Looking To The Sky

• Finally Left Troutdale!

  After many days of being unable to fly outside the traffic pattern of Troutdale Airport, I went flying yesterday and left the area thanks to it being a beautiful day in the Portland area.

  October 26, 2012 / Jason / Comments Off on Finally Left Troutdale!

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• Flying In The Rain

  Today I went out to Troutdale with the hopes of being able to fly more than just in the pattern.  However, when I got there

  October 22, 2012 / Jason / Comments Off on Flying In The Rain

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• Short Field Takeoffs and Landings

  Flight today was focused on more landings staying in the landing pattern of the Troutdale Aiport (KTTD) since the clouds were so low, I really couldn’t do much else.

  October 15, 2012 / Jason / 1 Comment

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• Landings In Marginal VFR

  The flight for today was quite short.  Just a half hour, but in that time I was able to get four landings in staying in the pattern.  I haven’t talked much about Marginal VFR on here, so I figure I’ll give you a brief rundown. Marginal VFR is between 3 and 5miles visibility and between […]

  October 12, 2012 / Jason / Comments Off on Landings In Marginal VFR

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• Thar She Blows!!!

  Okay – the wind wasn’t this strong – but close to it! The wind was so strong during this flight that it made landings very difficult and a lot of fun.  I had to do a lot of crabbing into the wind to get angled correctly for flying around the pattern.  Something that came quite […]

  October 5, 2012 / Jason / Comments Off on Thar She Blows!!!

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• 1 Year, 1 Month, and 1 Day

  That’s how long it had been since my last flight as a pilot.  Well, I’m super excited to say that the wait to start flying again is over!  I went up this Monday afternoon with my instructor Rick for an hour long flight around the Troutdale/Boring area of Oregon.

  September 24, 2012 / Jason / Comments Off on 1 Year, 1 Month, and 1 Day

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• Beginning To Fly Again!!!

  I’m leaving Las Vegas tomorrow to head back to Portland from two weeks of working in the desert area on the flights we’re testing out for my job.  This doesn’t allow me to actually fly the planes, but it gives me even more of a rush to start flying again! That all being said, I’ll […]

  September 17, 2012 / Jason / Comments Off on Beginning To Fly Again!!!

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• Private Pilot Aeronautical Written Exam – COMPLETED!!!

  It’s Done! After over a year of putting my private pilot aeronautical written exam off, I’ve finally taken a ginormous weight off my shoulders and passed my written test – with FLYING colors (no pun intended)!

  August 30, 2012 / Jason / 2 Comments

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