If twelve inches of ice is thin.. we were on thin ice. We were invited up to Sebec Lake for some ice fishing (my internal GPS was broke bad today!). We hadn’t been out this year, so we thought we thought we’d better go now if we were going. The ice was incredibly slippery. Ice… Continue reading »
Feb
20
Feb
16
Happy Two Days After Valentines
I’m not big on the card giving holidays. So I waited until the flowers were cheap before I participated in Valentines. Actually, Jess and I had a night out Saturday, so that counted for something right? And I don’t need a date on a calendar to tell me when I should tell my wife I… Continue reading »
Feb
15
Airman Waite
Finally. It sounds more impressive than it is. I still have a long way to go, but I had, and passed, my FAA Medical Exam today. That means I’m officially a Student Pilot. I won’t consider myself a *real* Airman until I pass the Check Ride and have my ticket. But for now, I’m healthy… Continue reading »
Feb
13
To Build A Fire
One of my all time favorite stories from my youth was Jack London’s To Build A Fire (read it now on Google Books!). A gripping tale of a Yukon man attempting to survive in -50F temps. And lately I’ve been on this bend to expose Nathan to “life skills and new adventures”. A couple years… Continue reading »
Feb
12
Student Pilot – Lesson 12
Lesson 12 in the books. Something completely different. We flew to Waterville (KWVL). Had a chance to use the radio a bit (AWOS) and the GPS on the way back. Rough turbulence on the round-out back in Pittsfield, things got a bit crazy, so I went around and re-grouped. Enjoy. Flying, By The Numbers: WEEK:… Continue reading »
Feb
10
Banff Mountain Film Festival
An annual tradition at this point. Jess tells me I started going over ten years ago! I may have missed a year or two, but I’ve been to a pile of them. Some years are better than others, this year was right in the middle. And this year I introduced it to Nick, whom I’m… Continue reading »
Feb
06
Microprocessing with Arduino
Sounds impressive. The photo looks busy. Probably doing some cool things and getting a ton accomplished huh? Negative. But it’s still fun. It’s been about a year since I spent much time with my Arduino (programmable microcontroller to control the physical world [motors, lights, etc] vs. controlling software). I volunteered myself and Ken to introduce… Continue reading »
Feb
06
Libby Luge 2010
Here is the video from our sledding last month.
Feb
06
BBall
Nathan is still at it. I guess we still have maybe three more weeks of peewee basketball. He’s improving and they do a good job keeping them organized during drills. During the scrimmages? That’s another thing. A lot of “magnet” ball going on there still. And that means a lot of “full court presses” that… Continue reading »
Feb
05
Student Pilot – Lesson 11
Well… that was quick. I just used my new camera on WED and it worked fine.. now its not working. So back to the backseat camera only. But, I think you’ll find the video a little more interesting today. Corrected some unusual flight attitudes, did some accelerated stalls, and did a soft field landing (not… Continue reading »
