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Ramblings about flying for fun and profit


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  • Aviation Stories for June 10, 2011

    This week was another sparse week for my type of links. As a matter of fact I didn’t find a single one that I felt like passing along here. I’m not really into arguing about whether or not N-numbers of business jets should be tracked. I did find an interesting conversation about CFI compensation on…

  • Reno – Day Four and Five

    Day four was Saturday. More heat races and the Snowbirds show and  the super-loud F-18 demo. (Make sure that you bring earplugs when you attend the races.)  I got out of the hangar for a little while, but spent most of the time there talking with the people who stopped by. After the racing had…

  • Reno – Day One

    The first official day of the races was today, Wednesday. The morning sessions were filled with qualifying periods and the afternoon sessions were the first of the heat races for all classes except the unlimiteds. The Reno Air Race Association has a website at airrace.org. All of the qualifying times and race results will be…