This restricted area is one that I have worked strenuously to avoid over the last few years. It is a 3 mile Prohibited area when the President is not at the ranch, but expends to a 30 mile radius Restricted area when he is there. Sadly, I might not hav… more »

Several years ago, Bill Swears, intending to retire to Alaska, set out to fly to the US mainland from Hawaii. Unfortunately he did not get very far before he hit engine problems and had to ditch in the Pacific. Thanks to good preparation and excellent ai… more »

(NOTE - Photos will be added to this report once I get the photo album up and running and attach it to the blog). I flew to Escalante in Utah on 3rd November, returning to Lancaster on 5th November. The objective was to spend a weekend with a lady frie… more »

I travelled to the Rough River fly-in as usual on Friday. A more detailed trip report and photos will appear here soon. However, the "rushes" are already up at the web site, and Bill Allen and I appear in them. I flew on to Winston-Salem on Saturday to… more »

This occurred while I was performing transition training in the Long-EZ, with Jesse in the back. We took off from VandenBergh in Tampa to fly South to Marco Island. No special reason, it was a reasonably short flight and we could practice landings. W… more »