Who Wants to Go Mountain Biking? |
I have been working on my commercial helicopter rating for the last few months. Part of the training we spend landing in the mountains. I have been noticing a lot of mountain bikers way back in the ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 00:34:00 GMT |
Hawaii |
We are now back from Hawaii. The best part of the whole trip for me was swimming in the ocean with my little girl every morning. Rain or shine we got up, put on our bathing suits, my 3 yea...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:48:00 GMT |
I Finally Earned My Helicopter License! |
I have been working on my helicopter rating since February 14, 2007 and today I finally went on my checkride with the FAA. I spent 4-1/2 hours with the examiner on the ground and in the air...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:10:00 GMT |
Monunment Valley |
Last Wednesday, November 14, 2007 my friend and I took my plane and flew to Monument Valley. It is an incredible place. We dropped down to a few hundred feet off the desert floor and scud ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:39:00 GMT |
Off Airport Helo Training |
My helicopter training has taken an incredibly fun and exciting turn. I am now training in off airport procedures. We are landing in small meadows up in the mountains, ridgelines, and moun...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:30:00 GMT |
Helicopter Update |
Well I finally soloed the helicopter this week. I may have given my instructor a little heart attack when I soloed. He told me to practice flying around the helipad at Long Beach Airport.&...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:04:00 GMT |
Balloon Rescue |
My fellow mariners, stop polluting the sea you love so much. When you cut your party balloons free they don't simply drift off into the sky then fall into a trash can on their own. They fa...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:10:00 GMT |
Blue Whale |
For the last few weeks I have been going out to sea after work searching for the blue whales that have been spotted off the Southern California Coast recently. I have been going out about two to...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:25:00 GMT |
The Predator |
I was flying up in the High Desert yesterday shooting GPS approaches and practicing GPS holds. While orbiting over a dry lake I noticed something strange in the sky above me. It was an unm...
Posted by on Tue, 08 May 2007 01:52:00 GMT |
My Flying Expedition Down the Sea of Cortez and Whale Petting |
I don't have time right now to write about it. Look at some of my pictures of the expedition. They kind of speak for themselves. Most of the places we landed and stayed at had no pav...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:38:00 GMT |
