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Adventures

A collection of 13 posts

Adventures

Returning From Nashville

When my weekend plans got cancelled, I didn’t even sweat it. Instead, I made a spontaneous trip up to Nashville, Tennessee.

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Now THAT'S a Cookie!

A friend of mine is somewhat of a foodie and asked if I wanted to take a little trip to pick up a special cookie. A special cookie? What’s so special about it?

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Long Training Weekend - Day 5

The weather had cleared up, it was a beautiful day, and I needed to make up for lost time. Today would be the day that would thoroughly test my endurance and concentration.

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Long Training Weekend - Day 4

Well, this post is going to much shorter than the others, since I woke up to low ceilings, strong winds, and rain. Not a good combination for receiving flight instruction.

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Long Training Weekend - Day 3

Today I would make my way from Florida to North Carolina and needed to pick up a friend that was delivering his airplane for its annual inspection.

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Long Training Weekend - Day 2

My stop in central Florida was necessary to visit a specialty shop to make an adjustment to the wings and controls of the airplane.

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Long Training Weekend - Day 1

I have been looking forward to getting my training wrapped up for my instrument rating for a while now, but I had a pitstop to make along the way.

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

I had two important reasons to make a weekend trip to Charlotte over the last weekend, and the summer weather certainly made for some interesting flights.

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Ride Along on a Quick Flight to Carrollton

It was a beautiful day for a flight, so I set up all of the cameras in the plane for my quick ten minute flight into the West Georgia Regional Airport in Carrollton.

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The Inaugural Flight

One of the most important things that you must do after an engine overhaul is to properly break-in the engine components. That gave me an idea… Road Trip!

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Chinese Food

When at home, I love to eat chinese food. However, when in China, I was continuously on the hunt for american food! Why, you ask?

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Guangfulin Cultural Site

Guangfulin is a 250 square kilometer archaeological site in Shanghai, China that is estimated to be over 5,000 years old. It has unearthed artifacts dating back to the Zhou Dynasty.

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Grand Cayman - Nov. 2018

In November 2018, I took a company trip to Grand Cayman Island and spent a week on Seven Mile Beach. This was my first trip to the Cayman Islands and it didn’t disappoint!

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