August 2011 Blog Posts (9)

Yesterday morning we had a photo flight up in the Austin area out by the lake.  We landed at Lakeway Airport to pick up the client.  I hadn't been to Lakeway in about 3 weeks and was stunned at how much the…

Part 4 of my Trip Across the USA takes me to El Paso, TX. El Paso is a very unique airport in that it has Mexican airspace less than 15 NM away and it has a large mountain range just to the West of the airport. The mountains make for an interesting take off if the wind is coming from the west.

As…

Part 3 of my trip across the USA takes me from Tucson AZ, to El Paso, TX. Tucson is home to many cool aircraft from the military. Since Tucson is in such a dry climate they bring decommissioned aircraft here to store because they don’t rust as easy. From a pilots stand point, it is kind of sad to see all these…

For all of you who don't know me personally, I am an early bird.  Sunrise is my favorite time of day and when I miss one, I feel cheated.  This past week the bats have been swarming over our house…

Travel Blogger Kate MCulley won our prize for today's race.  She is here with her Mother and Sister.

www.adventurouskate.com  (Kate is…

Congratulations to Peter Knuedig for successfully completing his first solo flight.  It is tradition to cut the shirttail of the student pilot after his first solo flight.  Here is Debbie Galvan…

The Miss National US Pageant will be held Saturday night in San Antonio.  The girls arrived today for their week of fun and rehearsals.  Coming to fly was the first thing they…

Sad scenes as we make our way up to Austin for a photo shoot.  …

Part 2 of my trip to Florida from Los Angeles, is to fly through the desert and stop at Thermal, CA then to Tucson, AZ. Los Angeles is surrounded by mountains and this keeps the cool ocean air in the valley that Los Angeles was built in. When you fly or drive east you must pass through the Banning Pass. On the left of the pass is the tallest mountain in Southern California called Mount Gorgonio, which is 11,500 feet tall.  On the other side of the pass is Palm Springs and the…