I’ve been wanting to fly up to Wausau, WI since I noticed the downtown airport on the other side of Lake Wausau while driving down highway 39 a few years ago. I finally had the time, so I did it!

Walt, a student at Morey airport, wanted to come along for some cross-country planning experience, and [...]

Mark gave me my endorsement to fly the Cessna 172 today. Yippee!

It was another hot, hazy day, with winds 190 @ 13K. We took off on 28 and headed north toward the Dells. Mark showed me how to use the dual NAV/COMs, the DME, and the audio panel. We tuned and listened to a couple [...]

Yesterday I got up for the first time in the left seat of a Cessna 172. It was very hot and humid, which really affected our pressure altitude. The cockpit was like on oven, made worse because we spent the entire time in the pattern. There was a lot of haze, with visibility of about [...]