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Flying the Cirrus Vision Jet from a SR22 Owner’s Perspective

Flying the Cirrus Vision Jet from a SR22 Owner’s Perspective

by Rich Pickett | Dec 31, 2020 | Cirrus Vision Jet, Flying

Note:  I wrote a Vision Jet review for Twin & Turbine in early 2019. The following was another one of my Vision Jet articles that was going to be published in the COPA magazine, however they decided not to include it. Since I didn’t want it to go to waste...
On the way to  Super Bowl 52  – Hydraulic failure in the Cessna Citation CJ2

On the way to Super Bowl 52 – Hydraulic failure in the Cessna Citation CJ2

by Rich Pickett | Feb 12, 2018 | Cessna Citation, Citation CJ3, Featured, 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...
Flying the first Citation CJ3 with Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion

Flying the first Citation CJ3 with Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion

by Rich Pickett | Jul 9, 2017 | Citation CJ3, Featured, 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...
ICON A5 Review – Grab your water shoes, beach towel and swimsuit!

ICON A5 Review – Grab your water shoes, beach towel and swimsuit!

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...
Flying  – Music – Dancing – Biking – More Flying –  San Diego CA (KMYF) to Quincy CA (2O1)

Flying – Music – Dancing – Biking – More Flying – San Diego CA (KMYF) to Quincy CA (2O1)

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...
Biking the Grand Canyon South Rim – Flying from KMYF to KGCN

Biking the Grand Canyon South Rim – Flying from KMYF to KGCN

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....
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