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Unexpected Solo
It had been over a week since my last flight where I took time to practice soft/short field landings/departures. Today I did an unexpected solo flight as my instructor was preoccupied.
March 7, 2013 / Jason / Comments Off on Unexpected Solo
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TTD-SPB-UAO-4S9-TTD Dual Cross Country
The last flight I had was soloing at Troutdale (TTD) on December 13th; two days before my vacation. After finally soloing at Troutdale, rather than continuing to fly, I went on a vacation to Costa Rica. The trip was awesome and not the worst of times to go, but there was some excellent weather here […]
February 1, 2013 / Jason / Comments Off on TTD-SPB-UAO-4S9-TTD Dual Cross Country
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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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Short and Soft Field Takeoffs
I went flying yesterday after work over to Aurora (UAO) with my instructor. He had me learn about soft and short field takeoffs. Rick showed me a short field takeoff on Monday, but I never had a chance to perform it myself. This flight we started my flying with this. Short Field Takeoff The idea […]