http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com 60-knot aviator in 400-knot jets Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:30:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So yesterday, I was in Xena (XNA, otherwise known as Northwest Arkansas Regional). And sitting is about all I did, too. We rode in the back of a Pinnacle Airlines flight out there, and were to pick up a plane from maintenance for a return to Atlanta.  Long story short, ... http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2008/07/14/skunk-spray-aint-good-eatin/ Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? On the Ramp, Type IV is glistening. A beautiful sight, on fire tonight, flying in a winter wonderland... So there we were, on the runway at KABE, Allentown, PA. The visibility was 1/4 mile in moderate snow and the runway was contaminated. Not recently ... http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2008/03/02/winter-wonderland/ Alright, it's hard for me to write a sad story about flying without someone dying. But.. yeah. I just got out of my first simulator lesson. I swear, if the training doesn't get me, my body will. I'm in the simulator from midnight till 4 a.m. for the next two ... http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2008/02/24/not-all-fun-and-games/ WSJ.com Hard to believe it's been 5 years; this last flight was 24 October 2003... What a remarkable aircraft. http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2008/02/22/looking-back-on-the-concorde/ I was just riding the elevator down to the hotel lobby for a cup of coffee and ran into Roosterville, one of my friends from indoc class. Roosterville is in his fifties and has a lot on his plate: in addition to the training we're working through, he's got a ... http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2008/02/13/this-is-the-captain-speaking-the-left-wing-is-not-on-fire-i-repeat-the-left-wing-is-not-on-fire/ Man, it sure would have been helpful if Rob could have squawked 7600 in the concourse this morning. Unbeknownst to me, his cell phone was safely... with his wife. See, a couple days ago, Rob told me to tag along for an out-and-back trip or two with him. I'm about ... http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2008/01/14/out-and-back-lost-comms-exploding-extinguishers/ So, after a couple of weeks studying regional jets and airline operations, Pilot_man, Brad and I rode down to Griffin yesterday to pick our way around the boneyard and to pick up a cub which several of my friend own. I call it the Un-Cub. It has 90 horsepower, a ... http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2008/01/05/racing-the-sun-on-65-horsepower/ Yeah. Today Pilot_man and I loaded up and rode from ATL out to the wilds of Whitesburg to check things out at the farm. We tried to get in, but my super hidden key kinda only works on the deadbolt. I musta accidentally flipped the other lock on that door; ... http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2008/01/02/cold-day-at-the-farm/ So yesterday the Legman called me up with plans for a study break. Why not run down to Griffin and pick up the cub with him, then we'd fly it home? Sounded great to me. Atlanta was marginally VFR, but as we neared Griffin it turned to crap. I called ... http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2007/12/28/junkyard-wars-airport-edition/ The 2004 air show season started back up for me in March, and the first show was in Panama City, Florida, the show we lost Chris at. As we flew over the top of Tyndall Air Force Base, I tried to pick out where he might have died. It had ... http://pasturepilot.flyblog.com/2007/12/27/beechcraft-musketeers-online/