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One of the more challenging things about flying IMC is that it is a perishable skill. Despite keeping up with the legal requirements for currency requirements, flying in actual IMC is a whole another ballgame.
Yesterday, my plane partner and I decided to practice flight in real IMC and I can’t want to do more - it’s definitely a very different experience compared to flying under the hood.
One of the most incredible reasons to own an airplane is to fly around with your family all over the country. With a newborn, not only does that become an additional challenge, but also turns into an adventure of its own.
Last month, I flew with my friend, wife and son to Block Island. On any given day this would be just another flight to an island, but this time around it was extra special - my son got to experience the ocean and beach for the first time in his life.
This is why general aviation is such an incredible industry - it creates experiences and memories that very few other things can create.
Filed under: reason to be a private pilot.
This was a fun trip from KCDW to KMVY for breakfast.
A few weeks ago, I wanted to go for a really long flight - in the hope of completing my commercial cross-country requirement. It was a lot of fun - although flying solo for a few hours does tend to get boring after a while.
This was an amazingly flight - while in the middle of doing my night-currency requirements, decided to fly over to New York via the Skyline tour. Absolutely beautiful.
Having done this a few times now, doing this flight during sunset was absolutely breathtaking:
This was an incredible way to end the accelerated IFR training that I did and we also picked up a passenger to give him a ride over to KHPN!
This was my second or third takeoff on a grass runway and despite all my training, I’m still not comfortable with it. But, it was fun nonetheless. An incredible experience I look forward to exploring more!
Landing at Class Bravo airports especially during COVID-19 is certainly an interesting experience. What an incredibly large airport and so different from landing at all the other untowered fields.
APRIL 25, 2020
With air travel at an all time low, I’d been seeing a lot of GA pilots doing the perfect trifecta of doing touch-and-goes at the three major NYC airports: EWR, JFK and LGA.
This weekend, I flew with a partner of mine and we did a touch-and-go at Newark Airport. It was absolutely incredible, although nerve wracking given that I’m still a low hour pilot.
However, it was absolutely worth it in the end. Hopefully before this thing is over we can do the perfect trifecta.
Also - gas was $3.75 at N40 - insane!