Justin’s Pilot Reports (PIREP)

Spent some time this morning reviewing FAR Part 91 and will be doing more of this after lunch. This afternoon I’ll be meeting my instructor for my flight review. Looking forward to being in the air again, even if it’ll be 100+ degrees in the cockpit when we get started! Hope to post a few photos soon and offer a fresh perspective on the flight review when all is said and done.

I also hope to spend some much needed time in the weeks and months ahead giving NoticeToAirmen.com a much needed refresh of content, multimedia and more - including some high-resolution videos I have recently shot with my new Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

This is an excerpt of Spreading my wings (again, again).
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I could feel my pilot wings start to flutter when I looked outside on Sunday morning to see that a sea of cloudless, blue sky beckoned from above. Sunday morning marked my return to the air after a hiatus of a few months.

Don’t get me wrong. The urge to fly has always been there but I have been ignoring its siren call to pursue other, less expensive (yes, like everyone else in this economy, I’ve had to be more mindful of expenses) and almost as gratifying endeavors like cycling.

This is an excerpt of Back in the air (again!).
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This is a great story and I wanted to share it.

Armless woman earns her pilot’s certificate

Be sure to watch the video. Awesome…

Promise to post several updates! I have done some flying since my last blog post and hope to do some flying during my holiday vacation.

Money is a bit tight these days so I have not flown nearly as much as I’d like. I have mentally reconciled that maintaining my IFR currency is just not realistic given the time/cost involved. I’ll concentrate on keeping VFR current and look forward to the future when I can regain my cloud-busting flying privileges.

I arrive in Appleton, WI tomorrow evening and will be on the grounds shooting photos at Oshkosh Wednesday through Friday for General Aviation News. Look forward to returning to Oshkosh after a two-year absence.

If time permits, I’ll post blog entries daily about my experiences. I really enjoying working with the great staff at GANews and look forward to capturing many great photos to grace the pages of their fine periodical…

This is an excerpt of Oshkosh here I come….
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I headed off to the airport this morning with a forecast that called for some scattered clouds and light winds. I’d filed an IFR flight plan for a quick hop from San Antonio Intl Airport to Stinson Municipal Airport where I planned to do some pattern work. I’d also planned to do the VOR 32 Approach to Stinson and hopefully get some “credit” with some actual IFR time during the approach.

Mother Nature had other plans about the weather…

This is an excerpt of Putting that IFR ticket to good use….
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