Saturday was a very special day. One of our newest members, Kristen Hawkins, started her training and flew for the first time with Terry. As you can see she seems to be happy with the outcome. Her first word after landing says it all: “Awesome!”.
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Kristen’s first flight
Sunday, January 16th, 2011Tags: first flight, Kristen, training
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Spot landing contest results
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010Sunday’s spot landing contest revealed that we have couple of really good pilots in our club. Look at those results:
Here is how Tim Sheer landed:
And this is Terry’s best shot:
Both of them exactly on the spot. Each of them had to make second try to break the tie. In the end, with second landing 2ft closer than Tim’s, Terry won the competition.
Congratulations!
Tags: competition, contest, spot landing, Terry, tie, Tim
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Sectional charts free download
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010Recently the FAA decided that it will release many of it’s map products in electronic forms for free download.
Here is the full list of available products:
- Sectional Raster Charts
- VFR Terminal Area Raster Charts
- World Raster Charts
- Helicopter Route Raster Charts
- IFR Enroute Charts
- Caribbean, Atlantic & Pacific Enroute Charts
- Gulf of Mexico Charts
- Digital Aeronautical Chart Supplement
- Digital Obstacle File
- Navaid Digital Data File
- Geodetic Calculations (Compsys 21)
- Aeronautical Chart User’s Guide
- VFR Chart Update Bulletins
- Digital Aeronautical Chart Supplement Change Notice
Tags: charts, download, faa, sectionals
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Be safe out there!
Friday, October 29th, 2010Tags: flying, haloween, texting
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Hangar Roof Completed – A glorius day
Monday, October 18th, 2010Thanks to great weather and crowd of helpers we were able to finish our roof project last Saturday. Big thank you to all that helped.
Tags: carpenter, hangar, replacement, roof, steel, work day
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