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Posted on Aug 9, 2010

First, a Little Background Yesterday I got a chance to enjoy one of the perks of being a pilot in California…a destination daytrip to the Napa Wine Country. Now given that all my stories are strangely connected, I have to give a bit of context to this story. The inspiration for this trip actually occured […]

Business, Pseudo-Charter, & Sunset Flight all Wrapped in One

Posted on Jul 17, 2010

Combining Business & Pseudo-Charter So last week I took my first flight for business purposes and my first flight into Petaluma airport, which is about 10 minutes from the world headquarters of KG Technologies (my client for over a year). Originally, I was scheduled to fly up to Napa Airport yesterday to drop off a […]

My 1st Business Flight

Posted on Jul 11, 2010

Today was a day of firsts…my first flight into Petaluma Airport and my first flight for business. I’ve flown to the Petaluma area previously but I’d always flown over it to land at Santa Rosa Airport (STS)…a much nicer airport. Today, I flew up to the area to visit my college roommate, Phil, to watch […]

Sharing in the “Joys” of Flight

Posted on Jun 21, 2010

This past weekend, I had the good fortune of sharing the joy and nostalgia of aviation with a couple more newbies – Joy and Darren. I’ve known them both for a couple of years but just a about a month ago Joy found out that I was a pilot. Since that night, she’s been buzzing […]

A Little Something Special for the Kids

Posted on May 17, 2010

From Nothing to Something It’s really interesting how my weekends come together. Generally I have my weekend activities worked out by Wednesday or at the latest Thursday. So when I don’t have anything planned by Thursday night or Friday morning, it really starts to weight heavy on the start of my weekend. This weekend was […]