Marker Beacons - Who Needs Them?
Update 2/20/2020 AIM Section 1-1-9 Instrument Landing System has been updated in this version, which is not yet in my 2020 printed copy....
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Our Cherokee-6 with 2017 Paint and an Overhauled Engine
Our beautiful and versatile PA32-260 (Cherokee-6) is a great family traveling machine. Cruising around 130 KTAS, you can load the whole...
The unique private pilot perspective: too much water?
My wife, Margreet, and I had the privilege to fly one of our Piper Archers over a drenched Sacramento valley. We flew from Lincoln to...
Meet our Mooney N6351Q
Acquired by PGAA in June 2016, our Mooney M20F is the fastest and most complex airplane in our fleet. The 200 hp, fuel injected engine...
The ADDS Flight Path Tool - How to Use for IFR Go/No-Go Decisions
Early 2015, I found myself flying an Angelflight from KOAK to KSMO on an IFR flight plan in N2875Z, flying into deteriorating IMC...
Some things I never knew about the Piper autopilots
I flew with a friend to the Bay Area in Foxtrot today. It was a beautiful day, and I took the time to experiment with the standard...
Airplane Camping at Georgetown, California
We were looking for something fun to do during the holiday weekend, May 25, 2013, and as we found all hotels at most places booked full...
Aviation Weather for the Day After Tomorrow
New addition, with thanks to Dan Hill for pointing this out: This site of the California Nevada River Forecast Center, which is part of...
Video: Breaking out on Top – Marysville to Lincoln IFR
Departed Lincoln IFR today to meet Tony in Marysville for a flight review. A cold front passed by and we had constantly changing weather....
Video: Touring PGAA’s N3047F around the Sacramento area
Using a new Gopro camera, we created this quick video flying back from Sacrament Executive to Lincoln. After a ‘low approach’ (aka....
Gerard and Jeff going hard IFR
It was looking like a good ‘easy’ IFR day yesterday – 3000+ foot ceilings in Lincoln, slightly less going North and West – and I thought...