Each year, I find a way to get out in the woods to chase elk and deer for hunting.  Sometimes with rifle, and sometimes with bow.  This year, I was able to get two seasons, elk bow  and deer rifle, over in the John Day, OR area…

Since I’m based in Columbus, Ohio I haven’t had my Mooney west of the Rockies, but I do visit California often.

On one of those trips I decided to drive up…

I bought my Mooney sight unseen when I was in Iraq 2010 and our bond only grew as I started resurrecting her. She sat in an abandoned T hangar for 14 years before I was able to ferry her to my friend’s hangar in Spruce Creek. That is…

I flew from Columbus, Ohio down to the Kentucky-Tennessee border to see the eclipse from 12,000 feet. Flied a VFR flight plan too — and at that altitude there weren’t many aircraft and we stayed in touch with…

I started flying in 1989 just out of high school. I was finishing up my A&P certificate and I wanted to fly for pleasure. I was working part time, flying part time and going to school full time. It was a tough grind and money was tight…

My flying started 21 years ago when I first got my ticket. I had big dreams of getting a plane and flying around the country. However, kids came along and my disposable income evaporated like dew on a hot summer…

My “Barn Find”!! Well, not exactly…. But, I flew Pipers for many years after teaching my neighbor how to fly! We owned a PA 28 140, than a PA 28 180R together. After a hip replacement, he could not get in the airplane…

I took my wife to lunch at a local airport that serves a mighty fine cheeseburger. She is not quite comfortable flying with me yet, but she tolerates it when I am taking her on a date. We flew to the airport and when we were 1/2 way back I forgot that I had taken a…

I'm a new Mooney owner as of October 2017.  A bit of backstory: I've been enthusiastic about aviation my whole life, but never had much money, so I had to content myself with a PC desktop simulation and an RC model or two.  That changed when I got out of the Army in…