Finally, we write something worthy of our blog’s name.
Pilots stumble on our blog when Googling “Secret Formula for Landing Safely in Killer Crosswinds.”
Instead, they find piddling procedures like flying into volcanoes, rolling airplanes upside down or jousting with Level 3 thunderstorms. Boring.
Crosswinds terrified me to high heavens in my student pilot days. Home bound on my cross-country training flights, I would send text messages (yes, I use [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Omni Aviation’
La-la-anding in C-cr-crosswinds
Posted in Flight, tagged Flight Training, Omni Aviation on August 11, 2009, Tuesday | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Close Your Eyes And Let The Force Be With You
Posted in Adventure, tagged Aerobatics, Beech Sierra, Bellanca Citabria, Bellanca Super Decathlon, Clark Field, Norman Islander, Omni Aviation, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, Philippine National Police, Philippine Navy, Vance RV-4 on March 6, 2008, Thursday | 7 Comments »
I could only watch the aerobatic displays with envy. But Carlo and I did actually fly an aerial dogfight, against the Navy, Malaysia and SEAir! Well, sort of.
The balloon bursting boondoggle – airplanes prowling above the crowd and hunting down helium-fattened prey.
Most pilots quail at colliding with an object in an airplane!
But there we were, chasing drifting [...]
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 [...]
The Cross Country Carlo
Posted in Flight, tagged Carlo, Flight Training, La Union, Omni Aviation, Pangasinan on March 24, 2007, Saturday | 1 Comment »
I was 6,000 miles away in San Francisco when Carlo did his first solo cross-country in the Philippines, a month ago today. He called me before setting off from Omni Aviation at Clark Field in Pampanga. I gave him some encouraging words that were really meant to calm my nerves.
This is the second-clumsiest person I know, who [...]
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