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Night IFR

Posted in Flight, tagged , , , , , , on July 1, 2007, Sunday | Leave a Comment »

Latest in the series on IFR flight.  Carlo and I are completely in the dark.
  
  
Friday the 13th, last April.  Guess what we decided to do?
Yup.  We flew at night!   
We left Omni at 1745, another Omni airplane hot on our tail trying to beat the sunset. 
The dust comes from Capt. Ben’s secret weapon, but that’s another story.
Our plan [...]

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Dusk IFR

Posted in Flight, tagged , , , , , on May 24, 2007, Thursday | 3 Comments »

This is the third in a multi-part series on instrument flight, following Flying Blind and Busted. 
Carlo and I flew with an Omni instructor on a series of IFR flights in April.  I am building instrument time in RP-C391, Omni Aviation’s Cessna 172XP — a fuel injected, constant-speed prop and instrument-rated limousine!
   
  
We departed Subic as the sun slid [...]

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Busted

Posted in Flight, tagged , , , , on May 19, 2007, Saturday | 2 Comments »

This article follows the first of a multi-part series on IFR flying.   
Carlo and I flew a series of IFR flights in April, in RP-C391, Omni Aviation’s big fuel-injected Cessna 172XP, with a constant speed prop. 
We had an Omni instructor, Capt. “An” with us.  Carlo sat in the back and took some really nice pictures and video, including [...]

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Flying Blind

Posted in Flight, tagged , , , , on April 25, 2007, Wednesday | Leave a Comment »

Those of you missing Carlo will be bemused to know that he is cramming for his radio operator’s license exam tomorrow and his Private Pilot License written exam next week.  He just completed his 40 flight training hours.  His Student Pilot License expires on May 30.  He needs to focus on getting his PPL before then.  He [...]

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