Fly Girl in Training: Short cross-country solo flying
Flying my short cross country solo to Modesto (KMOD) & Los Banos (KLSN) “Skylane 5887B, state your intentions.” Crap, crap, crap I …
An airplane fairy with Cessna wings
Me and my Cessna wings. “But where are your wings?!” she exclaimed, her tiny 5-year old fingers exploring the center of my …
Preparing for solo cross country flying
Beautiful farmland between Sacramento Executive Airport and Yolo County Airport. “So when are you going on your cross country?” my instructor Stan …
#100HappyDays: Flying over the Sierra Foothills
Flying to Calaveras County Airport, June 26, 2014 A huge part of learning to fly is navigation–knowing where you are, where you …
#100HappyDays: Summer flying over Sacramento
Flying over Sacramento on June 25, 2014 You know what I love? A surprise 70-something day to break up the oppressive Sacramento …
#100HappyDays: Conquering crosswind landings
My Saturday flying lesson featured stiff winds–10-15 miles an hour, gusting to 20, at 45 degrees across the runway. When I first …
Fly Girl in Training: Knocking the rust off
On an extended downwind looking out at downtown Sacramento. I looked at my logbook in horror. No, that can’t be right. Did …
Fly Girl in Training: Short cross country practice
Mid-December cross country flight over Lake Berryessa in Northern California. “Fly like I’m not here.” In advance of our short cross country …
Fly Girl in Training: On flying completely solo for the first time
Unlike supervised solos (my very first was at Yolo County Airport in July) around the pattern where an instructor watches from the …
Fly Girl in Training: Landing on a grass strip
The grass strip runway. It appeared as little more than a plowed dry field because it was little more than a plowed …