The Return of Serve

The Return of Serve

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May 20, 2011

Tennis is a lot like life. Sometimes you can be on a great run…winning points, games, and sets, and then something happens that can throw you off your game and into a tailspin. It’s not so much the last point but rather the next point that is the most important. Yet as long as you ...

I Could Get Used to This…

I Could Get Used to This…

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May 7, 2011

Being able to walk up to a plane and fly it practically anywhere I want (and can afford at the time) is one the greatest joys in my life. Over the last year, I’ve begun to not only fly my friends around the great state of California, including some surprise trips with my girlfriend, I’ve ...

Sharing in the “Joys” of Flight

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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 ...

November Night Flying

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Nov 2, 2009

Yesterday, my roommate Bradley asked me about renting our aircraft this week in the evening and spending time in the pattern completing our night time currency. He’ll fly a C172 out of West Valley Flying Club at Palo Alto Airport, I’ll fly the Warrior from Advantage Aviation, and we’ll hang out in the pattern together. ...

Celebrating My First Solo – 1 Year Later

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May 31, 2009

  In honor of my 1 year anniversary since my first solo flight, I’m beginning a new blog to highlight my adventures as a pilot. It’s been an amazing year since my solo flight, and I’m still amazed that I’m so fortunate to be able to fly on a regular basis. Since returning to California ...