It was the first nice day in over a week so I decided to fly up to the Dells, do a full-stop landing, and come back. The skywas a somewhat hazy blue, and the winds were out of the NW at about 9mph. It was fairly bumpy at 2000 feet so I did most of [...]

Just a quick entry today. Mark and I flew over to Madison and did a full-stop and park at Wisconsin Aviation at the East Ramp. Two F-16s took off while we were parked, which is always a treat. Then we reviewed the departure process and I called up Clearance Delivery for our VFR clearance back [...]

Today was utterly beautiful. Perfect blue sky, not too cold, not too windy. Mark gave me the option of flying over to Madison to practice some ground work, but I opted for the VOR practice up to Wisconsin Dells, which has a VOR on site (as well as a grass strip, which we’ll be using [...]

I was feeling pretty stressed out yesterday so I decided to go flying.

I’m checked out for solo at Morey and Madison, and there was a N crosswind, so I decided to do some crosswind practice and then go over to Madison for some ATC work and stop-and-goes. You need 3 solo full-stop landings at a [...]

The winds were a little gusty and out of the NW Sunday afternoon so we decided to take the time to practice some crosswind landings. Did 5 trips around the pattern and practiced slipping and some engine failures, including a tailwind landing after a simulated failure on takeoff. Even with a strong tailwind we [...]

Yesterday Mark and I flew over to Madison for the first time together, and did a touch and go. We got back to Morey and he hopped out and told me to go back and do it again.

I was struck by how calm and relaxed I was with the experience. After listening to ATIS I [...]