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....
by Rich Pickett | Apr 27, 2016 | Featured, Flight Training and Instruction, Jet Operations
I couldn’t believe that 2 years passed so quickly, it was time for my second CJ3 Citation Recurrent Training – CE525S. I completed my initial at ProFlight in December 2013, wrote a blog about the experience, and had flown the CJ3 almost 300 hours in...
by Rich Pickett | Apr 12, 2016 | Airplane Cross Country, Featured, Flying Adventures
For those of you who have visited Sedona AZ, you’ve seen the spectacular scenery and riding. For those who have not, it should be on your list. I flew our Cirrus SR22 to Sedona AZ with a friend, and client, Sarah who is taking her Private Pilot check ride this...
by Rich Pickett | Jul 10, 2014 | Featured, Flight Training and Instruction, Float plane, Flying, Seaplane
If you haven’t thought about adding a Seaplane rating to your license, you should! I’ve considered it for years, however it wasn’t until this summer, 2014, that I put my plan in place. My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner!...
by Rich Pickett | Apr 29, 2014 | Bahamas travel, Featured, Flying, Greater Good
A Little Background In 2010, over a span of 3 weeks, with the generous support of aircraft owners who gave me access to their planes, friends who helped financially, and those that helped with flying, I was able to make over 70 flights in support of earthquake relief...
