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Completed My First Biennial Flight Review
Once you obtain your pilots license, you have it forever. There are some requirements however that need to be done in order to keep flying. One of those requirements is the Biennial Flight Review, and I was able to get it done in just the nick of time.
October 31, 2016 / Jason / Comments Off on Completed My First Biennial Flight Review
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Started Instrument Ground School
On January 16th, I started instrument ground school with one of my former private pilot instructors, Rick Payne. Though I had written last time about the many options I had for ground school, after talking with him, he became my first choice. As a CFII, He’s got the knowledge and the skills to get me […]
February 9, 2016 / Jason / Comments Off on Started Instrument Ground School
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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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Mulino
Today’s flight consisted of a number of landings over at Mulino State Airpark. These landings consisted of the usual: normal, short, and soft field. On top of this however, I got to practice and do a great job at some short approach landings including and a “power-off 180.”
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Side Slips, Steep Turns, and Stalls
Yesterday evening, I met up with my instructor at 6:30 to do some ground followed by a flight. The ground was a good session going over a number of topics I need to memorize and work on. After a flight prep, we were off.
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Long Distance Solo Cross Country
Today was a huge achievement. After much preparation I finally flew my long distance cross country flight.
May 1, 2013 / Jason / Comments Off on Long Distance Solo Cross Country
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Gone A Month? Go Practice Landings!
Since my flight to McMinnville, I haven’t flown a lick. In between last flight and this one, I decided to take a couple weeks and go to Spain. What a trip! Well, with a month being away, I decided that doing a few practice landings and getting back in the air was much desired.
April 28, 2013 / Jason / Comments Off on Gone A Month? Go Practice Landings!
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Hello McMinnville!
It’d been quite some time since I’d flown to McMinnville and this flight I was finally able to visit again.