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I flew from NY to Rapid City, South Dakota last week, expecting to continue on to Los Angeles. Unfortunately, high winds and clouds over the mountains made crossing the Rockies at that point questionable. We explored the Black Hills and had fun for a few days and then I sent my passenger back...

I understand that it's something like 52 weeks to gaston's. :D What are the exact dates for 2010? Thanks.

To all my friends at POA, Happy New Year! :cheerswine::cheerswine::cheerswine:

You've just entered your 20th year! :D Congratulations! Happy 19th Birthday! :cheerswine::cheerswine::cheerswine: ps: I posted this on the PB but wasn't sure if you were checking in over there these days. I figured a Happy Birthday double post wasn't a bad thing at all. :)

A pilot was killed yesterday when the plane he was flying crashed at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in NY. The pilot killed in the crash has been confirmed as Vinnie Nasta. He was a friend of Diana's and Toby's and, evidently, a very skilled pilot. :(...

I completed my long cross-country last Saturday. In the write up (Long cross-country completed or Long cross-country completed ), I reported running into a mountain wave that really surprised me. Worse, I reacted incorrectly and could easily have crashed as a result. I ran into the wave less...

Diana has sent me some pictures from OSH. She asked me to post them here since she doesn't know how to do that from her phone. So here goes: First, the campsite:

I'm going to be in Anchorage for most of a week, starting later this week. I'll be looking to do some flying (with a CFI, since I'm still a month or so short of a PPL). I'm mainly interested in flightseeing, hopefully getting some opportunities to take some photos and just have fun. This...

Since getting back to flight lessons last Summer, I've been interested in learning more about spins -- not so much in terms of wanting to do them as in wanting to know how to recover from them. I found and memorized PARE early on. It made sense, from a logical point of view, which made it...

I had a flight last night at 7:00 pm and it reminded me of a question that I've yet to find the answer to. The afternoon sky was full of cumulus clouds. A low over Canada had been sending troughs through for days, so we were seeing occasional rain followed by bright sun for a few minutes...

This is a cross-post from the Purple Board. Diana has encouraged me to post here, too, since I'm really looking for advice and opinions. Since all of your fly-in pictures have lots of people smiling in them, I figure that POA is comprised of the world's leading experts on organizing a fly-in...

I started a thread at the Purple Board so people over there would know about Nick. Please let us know if there's anything we can do over there to help. Best wishes from the pilots at the Purple Board (Unfortunately, I think you may need to be registered at the PB to see the content of the...

I'm talking to Diana on her iPhone... her main computer is dead (we suspect cat involvement), the storm has moved her satellite antenna so that is aligned with the Phoenix Lander on Mars and she no longer has dial-up access. Her computer is able to be booted (kind of) but she has lost all of...

I just noticed that the California wildfire is not very far north of El Monte, where Joe Areeda flies. Any reports from anyone living there? I was flying with Joe last Fall when the fires in Malibu where raging. The whole LA basin smelled of smoke and the haze was pretty noticeable. I hope...

I have immense respect for Diana so I try to do what she asks, even when it's a bit embarrassing... :) Actually, I recognize many of the names here from the Red and Purple Boards. But many names are unfamiliar. I always assume those are the good friends I simply haven't met yet. As the...