Carlo’s first instrument flight. At night. In IMC. In a multi-engine cockpit. Left seat. It doesn’t get more pressure-laden than that.
I’d had my turn. Two runs. It was time to give the other Captain a shot at it.
On the takeoff video, Meynard never stops teaching, even as Carlo accelerates to rotate speed. Meynard [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Instrument Flight’
I Have Found My Heaven. Perhaps You’ve Also Found Yours.
Posted in Romance, tagged Instrument Flight on January 3, 2009, Saturday | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was Windwalker’s birthday. His wife Audine hit him with a surprise party, with lots of friends, fellow pilots and aviation enthusiasts.
It’s the perfect time to post his essay on what he finds beautiful about flying. First posted on the PFSG Forum when I was taking my IFR course with Meynard.
I agree 100% that an IFR rating isn’t [...]
Aerobatic Pilot
Posted in Adventure, tagged Aerobatics, Flight Training, Instrument Flight on October 17, 2007, Wednesday | 4 Comments »
Photo by Jaime Unson
I‘ve always dreamed of doing this. Fly like a fighter pilot. Not in a simulator, nor a demo flight. I wanted hours and hours, multiple missions. In a REAL MAN’s airplane.
And I chose to learn from the best aerobatic pilot in the country.
Meynard Halili, who celebrated his birthday yesterday, is one of those people [...]
Night IFR
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 172, Clark Field, Flight Training, Instrument Flight, Night Flight, Omni Aviation, Subic Bay 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 [...]
Dusk IFR
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 172, Clark Field, Flight Training, Instrument Flight, Night Flight, Omni Aviation 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 [...]
Busted
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 172, Flight Training, Instrument Flight, Omni Aviation, Subic Bay 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 [...]
Flying Blind
Posted in Flight, tagged Cessna 172, Clark Field, Flight Training, Instrument Flight, Omni Aviation 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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