by Rich Pickett | Mar 19, 2018 | Airplane Cross Country, Cessna Citation, Citation CJ3, Flight Training and Instruction, Flying Adventures, Inflight Emergency, Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion, Uncategorized
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 first flight in...
by Rich Pickett | Feb 12, 2018 | Cessna Citation, Citation CJ3, Flight Training and Instruction, Flying, Flying Emergencies, Inflight Emergency
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 | Jul 9, 2017 | Citation CJ3, Flight Training and Instruction, Flying, Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion
Pro Line Fusion Citation CJ3 First Flight A State-of-the-Art Avionics Upgrade Spring/Summer 2017 copyright 2017,2018 Personal Wings, Inc. NOTE: This article is a condensed version of my full-length CJ3 Fusion training documentation. Pro Line Fusion training is...
by Rich Pickett | Sep 4, 2016 | Airplane Cross Country, 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 | Apr 27, 2016 | 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 | Jul 10, 2014 | 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!...
