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Rob's Flying Blog - I've created this blog to cronical my journey from "regular person" to pilot. I wasn't going to do a blog, but I remembered how entertaining and educational it was reading about other people's flight training experiences. Since there isn't alot of people writing about this from a first person perspective, I've decided document my experiences as well. I hope that you find this both educational and entertaining.
(Added: 29-May-2007 Hits: 117 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

  • Flying in August
    I went for a flight recently with my friend Jamie. This is the same Jamie whose girlfriend had a mild panic attack last summer when we went flying.

    This time it was just me and him and we had a great time. We flew east for a change and watched the Wood Islands ferry depart. It was fairly easy to spot from 20 miles away since it was basically a big white dot on a earth tone canvass, we were cruising at 3,000 ft.

    I let Jamie take the controls and he did a fairly decent job of keeping us straight and level, next I had him do some gentle turns. I took back control and climbed to 4,000 ft, we then did some steep turns and stalls for practice. On the way back to the airport we dropped down to 1,000 ft to get a better look at the little communities we were flying over.

    My landing was pretty good, it looked for a moment that it was going to be a "solid one", but I flared her out at just he right time and we gently touched the mains down with a light chirp.

    I gotta do this more often.
  • Flying in July

    Just got back from another local sight seeing flight with my brother and sister in-laws.

    This was the first time either on them had been in a small aircraft. The flight went well, both of them were great passengers.

    I took them along the beaches found on our north shore, then we switched over to Summerside unicom (which surprisingly answered my call) and did a loop over Summerside. Next we visited the confederation bridge and ended out flight with tour of the Charlottetown harbor.

    It was a smooth morning for flying, with just a little distant haze.
  • Ordered a headset today
    I finally broke down and bought a headset today.

    It was tough trying to decide which one to purchase but after reading some reviews I ordered a pair of DRE-1000s.

    Now, this is a very entry level headset but it has received some very good reviews and for the money seem to be quite a good deal. I figured that I go cheap and purchase a (passenger) set first, that way I can give them a demo and if I'm happy with them I'll get another set for myself, or if I'm not, I'll upgrade to a higher end pair for myself.

    The rational behind this is that I want to have two headsets of my own when I go flying, this will hopefully keep me from rummaging through the other aircraft at the school to find headsets for everyone.

    Keep in mind that I'm still just renting and most of my flights are usually an hour or so. The headsets that I currently use are provided by the school free of charge - which is pretty nice deal as I understand most places charge a fee. The downside is that some of the sets are better than others, one time I had to swap the set out that I ended up with in order to improve/enable communication with the tower.
  • Up, Up and Away !
    I booked a flight for Saturday morning with one of the new instructors at the flying school for a check out flight. It seems that since the school has added some additional staff my old instructor Dave no longer works weekends.

    I've never been flying with Greg before but he always seemed to be a pretty easy going with a good sense of humor. I preflighted the aircraft and when Greg arrived we fired her up and finished up the preflight checks. During the magneto checks one of the spark plugs turned out to be fouled and it took a few extra minutes on the apron running Fern leaned out at a high power setting before she burned off the carbon deposits.

    We took off and did a few circuits, it was a nice day and rather busy with two of the school's students in the pattern with us, us in the 172 and them in a 150 or 152. We ran our circuits a little larger than normal to account for the small differences in speed. We then departed to the training area located to the north east and did some upper air work review, my slow flight was text book bang on. Did some stalls and steep turns and finally we returned to the airport and did a crosswind landing on the inactive for practice. Greg was cool with me using my preferred crab method.

    When then joined the active circuit and my final landing of the day was unusually "firm". Greg commented that, "at least we know we're down". I said something about how that sucked a big one.

    As we were taxiing back to the apron Greg said that everything was great and he'd sign me off so that I now have my rental privileges back.

    I'm looking forward to the summer... if it ever arrives on the East coast.
  • Back in the saddle again... soon.
    I dropped into the airport this afternoon and booked a "Shake the rust off" flight with one of the instructors for next Sat. I could just get checked out in the circuit but I want to also review some upper air work etc. I'll hit the books and probably read some of my older blogs to help me get refreshed.

    I haven't been doing any flying of my own for the past four months, but I have been doing a lot of the commercial kind of flying though, but that really doesn't count does it?

    I'll keep you all posted.

