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Flying logs from my first student solos through the private pilot checkride and the airplanes I have flown since, plus other licenses like ham radio and boating.

  • Got My Boating License
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    Got My Boating License

    Got my boating license. ✅ The Gulf Coast is nice this time of year! 🏖️

  • X-62 VISTA Laureate Award Dinner
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    X-62 VISTA Laureate Award Dinner

    Special night, with colleagues and friends. Incredibly honored and humbled to have played a part.

  • Flew a TB-10 with a retired T-38 pilot
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    Flew a TB-10 with a retired T-38 pilot

    Went flying with a retired T-38 pilot today. Did some lazy eights over the beach, and enjoyed the sunshine of Destin, Florida! I had never flown a French aircr…

  • First Multi-Engine Flight – 1959 Beechcraft (BE95)
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    First Multi-Engine Flight – 1959 Beechcraft (BE95)

    Flew a 1959 Beechcraft (BE95) yesterday. Known as the “Cadillac of General Aviation”, it held to its name. With the mix of a wide, comfortable fuselage (high d…

  • Simulated engine failures in a Piper Warrior II (PA-28-161)
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    Simulated engine failures in a Piper Warrior II (PA-28-161)

    Practiced simulated engine failures with a friend today in a Piper Warrior II (PA-28-161). We decided to practice simulated engine failures with a 360-degree s…

  • Flew a Super Decathlon Today
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    Flew a Super Decathlon Today

    Flew a Super Decathlon today: the first center-stick, tailwheel, and aerobatic airplane I have flown.

  • Got an Amateur (HAM) Radio Technician Class License! (Call sign: K4AGN)
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    Got an Amateur (HAM) Radio Technician Class License! (Call sign: K4AGN)

    A couple of weeks ago I decided to study and test for my amateur radio technician license. For those of you unfamiliar with the art, HAM radio operators are li…

  • Flew a Cherokee 6 (PA-32) with a friend
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    Flew a Cherokee 6 (PA-32) with a friend

    Another day, another airplane! Cherokee 6 (PA-32) today. Interesting flying a high-power complex airplane. Makes me want to get some additional endorsements! C…

  • Officially a Private Pilot!
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    Officially a Private Pilot!

    I passed my Private Pilot Checkride!! This is one of the accomplishments that I am most proud of in my life. It took a whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears but…

  • 4th Solo
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    4th Solo

    Fourth solo flight: local area flying in a Piper Archer II (PA-28-181).

  • First Solo
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    First Solo

    Videos from my first solo flight as a student pilot: the first solo landing and the celebration afterward.

  • Second Solo
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    Second Solo

    Videos from my second solo flight as a student pilot: starting the engine, making the radio call, and living the dream.