Category Archives: Flying

The Need For Speed

The Piper Seneca (PA-34) was a great plain and I spent many flight hours in the plane. As I mentioned before, a twin is faster and more reliable than the single engine I started with. At least, that was my way of thinking and justifying the purchase. The challenge in a twin, though (or for…

The Need For An Instrument Rating

It started as a heavy overcast day with lots of fog. A buddy and I had just returned to Dallas on a commercial flight from Las Vegas and the weather was anything but cooperative. I was a reasonably new pilot (having had my license for just two years) and had never needed to fly in…