Tag Archives: Learn to Fly

Kona – The Departure

By Rory | Published: March 9, 2011
This post should have been the first one, but I just now was able to get these awesome videos uploaded. On taxi to run up, the controller gave us our choice of what runway to use. We picked runway 17 because we were closer to that end of the field. During run up, a UPS [...]
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Flying Around Kona

By Rory | Published: February 23, 2011
We woke up early, at 5 AM to meet the instructor at the Kona Airport by 6 am. The sun wasn’t up yet, so we did the preflight on the Cessna 172 in the dark with a flashlight. The instructor really expedited our checklists and preflight, so we started up pretty quickly and headed off [...]
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Wind Shear Cancelled my Last Lesson, So I’m headed to Hawaii Instead

By Rory | Published: February 15, 2011
I was planning my next flying lesson for the beginning of February, but because of a high wind warning, and low level wind shear, my lesson was canceled. Unfortunately, I was not able to work in another one before leaving town. My wife Heather and I are in Kona, Hawaii. As we departed LAX for [...]
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Flying the Mesa Departure from John Wayne

By Rory | Published: January 7, 2011
Up until now, I have only flown to the practice areas south of John Wayne airport. This includes the El Toro practice area as well as the Dana Point practice area. One great thing about flying the same practice areas is that you get accustomed to the landmarks and navigation. Exiting and entering the Santa [...]
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Flying Lessons Update – Can You Help Me Earn My Wings?

By Rory | Published: September 28, 2010
If you love flying and aviation, and you want to sponsor me to become a private pilot, you can donate: Or Advertise, or you can Hire Me to do something. I have been taking flying lessons at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, CA (KSNA). I decided to go with Royal Aviation after interviewing 2 [...]
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Private Pilot Lessons Kick-Off

By Rory | Published: August 23, 2010
After researching every single flight school at the airport I will be using for my lessons. I finally settled on Royal Aviation at John Wayne Airport in Orange County. I’m looking forward to jump starting my private pilot training. My instructor told me that I need these books from Amazon to get started on studying [...]
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Learn How to Fly – It’s Never Too Late

By Rory | Published: June 17, 2010
On a Mission from God. – For me, that phrase conjures an image of Jake and Elwood Blues standing in front of a nun explaining how they are going to get the band back together. For a guy from Texas, it means that his heart attack was a signal to go get a pilot’s license [...]
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