On a Wing and a Whim

Not dead, not gone yet. Just waitin' on weather. There was a beautiful day - but I was down sick. There was another beautiful day - and ...

The weather has been less than stellar, and I needed a long cross-country trip to really get the feel for fuel burn when going places, not i...

By the Knik Glacier - a good place to land later, in dryer weather. Wide, flat, long open approaches, nestled btween the terminal moraine fo...

The rain drifted down in a light mist, barely enough to notice on the windscreen, while north of Palmer it was an opaque veil obscuring the ...

Blame Calmer Half for the title - he thought it up, and it was just facepalm-inducing enough to convey my feelings of the past week. The alt...

I don't like whining. I don't like whining when adults do it, or when I catch myself wanting to do it. I don't like whining when...

The old starter, generally referred to as a T-handle starter, or a pull starter, had a very simple operation. The pilot smoothly pulled the ...