Flight To Wake Forest
05/04/10 14:18
A beautiful flight to Wake Forest University with incoming freshmen from Portsmouth High, daughter Katie and baseball player Nate Jones. Stopped in Easton, MD and then flew over to Wake and did a couple of loops above the campus before landing in Greensboro and staying with a friend for a couple of days. Great tour of the campus. Equally nice flight home, but had to drop the kids at BWI for a Southwest flight home due to icing in New England. Spent the night and flew home the next day.
We've Been Sim'd!
03/08/10 11:38
Now you can fly N777ZV any time you want on Microsoft Flight Simulator. She has been recreated in all of her glory for you to enjoy at home as well.
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Let The Fun Begin
10/22/09 08:17
Diamond Flyers, LLC Is Formed!
Josh Howard, Joe Pratt, and Jim Siverts have formed Diamond Flyers, LLC. Still looking for one more member, so please join us. Josh is a dentist with about 200 hours of time. Joe is a Delta Captain with more hours than I can type. Jim has about 1,200 hours, all in Diamonds. Let the fun begin.
Kitty Hawk Trip
07/06/09 08:05
My friend Peter arrived on Wednesday June 24th. With ceilings at 350 feet I flew over to Manchester and picked him up from his Southwest flight. We flew back to Portsmouth and did a few practice approaches to minimums. Great way to start the trip. The next morning we left for Kitty Hawk, NC and landed at First Flight field. The next morning we flew to Roanoke, Louisville, and then on to St. Louis. On Sunday I flew with my son Collin and Nephew Nick to Omaha to go to watch my cousin and his kids race stock cars. Did some more flying with Peter during the week and then flew back to Portsmouth with Collin. A great flight with a good 4 hours of it in IMC. About 30 hours of flying total in less than two weeks.
Norfolk and the USS Carl Vinson (Bin Laden Dumper)
06/20/09 12:08
My friend Charlie called me and mentioned that he was invited to speak aboard the USS Carl Vinson in Norfolk. Charlie is an elite runner who ran across the Sahara desert and had a movie made about the experience. The captain of the ship was in Boston running the marathon and heard Charlie speak there. He was invited to come down to visit and speak to the crew and do a run with the members of the ship’s running club. When he told me about it, I said not too seriously, ‘wow, can I go along?’ His reply: “Don’t see why not, let me check.” In short order my youngest son and I were off to Norfolk by Diamond. Flew into Norfolk and had dinner the night before with a group of Carl Vinson runners along with the Captain. The next day we got the full tour of the ship and a lunch with the Captain’s quarters and then a 5 mile run with a big group from the ship. Amazing trip and a great time for my son Kyle who had never been on a long flight. Also his first trip in the clouds.
Over JFK on the flight home