Gary's Flight Journal

JANUARY 26, 2025

I did an abbreviated video at the hangar yesterday showing some of my preflight, off camera I did an extensive check of the plane, she is good to go. There is something to be said for exercising your pilot in command duties. I made a nice landing and taxied for the hangar. Yes, it's time to cowboy up and get in the air.

Runway 98

Runway Pilot in Command Knot Hangar 98

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Detail of Draken N155XD’s cockpit (Adam Estes) However, on June 26, 1998, one of AT-155/N155XD’s sister ships, AT-156/N156XD was badly damaged during an exercise at NAS Oceana, VA, in which the pilot noted after completing three passes by a US Navy ship, his fuel was rapidly running out.

Pilot in Command 124

Pilot in Command Pilot Cockpit Knot 124

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Luckily, your friend just so happens to have a friend with some hangar space available at your home airport in Pueblo, Colorado. It’s your Pilot in Command responsibility under 91.103. feet per minute).

Density Altitude 98

Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 15, 2024

Port Meadville Airport Seventy Seven Years Port Meadville Airport's gate leads directly onto a residential street, though one of the first houses had a hangar within which a J3 Cub waited for its next flight. Fortunately, my dress clothes were waiting for me in the hangar so that I did not need to stop at home to change.

Approach 52

Approach Pilot Runway Pilot in Command 52

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. With as much as 25 knots of tailwind, we made the flight from Sodus to Alton Bay in only two hours. Since 2019, pilots in command have been presented with poker chips -- what the Alton Bay crew fittingly call "ice chips" -- commemorating landing at Alton Bay.

Runway 68

Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68