Making Time for Flying

Enf of August, on a Qantas flight from Brisbane to Singapore. I am sitting by the window on the right-hand side. The captain makes an announ...

I landed at Goondiwindi at the conclusion of the second leg of Nav7  with an empty water bottle and a correlatively full bladder. Note to se...

Soon after taking off from runway 28L I left the controlled airspace of Archerfield aerodrome, on my way to Goondiwindi. This marked the sta...

A friend I took on a local flight recently recorded a video of the engine start-up sequence for the Cessna 172SP. It's the regular start...

The Australian PPL syllabus requires student pilots to have completed two hours of instrument flying before attempting the GFPT test. Instr...

Nav7 is the last solo nav before the PPL pre-test and test. Last chance to fix bad habits before it's too late. The plan was to go from ...

I try to always have my camera with me when I come near an airport. Good blogging material may pop out of nowhere and be gone in an instant....