I was flying right seat on an arrival back into CLT a while ago, and as we were descending, the controller asked us to “maintain 280 knots in the transition.” That was a new one on me. As is my custom, I looked at the guy in the […]
My former flight instructor, Ron Horton, is a very quotable guy. He picked me up as a student when I was about halfway through my Private Pilot training. On one of our first lessons, he told me, “Just so you know, this is all purely for my entertainment. […]
September 2001 was when Joe and I first met in Greensboro, NC. I started working second shift as an avionics technician at the Cessna/Citation Service Center – Joe had already been on that shift for a year or two. We hit it off pretty quickly and have been […]
I should’ve known better than to fly on April Fool’s Day, but it was only a few weeks before my Commercial ASEL checkride and I needed to get the maneuvers a little tighter, my flying a little smoother, and my confidence a little higher. I managed to pull […]
After working for two and a half years on my private, instrument, and commercial ratings, I knew I was stepping into a whole new world when I was ready to start my multi-engine training, I just didn’t know HOW different it would be. I just assumed that the […]
Brandon from Podcasting on a Plane was kind enough to read a letter I wrote to him AND read one of my AirFacts Journal articles on his show. What an honor! It really was a thrill to hear him read my words. I hope to be able to […]
Ron took me on as a student pilot way back in November of 2017 and he stuck with me through my Private, Instrument, and Commercial ratings. We shared a lot of good times and plenty of food in those couple hundred hours so there’ll be more of Ron […]
Originally posted on AirFactsJournal’s website February 26, 2020. “What do you mean you’ve never heard of Nashville hot chicken?!” I couldn’t believe that this guy – the guy who says “ten” when the server at the Thai restaurant asks how hot, on a scale of one to five, […]
Originally published on Air Facts Journal’s website June 19, 2019 After working as a professional aviation mechanic/avionics tech for the past 23 years, I finally fulfilled the lifelong dream of becoming a pilot. I earned my Private Pilot Certificate in July 2018. My ten-year-old son, Elias, asked me relentlessly […]
