PropBlast

Ok, so this posting is a little old... Sue me!

Over the Memorial Day weekend, N334CD was not being rented so I figured that I would take my son Bobby up for a flight to get steaks at Harris Ranch in Coalinga [3O8]. Not only would it be good eats, but the strip looks like a good challenge (being significantly narrower than the wingspan on the Cirrus SR22) and it is only about an hour and a half away.

When it came time to head off to the airport he begged out saying he wasn't feel well enough and didn't want to hurl in the plane; an admission I was glad to hear 'cause I didn't want that either. So, plan B was to ask my father-in-law as he has also expressed interest in taking a flight in the plane.

He was agreeable and after picking him up, we stopped in the offices at Sunrise Aviation to pick up the keys and were about ready to head out when inspiration hit... Why not go to Vegas? Not only is is closer by about 30 minutes, but Fritz loves to gamble! So the decision was made to head off to North Las Vegas [VGT]. This was a route that I fly often enough that I could do the routing in my head normally but the flight plan was still loaded up in the Garmin from the last time we flew out.

Read the rest of the story here: [http://propblast.org/articles/Vegas_with_FritzAgain.aspx]

In the interest of keeping to a regular schedule of tracking my flights on this blog here's a few quick lines about this weekend's airtime.

To read more about our flight into Sedona this weekend, please check out the following link: [http://propblast.org/articles/Carrier_Landing_at_USS_Sedona.aspx]

tags: flying,

Ok, so I know this isn't aviation related but thought I would post about it just to continue testing it.

I d/led and installed a beta copy of Windows Live Writer and WOW! This is a blog editor from Microsoft that works with a number of sources (Live Spaces of cource but more importantly it supports the metaweblog API so I can use it to maintain this site.

Some times using a dedicated client like this is easier than using the web-based admin interface. So far so good. If you want to check it out yourself, go here to check it out!

If the weblog tool I was using supported posting images, it would have handled that automatically but since it doesn't, I was able to set up a distinct FTP profile for each blog I edit upload images using that info! Wooohooo... Finally all the pieces fall together. This was something that I had been looking for previously in blog writing tools. And of course, it has spell check and other such goodies!

but want to feel like you where there? You can always use the archive feature at LiveATC.Net to listen to ATC at KOSH (or any airport for that matter) for any 30 minute block over the last seven days.

In fact, if this would be a great way to check your radio techniques if your local airport, or one that you've visited lately, is available on their list of feeds.