Now that I’ll be flying real planes, I’m getting more serious about simulation too. I’m looking into x-plane right now, which supposedly has one of the most realistic flight models you can get.

While researching this, I came across an IRC channel (irc.freenode.net, #flightsim) with some nice guys and we talked about simulators (both FS2004 and [...]

I got interested in flying in a rather roundabout manner.

I had done your typical plastic model airplane kits when I was much younger, and like many modellers fell out of it when life got in the way. A few years ago I got into playing Battlefield 1942. Combined with a growing interest in WWII history, [...]

Picked up my flight education “black bag” yesterday at Morey Field. Came with all sorts of fun goodies. I also picked up a Chicago-area sectional so I could practice some of the local airports on the simulator.

Today I also joined the EAA. I am interested in getting a flying club going at the field and [...]

My friend modus told me about this blog software, WordPress, and it took me all of 5 minutes to set up. I thought it would provide a simple and public way to keep a journal of my flight training experiences for friends and family (and anyone else who might be interested in learning to fly).