Stranded in Vigan, one of the prettiest towns in the Philippines. It was too rainy for the beach, but I could have puttered around the pottery kiln, explored the Crisologo museum, or hopped on a bus to Laoag or Abra province. Instead . . . .
I hunkered down in the Salcedo Hotel, moping over the weather. Thunder woke me up the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cessna 152’
The Smartest Pilot in the World
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 152, Ilocos, La Union, Thunderstorms, Vigan on July 29, 2009, Wednesday | Leave a Comment »
Photography in Flying in Crosswinds
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 152, Ilocos, Pinatubo on June 1, 2009, Monday | 14 Comments »
Kit posted a question about a photo in “Here There Be Dragons.” We also get a lot of verbal comments from friends about photography. Ranging from offers to do coffee table books to disdainful questions about which version of Photoshop we use.
All photography in Crosswinds is digital, with minimal post-production. We don’t even own Photoshop.
I was a film guy. Post-production, other than cropping, feels [...]
Here There Be Dragons
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 152, La Union, Thunderstorms on April 27, 2009, Monday | 16 Comments »
Protesters stormed the ASEAN summit in Thailand. Thais celebrated the big Songkran holiday, throwing pails of water and squirting Super Soakers at each other. In the Philippines, on Easter Week, we also had a wet, stormy story.
My last trip to Vigan. “Last” is a scary word.
This story will hog the Slow Learners page of this blog for [...]
Mike Finds Oil!
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 152, Flight Training, La Union, San Fernando on April 19, 2009, Sunday | 10 Comments »
There is an old joke about the three steps needed to ensure success in life:
1. Work hard
2. Sleep early
3. Find oil
Do all three, and you will have a rich and fruitful life.
Mike found oil at San Fernando, and ensured that he still has a life.
San Fernando, La Union has a [...]
The Reinvention of a Cessna Pilot
Posted in Flight, tagged Aerobatics, Carlo, Cessna 152, Flight Training on April 9, 2009, Thursday | 16 Comments »
Cessna Pilot (n) [sess-nah | pahy-luht]. 1. Straight and level 2. Flat-footed– use of rudder optional 3. Fifteen-degree banks, gingerly, 30-degrees maximum, 45-degrees death wish; see also,student pilot, wimp, pre-Meynard neophyte.
The Cessna 152 is a sweet little thing under any circumstances, but a climb prop, upgraded engine, in-panel GPS, and other little goodies make flying it even [...]
The Family Jules
Posted in Romance, tagged Cessna 152, Fathers and sons on August 2, 2008, Saturday | Leave a Comment »
I had three sisters and wished for a brother all my youth. My penance is to have three sons. Now I treat them like the brothers I always wanted. The upside is they need to do everything I say. The downside is, they get their allowance from me.
But this isn’t a “Fatherhood” site, so I’ll stick [...]
Our Aluminum Ultralight
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 152, Omni Aviation on July 30, 2008, Wednesday | 2 Comments »
On a Paris-Bangkok airline flight 12 days ago, I read July’s FLYING magazine. Dick Karl’s column was ominously titled, “Grounded by Fuel Prices”.
Karl, surgeon and owner of a Cessna Cheyenne, compares a business trip from Tampa, FL to Lebanon, NH and back. Flight planned for 9.5 hours, vs. 13 hours via Southwest Airlines and rental car.
His fuel bill in his Cheyenne would be $3,185. Fuel.
The airline [...]
Uncle T For Thunderstorm
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 152, Omni Aviation, Thunderstorms on July 16, 2008, Wednesday | 2 Comments »
Thunderstorms are muggers. Dark shapes lurk, you get an uneasy tingling in the back of your neck. BAM! Sudden, quick, turbulent, darkness, over.
One minute you are in bright, hazy glare, sunglasses. The next minute you are seeking high ground, peering around for the Ark.
I flew with Cool Nichole, who hails from California. After years of wooing, I finally enticed this Princess to visit me in Bangkok. Then [...]
Houston, We Have Reached Orbit
Posted in Flight, tagged Central Luzon, Cessna 152, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan on May 31, 2008, Saturday | Leave a Comment »
Easter. Hot, blistering day. The kind of scorching Luzon summer day where the air shimmers incandescently over parched brown fields. It’s so hot that the shade in the tree line feels like airconditioning.
Baguio, 5,000 feet up in the Cordilleras, is an hour away by Cessna 152. Too hot to plan or pack for that. Still, staying indoors in frigid airconditioning misses the entire [...]
A Three Hour Tour, A Three Hour Tour
Posted in Flight, tagged Central Luzon, Cessna 152, Clark Field, Hundred Islands, Pangasinan, Zambales on January 28, 2008, Monday | 4 Comments »
There are actually 124 islets (one less at high tide). Long associated with Alaminos, Pangasinan, the Hundred Islands are actually reached by boat from the coastal town of Lucap.
You can also fly over them.
After our flight over the Hermana Sisters, we went feet dry near the beach resorts at Tambobong, [...]
Mount Pinatubo, Zambales
Posted in Adventure, tagged Central Luzon, Cessna 152, Clark Field, Pinatubo, volcano on January 12, 2008, Saturday | 29 Comments »
Every year at Christmas, Carlo and Tonet fly an aerial odyssey. From December 23 to January 4 they did 1,600 nautical miles in 9 days, logging over 20 flight hours. Not bad for a Cessna 152.
They took hundreds of pictures. Thumbnails are click-able. Photos are copyrighted.
On December 27 Carlo and Tonet sat in the airplane, ready for engine start, flight planned for Baguio, in the [...]
Julio and The Level 3 Thunderstorm
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 152, Fathers and sons, Thunderstorms on May 10, 2007, Thursday | 3 Comments »
This was a reply to Jerry’s comment, and a co-worker suggested I post it as an article to make it more accessible.
The pictures were actually taken during the flight. The Powerpoint screenshots were taken from the executive presentation.
I’ve used a flying example only once during a presentation at work.
We had a meeting of the 100 or so [...]
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