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A Visit to the Reno Aviation Museum

April 18, 2016

The local Commemorative Air Force (CAF) chapter held a pancake breakfast last Saturday (3rd Saturday of each month).  I did my part to rid the world of excess pancakes and while eating had a nice conversation with Doug Ritter,  the head of the Reno Aviation Museum. After our meal Doug offered to give me a […]

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Sightseeing with a New Friend

April 11, 2016

Last month (Mar 2016) I had the opportunity to take a new friend for a flight in the Swift. He lives near Auburn, CA so I flew down there and met him. We talked about the flight for a while and then got ready to go. Ron had not been in a small plane in […]

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A Late Report on a January Flight

April 11, 2016

Contrary to popular opinion, I have been flying the Swift a bit over the last 3 1/2 months. I just haven’t had taken the time to write about it. Back in January I took a short flight around the local area just to get the plane and me a bit of exercise. My logbook says […]

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We’re Finally Getting an Average Winter

December 12, 2015

Today I was supposed to be on the west side of the mountains at a Swift formation practice day. It had been planned for a week or so but the entity in charge of the weather up here in the mountains apparently didn’t get the memo. Things didn’t look so bad when I got up […]

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Still Flying Around Reno

December 7, 2015

Yes, it has been a LOONG time since my last post. It has not been due to not flying, just a lot going on that took up the time I usually set aside for personal writing. The last post was about a pancake breakfast back in August. My next major flight event after that was […]

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