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If this sounds familiar, it is! I was hired to fly the same Cessna 210, which I delivered last year down to Guatemala, out of Guatemala and up to Canada. Interestingly, the active volcano known as Volcan de Fuego was … Continue reading →

After being in business over 5 years, I finally snagged my first twin customer. Along with my staff pilot Sheldon, we brought the bird from Palo Alto (very convenient!) to Denver. It was fortunate that I had instructional experience in … Continue reading →

It’s sometimes a little daunting to make your first takeoff in an airplane you’ve never flown before at a short field. But, that’s life if you’re a ferry pilot. You need to know before you agree to pick up the … Continue reading →

Unusually, I was back in Santa Barbara only 11 days after delivering a Cessna 172 there. This was a very short flight with one intermediate stop in Modesto. I left home early in the morning and was back by bedtime.

There’s something comforting about flying the Cessna 172. Apart from the Beech 1900, it’s the airplane I have the most time in (over 1,000 hours at the time of this post). On this flight, I caught the north side of … Continue reading →

It’s always enjoyable to fly with a new pilot in their new airplane. They get so excited! The owner and I navigated the C182 around Lake Michigan and across the Rockies to his home in Garberville in two days. Garberville … Continue reading →

I got to try my hand at the venerable TriPacer on this flight. It flies like an underpowered Cessna 150, but you sit much higher off the ground. One thing that is unusual about the TriPacer is that the wings … Continue reading →

So this was to be my first flight in a GA aircraft south of the US border! On my side was the Cessna 210, a comfortable, capable airplane with long range. The last US stop was Brownsville, Texas. The Mexico stop … Continue reading →

Read the Wikipedia article about Snowmaggedon. I knew that there was a storm coming, I was mistaken in thinking we could get the flight in before it swooped into the planned route. I made it as far as Charleston, West … Continue reading →

Pilots who fly today may not have an appreciation of how many improvements have been made to the general aviation cockpit. But I do, after experiencing cockpits like the one in this 1966 M20E. Nevermind that the flight instruments are … Continue reading →