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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Flying Lesson #62 - Solo Maneuvers

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Today was a beautiful day for a quick morning flight. Sunny, not a cloud in the sky, and winds light at about 5 knots from 290. Time for a...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

The Important Question About The ISIS Attack In Turkey

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Will Obama blame the NRA?
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Flying Lesson #61 - Fly Like A Diamond In The Sky

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Today was an interesting day to go flying. The weather was definitely marginal with low cloud cover and some decent crosswind. Instead of ...
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Monday, June 27, 2016

CF Skyhawks!

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The Skyhawks are Canada's only military parachute demonstration team. Why have a parachute demonstration team? Because some pros can ...
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Sunday, June 26, 2016

The CF-18 Hornet

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Last to perform and making the most noise of all the performers was the CF-18 Hornet. The Canadian Forces CF-18 Hornet demonstration team ...
Saturday, June 25, 2016

Snowbirds: Smoke On, Go!

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Number 431 Squadron , The Canadian Forces Snowbirds Demonstration team, is one of the best aerobatics teams in the world. Flying the CT-114...
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Friday, June 24, 2016

Last Night: Risk Management With The FAA, And The ACS Changes The Private Pilot MCA Standard

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The flight school I attend hosted a FAA Safety Team seminar on risk management and the new FAA compliance policy. The Aviation Safety Inspe...

If You're Too Dangerous To Be Allowed To Fly...You're Too Dangerous To Serve In Congress, Right?

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You really can't make this stuff up. One of the leaders of the gang of pouters currently having a tantrum on the floor of Congress seek...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Flying Lesson #60 - Maneuvers, Maneuvers

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Today was most pleasant morning to get some flight time in. So I preflighted N755PR and all looked ok with a bit of a balding tire, and we...

The All-Canadian Air Show

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Yesterday was a special airshow at Willow Run airport. Hosted by the Yankee Air Museum, it was a show with all-Canadian Content. Specially...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Just An Indiana Man, Never Meaning No Harm

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Or Not. Fox59: Indiana man, 18, arrested on terrorism charges, accused of attempting to join ISIS Officials said Akram Musleh, 18, attemp...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Flying Lesson #58 - Crosswind Crazyness

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Today looked like a beautiful day to fly. Looked mind you, as the wind was shortly going to do its gusty best to kick my tail all over th...
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Monday, June 20, 2016

The Answer: Probably Because He's Not Paying Off The Proper People

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The Detroit Free Press poses the question: Why is a person cleaning up Detroit getting the runaround from the city? John Hantz has been pu...

Henderson: In Order To Be Free, We Must Take Away Your Liberties

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The left-wing media is going full-court press on gun control. Stephen Henderson has decided that his liberty can only be assured by taking ...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

Flying Lesson #57 - Flying On Father's Day

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For this lesson Ray had noted I had booked a larger than typical block of time and said "Let's go do something fun". "Ok...
Friday, June 17, 2016

A Brilliant Double Entendre

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Oh, Oxford University Press Subheading Editors, you magnificent bastards. I salute you. It's apparently a blow-by-blow account of t...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Freep's Rochelle Riley Calls On Obama To Exercise The Divine Right Of Kings

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After all, what use is separation of powers and the limitations on the executive when you want to get something unconstitutional done for yo...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Detroit Free Press Ignores the Terrorist In The Room, Blames Guns and Hateful Michigan Republican Rhetoric For Orlando

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The Left needs the Narrative Uber Alles it seems, even in the face of the facts. The Detroit Free Press: Easy weapon access, LGBT hate made...
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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Flying Lesson #56 - Rough At Romeo

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You know some days where everything works, you're performing at the top of your game, and you think you're making great progress and...
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Saturday, June 11, 2016

Things Heard In the Cockpit

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I'm not saying in what plane or by whom this was said or anything..... Flight Instructor (FI): You don’t need such a tight grip on the...
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