Phone Call.

I recieved a very Informative call last night. For some time now, I have been researching online ground schools. I've posted in different forums asking opinions about going this route, and taking my knowledge test before begining actual flight lessons.Thank you to all who have reasponed to my post and all the great welcomes the the forums. I'm really excited cause I'm finally getting somewhere. I talk to a rep from King Schools for about 30 to 40 min. Yeah of course I had to listen to the whole sales talk. After that I was able to get alot of questions ansewered. Well at least the ones I could think of. I feel I have a much better understanding of how these schools work. I really like the idea behind it too. Just a few thoughts. If your reading this and have gone this route of an online ground school, let me know, I'd love to ask some questions. Always looking towards the sky. Untill next time Lets Get Flying!!!!!!!!!!!

Wine Tasting.

What a good weekend. Drove to Mount Baker winery and did some wine tasting. Yum! I've never tried wine frome them. Awhile ago I kinda stumbled into tasting wine, and now I'm hooked. I figure when I get my PPL i'll be able to fly to different regions and do a little wine tasting. Of course then flying home the next day hahah. So the bottle I picked up was a Rosetta Blanc. It's a combination of Viognier, Chardonnay, Muscat, Gewurztraminer (this last one I have no clue what it is). I gotta say this is a very smooth wine.
Yeah Yeah, I know this has nothing to do with Aviation. Who said I could find a way to combine two really great hobbies. Now how fun would it be to be able to meet up with other pilots and share a bottle of Pinot, or a great Merlot.
Been reading alot of great information regarding online ground schools. finally some of my emails are being answered on this subject. Stick around and I'll be blogging about my findings soon. Thanks again for reading. Untill next time Lets go flyin!!!

THOUGHTS

Winter has fallen upon us here in the pacific northwest. Just a few weeks ago we had our first official snow. Maybe that will be all this year, haha probably not. I work with the public day in and day out. 5 days a week I'm always meeting different people. Just the other day I had the opportunity to meet a guy who is currently working on his LSA certification. Can't wait to go out the airport and take a look at the plane he is learning. Anytime I have an excuse to go the airport i like to use it.
Haven't been putting much away these days towards my dream. So for now I just talk about aviation as much as I can. I did however get signed up at Goldseal Online. From the looks of it, seems like it is a legit online ground school. Still haven't gotten enough input from others to tell if it's worth my time or not. For now I'll stick to reading as much as I can and asking as many question as i can.
Just a few random thoughts. This is a blog after all. Until next time, keep flying.

Flight Simulators

Flight simulator games are alot of fun to play. I remember back in 96-97 my parents bought me a copy of Microsoft flight Sim 95. I had fun playing it but i got way to frustrated with it. One i didn't know how to control the airplane, and two our family computer at the time wasn't equiped well enought to run such a "Futuristic Game". I mean come on did microsoft really think that this someday would develope into such a realistic game? Probably.


Fast Forward 13-14 years. I still haven't lost that itch to learn to fly. Yes microsoft, even though you fired your whole ace's team, this game is as close to the real thing you can get. I recently installed the newest version of microsoft flight sim (FSX). What a differnce from FS95. Well I guess that is to be expected. My computer runs it okay not the greatest. One of the best things i like about the game is you can fly a cessna loaded with the G1000. FSX even has detailed insturction on how to use it!



I also have FS 2002 and let me tell you my computer runs it like a champ. I have graphics turned all up. Only problem I have with it, is now my controll stick is acting up. I am anticipating the arrival of FS 2004. I am very intrested to find out how its going to run. Everything I have read about FS 2004, says this it the best one out of all. We will shortly see.



Untill then Lets get flying!!!

Oak Harbor, WA Fly-In

Better late then never, right? What a great step for Oak Harbor. For those that don't know the airfield in Oak Harbor, wa (formerly Wes Lupien) has a new name and new owner. A.J. Eisenberg purchased the airport with many plans on upgrading and hopefully exciting the aviation community again, here on Whidbey. You may have guessed, the new name is A.J. Eisenberg (KOKH).
I have read alot of mix feelings about the renaming of the airport. I certainly would hope a plaque would be placed so we can remember, Wes Lupien and what he did for Oak Harbors aviation community. Futher more to honor him and his family.
Now on to the the Fly-In. What a great time. I myself always have fun just watching a plane take flight. Turnout was not huge by any mean, but it was a good start. I certainly enjoyed the RV-8 ( I think) that did a low pass over the runway.
I am excited to see what happens next. Stay tuned for pictures coming shortly.

OAK HARBOR, WA

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. I know i did. Just a quick little post. This weekend, September 12-13 in Oak Harbor, WA there is a fly-inn being held at the newly named A.J. Eisenberg Airport. I know i'll be down there, hopefully you will be too.

Flight in the Tecnam Sierra

So this was the first time i had ever flown in a LSA. As we were doing the pre-flight walk around, I could only think, "Wow this is such a small plane, what is i going to feel like in the air". Well, after we watched a glider soar over the top of us for a landing it was our turn. It seemed as though as soon as we started moving we were in the air, and heading to the NW. It was my turn at the controls. I couldn't belive how responsive this plane was. I was at the controls for about 15 min, leveling the plane out and making some turns. It was an amazing experience. If you ever get the chance to fly in a LSA, do it. Untill next time, Lets get flying!!!!