Fly Girl

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A couple snaps from a leisurely Saturday at the airport… You can’t be a pilot if you don’t talk with your …

We were at 3,000 feet practicing steep turns, stalls, and slow flight, me knocking six months of rust off when I remarked …

Flying my short cross country solo to Modesto (KMOD) & Los Banos (KLSN) “Skylane 5887B, state your intentions.” Crap, crap, crap I …

Beautiful farmland between Sacramento Executive Airport and Yolo County Airport. “So when are you going on your cross country?” my instructor Stan …

Flying to Calaveras County Airport, June 26, 2014 A huge part of learning to fly is navigation–knowing where you are, where you …

My Saturday flying lesson featured stiff winds–10-15 miles an hour, gusting to 20, at 45 degrees across the runway. When I first …

Taildragger lesson number three. Allow me to brag that of the 13 landings we did, I made 11 all by myself! And …

First surprise taildragger lesson in the Rans S-7S Courier. “We’re not flying the 182 today,” Stan said as he rolled up next …

Mid-December cross country flight over Lake Berryessa in Northern California. “Fly like I’m not here.” In advance of our short cross country …

Simulated engine failure turned actual emergency, definitely got my blood pumping! I pushed in the throttle. Instead of the usual roar of …