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Awkward Bird: August 2015
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Experiences and musings of a GA pilot and Certified Flight Instructor. From pre-solo days to today . My home airport is Reid-Hillview. In San Jose, CA. I fly whatever I'm rated to fly at Squadron 2. Desert Southwest Tour 2013. Sunday, August 30, 2015. Sweet little J-3 Piper Cub. I had a great flying weekend this weekend. One I desperately needed after a long period of too much work, getting sick, slow recovery leaving me exhausted and major frustration with lack of progress in my flying. Then it happened...
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Awkward Bird: July 2015
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Experiences and musings of a GA pilot and Certified Flight Instructor. From pre-solo days to today . My home airport is Reid-Hillview. In San Jose, CA. I fly whatever I'm rated to fly at Squadron 2. Desert Southwest Tour 2013. Sunday, July 19, 2015. What a nice change from even a month ago. I'll be back in August to train. If the Bonanza is flying again you can expect some posts from me about flying it to St. George, Utah for our vacation week after next - with a stop in Bryce Canyon too! We were told to...
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Awkward Bird: December 2016
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Experiences and musings of a GA pilot and Certified Flight Instructor. From pre-solo days to today . My home airport is Reid-Hillview. In San Jose, CA. I fly whatever I'm rated to fly at Squadron 2. Desert Southwest Tour 2013. Friday, December 30, 2016. Is that something a CFI is supposed to say? Is a CFI supposed to high five their student when they land on the centerline or fly a heading perfectly or land on the mains instead of flat or handle an un-stabilized approach with style? Flight to Success blog.
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Awkward Bird: Happiness Is...
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Experiences and musings of a GA pilot and Certified Flight Instructor. From pre-solo days to today . My home airport is Reid-Hillview. In San Jose, CA. I fly whatever I'm rated to fly at Squadron 2. Desert Southwest Tour 2013. Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Happiness is Lazy 8s for the fun of it. Solo flying just because I want to fly, need to fly, after another one of those. Days Where co-workers complimented me on maintaining my cool in very contentious conditions. January 30, 2017 at 10:46 PM. I personall...
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Awkward Bird: June 2015
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Experiences and musings of a GA pilot and Certified Flight Instructor. From pre-solo days to today . My home airport is Reid-Hillview. In San Jose, CA. I fly whatever I'm rated to fly at Squadron 2. Desert Southwest Tour 2013. Friday, June 26, 2015. I got the coolest text today! He passed his check ride today! I'm so thrilled that I was able to help someone achieve their dream of flight! What an awesome feeling. :). Labels: joy of flight. Monday, June 22, 2015. Success and Shooting Stars. Pilots who leav...
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Awkward Bird: Quality vs Cost
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Experiences and musings of a GA pilot and Certified Flight Instructor. From pre-solo days to today . My home airport is Reid-Hillview. In San Jose, CA. I fly whatever I'm rated to fly at Squadron 2. Desert Southwest Tour 2013. Thursday, May 19, 2016. Flight training is too expensive.". Says, "it can be expensive to hire a flight instructor". Needed that training. You know what happened as a result? Frankly I'm tired of the "flight training is too expensive" mantra. Yes, flight training is expensive a...
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Awkward Bird: January 2016
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Experiences and musings of a GA pilot and Certified Flight Instructor. From pre-solo days to today . My home airport is Reid-Hillview. In San Jose, CA. I fly whatever I'm rated to fly at Squadron 2. Desert Southwest Tour 2013. Sunday, January 24, 2016. Well at least it's online! Yep, fun fun. Tiring but rewarding. I didn't even mind missing part of the Broncos game to do it! Saturday, January 16, 2016. Flight Instructing is FUN! And do you know what? I thought I would be nervous - I wasn't. Flight instru...
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Awkward Bird: Whee!
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Experiences and musings of a GA pilot and Certified Flight Instructor. From pre-solo days to today . My home airport is Reid-Hillview. In San Jose, CA. I fly whatever I'm rated to fly at Squadron 2. Desert Southwest Tour 2013. Friday, December 30, 2016. Is that something a CFI is supposed to say? Is a CFI supposed to high five their student when they land on the centerline or fly a heading perfectly or land on the mains instead of flat or handle an un-stabilized approach with style? Flight to Success blog.
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Awkward Bird: Flying Music
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Experiences and musings of a GA pilot and Certified Flight Instructor. From pre-solo days to today . My home airport is Reid-Hillview. In San Jose, CA. I fly whatever I'm rated to fly at Squadron 2. Desert Southwest Tour 2013. Never Hear Surf Music Again. By Awolnation (love this video! May 22, 2012 at 10:04 AM. Adimeus by Karl Jenkins. I would love to fly to these as well. May 22, 2012 at 10:19 AM. Sail DEFINITELY belongs on the list! Dont know Adimeus, will find that one :) Thanks! Love You can learn a...