Aircraft: Fall 2008
N5330B was sold to a local couple. With the increasing cost of fuel and the economy becoming sluggish, it was decided to pass this nice IFR 152 to to a couple who wanted their own machine. New engines this past…
Newsletter: Fall 2008
SYNOPSIS The summer days are officially behind us now with a forecast of frost on the pumpkins. Out with the hot, humid days of summer and in with the crisp, cool, (and maybe) cold days of Fall. The holiday season…
Instructors: Winter 2008
Brant Howell has completed his move to Smith Mountain Lake, VA. He will be missed and was just great. He has opened a flight school and is using his talents with new students in the Roanoke and Smith Mt. Lake…
Aircraft: Winter 2008
The Cherokee has just come back from the paint shop in Salisbury, NC. Rowan Co. Airport. It is the first paint applied since 1976 and is well appreciated and deserved for being 32 years worn by UV rays and hit…
Airmanship
Lately, I have attended some FAAST team safety meetings both here and in other states. It appears the accident rates for student and private pilots are ever so common in two areas of operation. One is the Balked Landing (go…
Newsletter: Winter 2008
Well were moved into the 2008 year with many of the familiar sign and symptoms of winter. That cold Canadian air with those cold fronts sinking in from the artic which result in AIRMETS/ sometimes SIGMETS for turbulence, icing with…