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…
Columbia Gorge with Jeffrey, JJ, and Ilona
Since Jeffrey had been out of town the last couple months, we had a talk a week ago about flying before he left again, and thankfully everything worked out to let us get in the air. I tasked Jeffrey with…
Mothers Day Around Downtown Portland and Dog Mountain
Since my mom was out of the state for Mothers Day, I had the pleasure of taking my friend Cassie, her sister and their mother, Sue, on a lovely flight around downtown Portland and through the Columbia Gorge around Dog…
3 Sunny Birthday Flights
To celebrate my birthday (4/18), I decided to do a flight each day of the weekend. Friday, hitting up downtown Portland and the Gorge. Saturday, heading to Tillamook for lunch, cheese, and jumping in the ocean. With a final flight…
Downtown Portland with Paola, Scott, and Liz
To comply with scheduling of friends who have a hard time flying on the weekends, I booked an evening flight on a Thursday where I had the pleasure of flying my friends Paola, Scott, and Liz who was visiting Portland. …
Mt. St. Helens with Wayne and Camille
This flight was an awesome time taking Wayne, his daughter, and soon to be wife Camille over Mt. St. Helens. Wayne and Camille, owners of WineUp on Williams, and myself had arranged plans a month before to go flying. Thankfully,…