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March 2005 I flew from my home base (Modesto, Calif.) to Santa Monica this past weekend, and encountered a situation

Full Circle: New/Old Direction
April 2005-“Life is what happens to you while you’re making other plans.” This little philosophical phrase is something that I’ve

High & Wild
April 2005- Few can deny that being a pilot has privileges. One such privilege is access to remote wilderness areas

Hog Log: If I’d Only Known Then What I Know Now
April 2005- Spring is here for most of us. We are no longer thawing airplanes out in hangars before we

Left Coast Pilot: Aging Eyes
April 2005- Sooner or later, it happens to most of us: You may be able to spot traffic before your

There Is No Litmus Test for Aborted Takeoffs
February 2005- There is no flying decision harder to make or more second-guessed than aborting a takeoff. It is the

Pattern Altitude
March 2005- Recently, a friend and I were out in the Bounce Pattern (touch-and-goes) in an old beat-up rental hag

Cockpit Resource Management
April 2005- Back when the idea was first born a good number of years ago, the concepts known collectively as

Bumps and Circuits: Make Me a Deal, Please
February 2005 It seems that everyone gets some kind of a deal when buying a big-ticket item like a new

Magic Carpet Ride
April 2005- Okay, okay, what I’m about to relate to you doesn’t rise anywhere near the level of accomplishment of

Sharing History
April 2005- My partner, Bob May and I are among the luckiest people on earth, we get to fly what

The Little Shop around the Corner
April 2005- I always look forward to trips to the Million Air FBO at St. Paul Downtown Airport, KSTP. Walking

