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...
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...
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...
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....
