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September 14, 2012

Flying the Twin Beech

[sc:Top-of-Post ] Flying the Twin Beech: There are certain pivotal moments in your life – 1st solo, marriage, birth of your kids; not in any particular order – sorry honey! I feel fortunate to have had a few of those ‘wow’ moments and this is one of those stories. It goes back to June of 1995…

September 14, 2012

iFLYblog.com Audiocast Episode #1

[sc:Top-of-Post ] This is my second episode of the iFLYblog.com Audiocast. To be fair, this won’t really be a podcast in the traditional sense. The audiocast will simply be an audio version of posts that are here on the blog. The truth is, lots of folks like to listen to content rather than read it….

September 13, 2012

Learning to Fly: What you really need to know

[sc:Top-of-Post ] Learning to Fly: Learning to fly is one of the most rewarding things you can do. This article will outline some of the things you should consider when getting your wings. Disclaimer: this is not a complete treatise on the subject, but it might point out some things you haven’t considered. Flight Schools…

September 12, 2012

Buying an airplane: Part two

[sc:Top-of-Post ] Buying an aircraft: Now that you have settled on your mission it is time to identify the airplanes that fit into that category. You can do this by researching the various web-sources such as airliners.net, wikipedia, or even google. Once that is done it’s time to jump into the used airplane market.  …

September 8, 2012

iFLYblog.com Audiocast Episode #0

[sc:Top-of-Post ] This is my first episode, not sure why I called it #0, just seemed appropriate.  I am totally new to producing a podcast, but I listen to them all the time. To be fair, this won’t really be a podcast in the traditional sense. The audiocast will simply be an audio version of…

September 8, 2012

Buying an airplane: Asking yourself the right questions

[sc:Top-of-Post ] Buying an airplane is one of the biggest decisions you can make. Initially we start with some simple (or not) questions. In future segments we’ll decend down into the details of purchasing an aircraft. Before we can proceed you need to ask youself some fundamental questions:

September 8, 2012

Building your own airplane: What is it like?

[sc:Top-of-Post ] Building your own airplane? This question rarely gets asked, most pilots (or even layman) go right for the jugular, “How long did it take? Was it hard? How many years? How much did it cost?”. They skip right over the more important question – “What is it like to build an airplane?”