What a Difference a “Day” Makes

What a Difference a “Day” Makes

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Aug 5, 2011

July 5, 2011 3:09p (CDT) Earlier this morning I woke up at 1am sweating and unable to go back to sleep for almost 3 hours. Exactly three years ago at this same moment, I stayed out late on the Fourth of July in an effort to relax myself the night before the biggest flight of ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Little Something Special for the Kids

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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 ...

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. ...