Recently, I got the opportunity to fly in the right seat of a King Air 350 on the way from Fargo, ND to China. It was probably the coolest aviation-related experience of my life and I’m way too eager for the next one to come up. Here’s a report on the trip that Joe and…
The Casey Aviation Podcast is now live on iTunes and Spotify! So instead of listening here, click one of the links below to listen there. Episode #3 – Into a Thunderstorm: Spotify / iTunes Spotify Player Joe got a chance to interview a Malibu pilot who had the scary experience of entering a thunderstorm. If you’re not careful…
Tom and I arrived for M-Class VRB 2015 earlier than needed, so we did what any other “drinking the Koolaid” aviator would do…we went to the airport to hang out and see what sort of aviation excitement we could drum up. Fortunately, we picked the right day for our adventure since Thursdays are one of…
For my first years of flying PA-46’s I “did it alone”…meaning that I pretty much read the manual, flew once with an instructor at annual recurrent, and flew the airplane as I saw fit. It worked well as long as thing “went well”, but as soon as things did not go well, I was on…
I finally got to do something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time…fly the altitude chamber. My pilot class in the US Army flight training did not get to do the training, and I’ve been interested ever since. So, when the MMSTF scheduled an altitude chamber class around a MMSTF weekend seminar at…
When I think of the FAA, I think of a guy meeting me at the airplane with a ball cap that says “FAA” in big bold yellow letters. He’s there “to help”, but always asks for the license and medical and looks around for anything looking abnormal; rarely does he “help”. I’ve had a few…
I’m now home after a flight home (JSO) from Wichita Falls, TX (SPS). Here’s the story behind the dust storm and my flight decisions that day. I used a No-Go list to help me decide what to do. I recommend you make a list of no-go parameters which are tailor-made to your level of experience.…
Here I sit at the Wichita Falls TX airport (SPS) looking at a brownish-reddish sky on what would otherwise be a clear-blue sky day. The surreal look appears much like a lunar eclipse is occurring, but that is not the case. The sky is a different color because the wind is blowing hard and a…
As a pilot of a 1989 Piper Malibu Mirage, I get to fly all over our great country and have experienced many interesting non-scheduled “events” while flying. On a recent trip from Central Florida to South Carolina, I had one of those events. It was a pleasant day for flying, aside from the routine incessant…
(Continuing post on Atlantic flight…) The departure from Narsarsuaq exemplified the power reserve of the King Air C90. We climbed out in the clear smooth air and continued out over the North Atlantic. The scenery departing Greenland (on the eastern shore) was particularly beautiful. Most of the flight to Iceland was uneventful. The winds forecast…