Not So Lucke (Gate)
I completely forgot about this until this evening, when John asked me to take a picture of “LUCKE GATE” on the Washington Terminal Chart.
As we were fueling up the airplane on Sunday, John kept getting “diverted” notices from FlightAware.com, where we both have alerts set up based on our tail number (so I know where [...]
Great Weekend for a Fly
We left the house for the airport early on Friday afternoon, headed to John’s parents house for the weekend. Route 70 was jammed, so it took us forever to get to the airport. Once we were in the air, John wasn’t getting a response from Potomac for our ADIZ clearance code so we had to [...]
Flying: Ocean City, NJ
John and I met Neil and Jack up at the Ocean City (NJ) airport for lunch today. We passed over Clearview as Neil was doing his preflight. Despite his speed advantage over us he didn’t catch up to us until just a few miles outside of our destination. Jack arrived a few [...]
Four Down, Sixty-Three to Go
John installed the ceiling fan in the sitting room today. It went off without a hitch for once. While going over the instructions for the wireless wall switch, he realized that it used an unusual battery size that we didn’t have on hand, so we were going to end up running [...]
A Kodak Moment
John took me flying last night. It was the first time I’d ever been up after dark. We took off from KFDK and headed for Winchester. He turned on the runway lights so that I could see the field. We headed south toward Front Royal before turning to the west. [...]
Wild and Crazy Kindof Guys
Having a pilot (hobby!) for a husband is pretty cool.� We like to fly out to small local airports for breakfast or lunch on the weekends.� If you haven’t enjoyed a meal at your local GA (General Aviation) airport, you really should — airport restaurants typically have great food and even greater prices.� Altoon, Lancaster [...]
