by Rich Pickett | Mar 19, 2018 | Uncategorized, Airplane Cross Country, Cessna Citation, Citation CJ3, Featured, Flight Training and Instruction, Flying Adventures, Inflight Emergency, Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion
March 2018 My friend and I were flying his Cessna Citation CJ3 to Hillsboro Airport in Oregon (KHIO) from Lincoln Nebraska (KLNK) on our way to Alaska to watch the Iditarod Race . I’ve been flying this particular CJ3 for six years, in fact it was my...
by Rich Pickett | Feb 12, 2018 | Inflight Emergency, Cessna Citation, Citation CJ3, Featured, Flight Training and Instruction, Flying, Flying Emergencies
Off to the Super Bowl A friend asked me to fly the Cessna Citation CJ2 to the Super Bowl in Minneapolis while he was on a well deserved vacation. It sounded like a good idea, I always enjoy flying into busy airspace and events and it is...
by Rich Pickett | Sep 4, 2016 | Airplane Cross Country, Featured, Flight Training and Instruction, Float plane, Flying, Flying Adventures, Seaplane
ICON A5 Light Sport Amphibian Review – Quite a machine On an earlier blog I wrote about obtaining my Commercial Seaplane Rating in Alaska, you may have read how much fun it is to fly a floatplane (seaplane rating per the FAA). I had a blast flying the Pacer and...
by Rich Pickett | Jul 7, 2016 | Airplane Cross Country, Featured, Float plane, Flying, Flying Adventures, Mountain Biking
920 NM Flying – 3 days/nights Music/Dancing – 93 miles Mountain Biking We’ve been flying to Quincy CA – Gansner Field (2O1) since the early 1980s and it never fails to be a magical place to visit. Located in Plumas County and the Sierras...
by Rich Pickett | Jun 4, 2016 | Airplane Cross Country, Featured, Flying, Flying Adventures
Flying to the Grand Canyon – KMYF – KGCN Four weeks after breaking my ribs while mountain biking in Sedona , I was back on the bike in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Biking the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is quite different than Sedona....
