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VOR Navigation To Scappoose
Today I took off from Portland area planning to go on a long flight around Portland airport, but instead, due to Aurora State being IFR conditions, I flew the first leg of my flight and returned.
November 1, 2012 / Jason / Comments Off on VOR Navigation To Scappoose
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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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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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Back To Looking In The Sky
After taking over two and a half months from flying, I finally got to get myself in the cockpit of a plane again to go flying. Though I told myself I wouldn’t go fly again until I finished my written test, I also knew I didn’t want to waste such a beautiful summer due to […]
August 23, 2011 / Jason / Comments Off on Back To Looking In The Sky
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Solo ToD
Friday I went out with Rick and had another go at the Triangle of Death, however this time I did it solo. We started out the day with me flying the Twin Oak’s pattern a few times with Rick since it had been a couple weeks since I flew. That went well, so he sent […]
May 23, 2011 / Jason / Comments Off on Solo ToD
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Three New Airports and a Night Flight!
Last night I had my first adventure flying an airplane at night. The night was beautiful! What a difference flying in the day makes. It is amazing how different the eye works during the day than at night. Though it was amazing, boy did it cost a lot! During the flight I went to three […]
May 4, 2011 / Jason / Comments Off on Three New Airports and a Night Flight!
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Taking In The Sunny Weather
This weekend I had two wonderful flights. The first, soloing in a Cessna 150 around Twin Oaks, the other, flying with Rick over to Lenhardt Airpark (7S9) and landing for the first time on a grass (soft-field) runway. Both flights were amazing and made me realize even more that this stuff is sinking into my […]
Logbook
- Total Flight Time: 318.5 Hours
- Pilot In Command Time: 224.7 Hours
- Solo Time: 300.6 Hours
- >50NM Cross Country Time: 95.2 Hours
- >50NM Cross Country Time (Solo): 62.5 Hours
- Night Time: 8.5 Hours
- Simulated Instrument Time: 4.8 Hours
- Landings (Day/Night): 617 (593/24)
- Flight Training Received: 92.8 Hours
- Ground Training Received: 30.8 Hours
Updated 5/2/2019