SkateCanada PEI Section - The latest information on Figure Skating on PEI.
(Added: 18-May-2007 Hits: 99 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 2) Rate It

  • Friendship Synchronized Skating Competition
    Friendship Synchronized Skating CompetitionFebruary 10,2008EVENT SCHEDULE11:15 – 12:00 Registration12:15 – 1:15 Skills Competition 1:15 – 1:30 Flood 1:30 – 2:05 Pre-Juvenile Programs 2:05 – 2:20 Juvenile Programs 2:20 – 2:35 Pre-Novice Programs 2:35 – 2:50 Novice Programs 3:00 – 3:30 Team Cheer Competition (off ice) 3:30 Medal PresentationJudges: Ashley MacDonald Heather McInnis Anna Mae BarlowClick here for more information.
  • Zone 1 2008 Interclub Results
    Seven clubs can enter this competition this year. Kensington, Summerside, Evangeline, Tyne Valley, O'Leary, Alberton, & Tignish. Three Skaters per club per event. All events are open to both girls and boys. Click here to view 2008 results.
  • 2008 ADL Compeition
    Dates: Saturday, Feb. 16th, 2008Storm date: Sunday, Feb. 17th, 2008Location: Community Gardens in KensingtonHosted by: Kensington Area Figure Skating ClubSanctioned by: Skate Canada PEI SectionThe Kensington Area Figure Skating Club is proud the announce the upcoming ADL Figure Skating competition. Entries must be postmarked by January 26th , 2008 or they will not be accepted. Click here to see the schedule of events.
  • Zone 1 Interclub Schedule of Events
    Zone 1 Interclub Schedule of Events9:00-9:15 - PEE WEE LADIES9:15- 9:30- ELVES9:30-9:55- MITES9:55-10:10 - PRELIMINARY LADIES/MEN10:10-10:35- PRELIMINARY DANCE10:35-10:50- PRELIMINARY SKILLS10:50-11:05- JUNIOR BRONZE DANCE11:05-11:20- PRESENTATIONS & FLOOD11:20-11:40- STAGE 7 LADIES 11:40-12:10- STAGE 6 LADIES12:10-12:30- STAGE 5 LADIES "A"12:30-12:50- STAGE 5 LADIES "B"1:00-1:10- STAGE 3 & 5 MEN1:10-1:20- PRESENTATIONS 1:20-1:40 -STAGE 3 LADIES "A"1:40-2:00- STAGE 3 LADIES "B"2:00-2:20- STAGE 4 LADIES "A"2:20-2:40-STAGE 4 LADIES "B"2:40-3:00- PRESENTATIONS
  • DVD's for Sale at StarSkate
    At STARSkate this year we will have DVD's available for each event. Parents who wish to buy their child’s performance can do so for the following prices: $15.00 for a single DVD or $25.00 for two of them and finally $30.00 for three DVDs. You do not have to pre order, tapes are available to purchase immediately following the event.

stingercoach - 27 season Sir George, Loyola and Concordia hockey coach Paul Arsenault blogs about sports and other subjects
(Added: 16-Aug-2004 Hits: 426 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

TEAM XTREME - Catch up on all the latest news from your favorite UPEI Indoor Soccer League Team
(Added: 21-Feb-2006 Hits: 250 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

  • Team XTREME Earns Silver
    In a thrilling final game, Team XTREME narrowly lost to a strong Dutch team by a score of 4-3. Boz opened the scoring with a no look side volley, followed by a no angle goal and a penalty shot goal by Tony. It was another strong game by everyone and the season should be regarded as a huge success. XTREME did miss having star defender Jamie out on the field once again this game. XTREME also appreciates the great fan support that came out to witness our unlikely playoff run. Rising from second last to second place was no small feat. One XTREME fan has been quoted as saying 'that the team captured the hearts of many, were the biggest underdogs in the league and proved to be PEI's version of the 2003 Mighty Ducks'.
  • The Stage Is Set
    After a hard game, Team Xtreme defeated Mondial 2-0 with goals by Tony and Boz. Anthony played another great game in the net. Xtreme had to play without Jamie, who is out with an injury. Championship game at 11pm TONIGHT vs DUTCH!
  • Opponent Decided
    Mondial defeated Dutch Inn today with a score of 3-2 setting the stage for a Mondial/XTREME match tomorrow at 4pm.
  • XTREME UPSETS CHEERS
    In a game that featured all 15 players from Team Xtreme, #2 seed Cheers was sent packing at the end of a game that went into overtime. Final score: 2-1. Shawn opened up the scoring early on in the game, and Mutch finished it of in the first few minutes of a 5 minute overtime. Great game played by all. Everyone should be proud of that result and should also be ready to bring the same game to the gym tomorrow, Sunday March 26 at 4pm, for the semi final. (James' 51 birthday by the way)
  • XTREME WINS FIRST PLAYOFF GAME
    Team XTREME won convincingly over McQueens on Wednesday night by a score of 9-1. Scorers were Mutch with 3, Jevan and Boz with 2, Sylvain and Tony with 1. Jamie played another strong game in nets. The next game will be this Friday night at 11:00pm vs Cheers.

The Guardian Sports - PEI's top Daily "Covers the Island Like the Dew". This is the Sports feed.
(Added: 28-Jan-2006 Hits: 252 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

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