy was throwing a surprise 50th birthday party for her husband…
Columbia Gorge/Portland Downtown with Kristen, Rob, and Michael
The first couple days of the weekend didn’t have the best flying weather, but Monday, Labor Day, ended up having some perfect weather for flying after the weekend rain. Kristen and Rob had their first flights and Michael enjoyed his…
Portland City/Columbia Gorge with Aru, Lewis, and Nigel
Aru was visiting the Portland area after being gone for a couple years, so I took him flying with Lewis and Nigel. We flew from Troutdale airport over Portland airport to do a fly over of Portland city. After making…
Mt. St. Helens with Orion, Bonnie, and Jesse
Orion and Bonnie shared their interest to go flying a while back, so we finally made it happen. Jesse was a last minute addition who we all gladly took along for the journey. The flight took an hour and some…
Twin Peaks with Paola
I had planned on leaving this Thursday after work following a long weekend camping trip for some flying. I invited Paola along for the journey the day before and It was earlier the morning of the flight I realized it…