AV Web

JUNE 6, 2024

What is also still not clear is the extent of his instrument flying experience, nor what training he might have received specific to the V-tail Bonanza. Though it does not detail how long he had his pilot’s license or what ratings he held, his total logged flight time was 366 hours, with 15 hours in type.

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VOR Approach Descent Tail 75

AV Web

JUNE 6, 2024

What is also still not clear is the extent of his instrument flying experience, nor what training he might have received specific to the V-tail Bonanza. Though it does not detail how long he had his pilot’s license or what ratings he held, his total logged flight time was 366 hours, with 15 hours in type.

VOR 75

VOR Approach Descent Tail 75

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

Ed and I staged our airplanes on the ramp that morning while Gilead took on avgas for the club's Bold Warrior. We were cleared direct to College Park via the Westminster VOR (EMI). Gilead and Alyssa with Eight One Six while a line guy prepares to refuel the airplane. Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, PA.

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Pilot Flight Plan Air Traffic Control General Aviation 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Just north of the Selinsgrove VOR, Harrisburg called with the first change in routing. When landing in the SFRA/FRZ, that code must be maintained until the airplane is on the ground. I shut down the Warrior, tidied up the cockpit, and met him at the nose of my airplane. I gave my tail number and destination. "Oh,

Transponder 52

Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I filed a route of BRUIN to ART (Watertown VOR) to Kingston to avoid overflying significant portions of Lake Ontario. No officers met me at the airplane. I filed a route from Kingston via the Ottawa VOR (far left of the chart above) then direct to Rockliffe to avoid the restricted areas entirely. I'm here to visit the museum.

Runway 52

Runway Flight Plan Clearance Weather 52

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I pony-tail my long hair, disheveled by the tempest brewing across much of central Canada, and say, “We’re in for a treat today. I ignore him, select three VOR stations, determine our radial from each of them, draw it on the map, and determine our approximate position based on the intersection of the lines.

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Weather Knot Pilot Distance Measuring Equipment 98

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 28, 2023

As our trip to Sleepy Hollow neared, forecasts for IFR weather inspired a shuffling of airplanes and pilots so that our seven adventurers were distributed among three IFR-capable airplanes with current IFR pilots. Some of the watches were nice, but also cost as much as my entire airplane. Better safe than sorry.

Clearance 52

Clearance Knot Instrument Meteorological Conditions Airplanes 52