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Night and Morning Flights around Downtown Portland
The weather was looking like it was going to be quite rainy, therefore cloudy, this week, so I took the opportunity of decent weather to take a number of friends flying. As a VFR (visual flight rules) pilot, I’m unable to fly through the clouds, and since I live in Portland (where there are plenty […]
November 22, 2016 / Jason / Comments Off on Night and Morning Flights around Downtown Portland
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Early Morning Downtown Portland with David and Ann
David and I had talked about flying for some time, so yesterday, when I noticed there was going to be some good weather today, I decided to plan an early morning flight. Conveniently enough, his birthday was Wednesday a couple days ago and Ann, our third, had her birthday on Monday.
November 4, 2016 / Jason / Comments Off on Early Morning Downtown Portland with David and Ann
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So, I Bought An Airplane
Over the last 6-7 months, since writing about why to buy an airplane. My airplane partner and I have made it a reality and are flying back from Cadillac, Michigan this week to Portland, Oregon with OUR new (47-year-old) airplane that we just bought!
August 3, 2016 / Jason / Comments Off on So, I Bought An Airplane
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Train Tracks To Eugene with Evan
Evan and I have been trying to line up a flight together for a while, so when I had an opening to go flying this Saturday, I hit him up and we decided on going flying following the train lines. Since Evan is a big fan of trains and planes, he chose to have us […]
May 7, 2016 / Jason / Comments Off on Train Tracks To Eugene with Evan
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Downtown Portland with Josh and Meredith
This week, I had the pleasure of flying Josh and his sister Meredith around downtown Portland. Josh is looking to get his pilots license over in North Carolina in the upcoming future, so it was great to be able to get him up in the cockpit and show him what it is like to fly […]
May 4, 2016 / Jason / Comments Off on Downtown Portland with Josh and Meredith
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Mt. St. Helens with Melissa, Tomas, and Kristen
I haven’t flown anyone this year (2016) and since the weather was so lovely outside, I booked a flight for Saturday, called up my coworker, and got the ball rolling to go flying. For today’s flight, I took my co-worker, Melissa, who is a former pilot (way more experienced than myself), but she hasn’t flown […]
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Update: IFR Ground, Airplane Buying, Flying
It’s been a while since I last posted and I wanted to give an update to some things that I’ve been working in related to being a pilot.
March 30, 2016 / Jason / Comments Off on Update: IFR Ground, Airplane Buying, Flying
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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 Portland area and go fly into Lenhardt Airpark (a small airport with a grass field). […]
September 27, 2015 / Jason / Comments Off on Lenhardt Area with Elli, David, and Nigel
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