Fly Girl in Training: Flying a Bonanza over the Golden Gate Bridge
Flying a Beech Bonanza over San Francisco at sunset. Doesn’t get much better than that! “Executive tower, this is Banana 212 Romeo …
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 …
To OSH or bust! EAA AirVenture 2013 in photos, part 2
Greetings from the desert! Literally, I’m writing from Phoenix today, and also from that desperately dry patch between big aviation events where …
Thursday 13: End of Summer snapshot
Cheeks puffed out, lips pursed, I grumped at Mr. T. (Yes, “grumped” is a verb in our house.) “One too many biscuits,” …
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 …
Fly Girl in Training: Interpreting weather data and understanding VFR conditions
Learning how to fly requires a keen understanding of weather and VFR conditions. I learned as much on the way home from …
To OSH or bust! EAA AirVenture 2013 in photos, part 1
Third time’s a charm, they say. Well, if that references my third trek to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, then I’d say it’s …
Fly Girl in Training: The ultimate long cross country- Flying to Oshkosh!
The Cessna 182 tied down in Custer, South Dakota. On the first day of my long cross country to Oshkosh, I figured out …
Fly Girl in Training: Getting the hang of landing the airplane
Another benefit to the 6 a.m. flying lesson–spectacular sunrises. “How’s six?” “In the a.m.?” I sputtered. When I said I was “free …
Fly Girl in Training: Birthday av gas, wind corrections, and faux emergencies
Mr. T taught me how to use ground references to determine wind direction. For one faux emergency prep, we circled farm fields …