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Our choir is going to be singing this song in concert on Friday.. it seems appropriate. (This rendition is sung by the US Navy singers.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbWAdtLLxK0

I'm waiting to find out if a friend was piloting the B-17.... :(

Definitely! Better safe than sorry. I've just been puttering away at my PPL. I try to fly at least twice a week. Thankfully, I can solo. I've got a lot of hours, but I'm pretty cautious. I hope you can get your flight done soon. It was a wonderful experience.

For me, 5th time was a charm. I'd re-routed mine so many times trying to find better weather. One day, somebody took the plane just as I arrived (he wasn't on the schedule). But the winds that day would have been too strong for me to land with my current limitations. The day I finally got to...

Finally got my long XC solo flown last week! The skies were calm but hazy. It was beautiful!

Working on my private. Just finished my long cross-country. I have to finish my night landings and simulated instrument and clean up my skills. I took my written over a year ago (scored well), so I'm going to start reviewing that material again. I'm hoping I can earn my PPL over Christmas break...

I've had 8 different instructors, and I guess each one assumed that I'd already seen that stuff. Now I have, and it's a bit overwhelming.

Mechanical engineering from a decent school. But vector math is so easy, why complicate it with a whiz wheel? Maybe it's just the model that I have. It has too many things on it. Kinda like those pocket knives that have 100 tools. Cute but worthless.

PA.VI.A.K5 of the ACS? Translation, please. As far as pilotage goes, I'm pretty good. I learned to read a paper map when I was a kid (I can even fold them back up correctly, too. ;) ) I need more practice on the dead-reckoning. I'm not good at keeping track of the time. And weight and balance...

My school doesn't require nav logs, and they don't even teach them, but I wish they did. I've found some YouTubers that cover them pretty well. I find that the paper doesn't glare in the cockpit like my iPad screen. Also, just the act of writing things down helps me learn the route and specifics...

Her name is Chessie. She was staring at me judgmentally because I was pulling an all-nighter to prep for my class during COVID. She now has a bed next to my computer, and she still stares at me.

That's the plan! I just did my first night flight last night (it was amazing!!) and I'm scheduled for my long-distance CX solo this coming Tuesday. KGGG > KSLR > KTXK > KGGG. I'm earning my wings!

Howdy, I'm new here, and I'm inheriting my dad's Pazmany PL-2. He started building it about 50 years ago, but never got it finished, so I guess I'm essentially getting a Pazmany PL-2 kit: Dad has most of the major parts built -- wing, tail, ailerons, etc., except the fuselage. All the bulkheads...

I went up with my CFI today (I'm still working on my private, but finally making some progress). It was really gusty, and I told him that, if he grabbed the controls, he'd better be ready because they would be all his. (Another CFI and student had come into the office just before I left, and the...

So are you an alum?

Thank you! It'll be a miracle if I can complete it. :) From what I've seen, they're sweet little planes. The last time I saw one up close was at Oshkosh when I was a kid. I haven't seen one since then.

LeTourneau is amazing. We had a great homecoming last weekend. Dynamic Aviation flew in a DC-3, Miss Virginia (I think), and took us up for rides. Go-kart races are back. Things are looking good to me. We've got some great students.

Fun!! GGG is a great airport. I love the people here.

Howdy! New Braunfels is down near San Antonio? I've only been down there once. Our family relocated from South Carolina a few years back.

I've got the vertical stabilizer and an aileron laying on my guest bed at the moment. I grew up with the wing in the living room. :)