Paul Hesse

There seems to be a lack of common sense lately. Fuel mismanagement and weather are the leading causes of accidents again this past year. People do not get it after all these years of education and insurance statistics. *The FARs(61&…

We have begun again a new private pilot ground school on Tuesday nights. We have 11 people enrolled and it is going smoothly. Last year, Wayne Webster and myself taught four sessions of ground school and had not one person…

Well just the other day, N5144L arrived back on the field from the damage occurred in November 05. It has been a long time coming with extensive repairs from a bad landing by a instrument rated, 250 hour pilot. It…

Well a new year has arrived with the weather that accompanies January flights. Wind, some ice and MVFR is here and will be here until mid May. Those low pressure systems that come up from the Gulf or off our…

We have had a number of checkrides this year with about 8 more pending before the end of the year. Checkout the latest passes in the gallery link in the site navigation to the right.

1. Recognize the problem 2. Don't go into denial / resignation mode. Use your memorized / rote learned emergency ck. list and get on with trying to FIX the problem. 3. If the problem is not fixable, get in touch…