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Jarard.com - The Pilot

My Flight to Napa to Pick Up My Wine

Posted on May 10, 2010

Getting Comfortable with N209J After taking a sunset flight on Friday night and then spending the rest of the night in San Francisco chatting it up with fellow Spanish speakers, I returned to my house around 1AM and took what turned out to be a brief night’s sleep before my Saturday morning flight to Napa. […]

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What a Difference a Year Makes

Posted on May 9, 2010

A Quick Trip Down Memory Lane Nearly 1 1/2 years ago, I took my “maestra” on her first small airplane ride. It was December 2008 and I’d only had my pilot’s license for about 5 months. Strangely I remember that flight like it was last weekend. Up to that point, I’d only flown one non-pilot […]

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The Start of 2010 Bay Tour Sunset Season

Posted on Apr 25, 2010

Ever since my return landing from last week’s trip to Oceano…I’ve been eager to get back into the skies. No matter how much time I spend walking around the airport and/or listening to ATC, nothing beats the feeling of being the captain of a flight. The preflight, the runup, and the departure…they all get my […]

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Lunch in Oceano

Posted on Apr 18, 2010

For the last couple of weeks, I’d been dying to fly. It had been rainy during a couple of weekends and so I spent alot of time at home do what I call – “dream flight planning.” It’s like daydreaming for pilot geeks, who have a laptop and an iPhone, coupled with the best aviation […]

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A Quick Hop to Half Moon Bay

Posted on Mar 28, 2010

This past week at work has been a little nuts, yet the weather has been amazing. Thursday morning, I ran over to PAO to buy a couple of new headsets (AvComm) from one of my roommate’s coworkers. I got a great deal (2 for $50/each)…and with the amazing weather, I couldn’t wait to test them […]

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