Archived Blog Posts
Since December 2003

Dates of Flight Title Flight Time (hours) Total Time (hours)

2010

23 Jan 2010 Carpe Diem
Flying with 13 year old copilot Nick
1.5 788.2
10 Jan 2010 Blue Skies
Winter flying photos under blue skies - much prettier
0.9 786.7

2009

19 Dec 2009 Newsprint Vista
Winter flying photos - kinda stark
3.0 783.7
1 Nov 2009 Morning Glory
Breakfast run to St Mary's, PA
2.3 775.5
18-19 Oct 2009 Nature's Rust Belt
Upstate NY corn mazes and the Catskill Mountains
6.0 771.8
25 Sep 2009 Unlikely Hues and Airport Improvement
Fall colors and biased journalism
3.1 765.8
13 Sep 2009 Simple Pleasures
Family breakfast flight
1.1 762.7
4 - 6 Sep 2009 Live Free or Die (or Something)
Family cross country flight to New Hampshire
6.2 761.6
24 Aug 2009 Stupid Pilot Tricks
Don't let this happen to you - a not so fun family flight
3.2 754.9
05-09 Jul 2009 Flight of the Fudgies
Anniversary trip to Mackinac Island
13.1 741.7
27 June 2009 Dr Kent and the $100 Ice Cream Cones
Trip to Sunbury Island with Kent
3.0 728.6
24 June 2009 The Opposite of Congress...
Runway extension at Le Roy Airport
0.9 725.6
06 Jun 2009 Reinforcement
Out and about
1.3 723.2
22 May 2009 Time Travel
Visit to the Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, PA
4.1 720.1
21 May 2009 Evening Ripples 0.8 716.0
17-18 Apr 2009 Knoxville...Deferred
Family trip to Knoxville, TN
10.0 712.6
05 Apr 2009 Sunday Drive 1.8 700.4
21 Mar 2009 Yes MAAM
Visit to the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA
4.1 697.1
6 Feb 2009 In the Frozen North
More winter flying
2.0 685.7
19 Jan 2009 On a Short Leash
Winter flying
1.6 683.7
11 Jan 2009 Kinesthetic Memory
Flying with Kent

1.4

682.1
03 - 04 Jan 2009 Sunrise / Sunset
New camera!

2.3

680.7
2008
23 Nov 2008 Only Human
Air traffic control foibles
1.2 674.6
19 Nov 2008 Emergency...?
My first precautionary landing
0.8 673.4
07 Oct 2008 Adirondack Leaf Peeping
Trip to the Adirondack Mountains in the fall
4.9 666.2
05 Oct 2008 Stony Brook State Park 2.4 661.3
19 - 22 Sep 2008 Homeward Bound
Family trip to Clarkston, MI
5.2 658.9
1 Sep 2008 A Rare Bird and the Horseshoe
In search of food on Labor Day
2.9 652.7
18 Aug 2008 Skyscrapers in the Mist
Flying the Hudson River Corridor along the Manhattan skyline
1.1 646.8
9 Aug 2008 Low and Slow
Low and slow near home and along Lake Ontario
2.1 643.8
27 Jul 2008 Musings of a Thirtysomething Aeronautical Dinosaur
With aviation in a decline, is it all still worth it?
2.4 640.7
25 Jul 2008 "Nita-Nee, Nita-Nee"
Family trip to Penn's Cave
3.2 638.3
4 - 5 Jul 2008 Mountains, Haze, and Tessie
Family trip to New Hampshire
6.1 635.1
30 - 31 May 2008 Rocky Mountain Dawn Patrol
Flight training in the Rocky Mountains
7.0 624.7
23 - 25 May 2008 Groundhog Amuck at Pontiac
Family trip to Michigan
8.1 617.7
11 May 2008 "Spring Has Sprung" 2.7 609.8
16 Apr 2008 Stripping in Batavia
First owner-assisted annual
0.3 607.1
3 Mar 2008 "Caution, Wake Turbulence"
Practicing with Rochester air traffic control
1.6 599.2
16 Feb 2008 "In the Bleak Midwinter"
Family trip to Lock Haven, PA
2.8 595.1

2007

6 Mar 2006 - 25 Nov 2007 Second Chance Photos
A smattering of previously unposted photos
N/A 583.0
14 July 2007 "The Greatest Show on Turf"
The 2007 Geneseo Airshow (no flying)
N/A N/A
23 Sep 2007 Safer Than Minnesota? 3.4 570.0
16 Sep 2007 A Placid Journey
Family trip to Lake Placid, NY
4.4 567.6
31 Aug 2007 The Flying Bear
The Bear, 5 weeks old, flies cross country to Kalamazoo, MI
8.4 561.5
20 Aug 2007 Back to the 'Dacks
Second visit to the Adirondacks
5.1 552.7
5 Aug 2007 Pilotage
Accurate, if not precise
3.3 542.3
16 Jun 2007 Piper Pilgrimage
Visit to the Piper Aviation Museum, Lock Haven, PA
2.6 532.5
26 May 2007 Finger Lakes Exploration
Upstate NY is pretty
2.4 525.4
22 Apr 2007 Abbreviated Visit to the Cradle of Piper Aircraft 3.2 515.6
14 Apr 2007 A Brush with a Movie Star
Not Matthew Modine...his airplane
3.0 511.8
11 Apr 2007 Milestone Flight - 500 Hours 1.9 500.8
3 Jan 2007 A Visit to the Adirondacks
My first time flying to mountains (any mountains)
5.7 493.1

2006

23 - 24 Nov 2006 Turkey Day Homecoming
First cross country flight over Canada from NY to MI
5.5 479.0
7 Oct 2006 Alexandria Bay and Boldt Castle
Family trip to the Thousand Islands
3.3 465.4
28-29 Apr 2006 The Second Breather
Engine problems on a cross country flight from MI to NY
9.4 422.7

2005

26 Nov 2005 Making an Impression
Relocating Warrior 481 from South Haven, MI to Le Roy, NY
3.9 393.7
24-29 Jun 2005 An Aerial Road Trip to Fort Myers
(Or: How Kristy Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Airplane)
Family trip from South Haven, MI to Fort Myers, FL
20.7 341.7
3 Apr 2005 The Windy City
Photos of the Chicago waterfront
2.5 301.4

2004

01 Sep 2004 All Shook Up
An in-flight radio failure
0.6 239.0
16 May 2004 Torchport
My first fly-in breakfast experience
4.3 193.1
27 Feb - 01 Apr 2004 From Renter to Owner
Buying an airplane takes caveat emptor to a whole new level
10.1 174.6

2003

13 Dec 2003 Travel Air 4000
Flight along the Pacific Ocean in a 1929 biplane
0.0 161.7


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