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A blog about my aviation and other life experiences in the midwest.

Entries Tagged ‘Safety’

Bad IFR approach can teach others

May.28, 2009 in airplanes, Aviation 1 Comment

If you were near Kansas City yesterday, it was a perfect day to get some “actual” IMC (Instrument Meteorological Conditions) time logged. We had a cold front slide Southeast in the morning leaving us with temperatures in the 50s and 60s F (10-15 C). The front left a low level cloud deck from about 1000 [...]

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Real Pilot Stories: Snake in the Airplane

Mar.31, 2008 in airplanes Leave a Comment

The March 2008 issue of Flying (p39) had a story which caught my eye. It was an article by Jay Hopkins, who was describing the resources available to pilots to do home based study when life gets in the way of getting in the cockpit. While Mr. Hopkins was describing resources the AOPA Air Safety [...]

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Welcome to pilotmikekc.com! I am a Network Engineer who is also a Private, Instrument Rated, pilot living in the Kansas City metro with my family and two Siberian Husky dogs. In my spare time I fly.