Posts by Kelly:
New Kitchen
I have decided to embark upon one of the more dangerous journeys one can set out upon: the remodeling of my kitchen. ALREADY I am overwhelmed with the options, investigation required, and potential expense involved. There are cabinets, countertops, appliances, flooring – to say nothing of actually redesigning the layout of a kitchen designed and built in 1956.
God help me. Thankfully, the best deigner in the UNIVERSE is helping with it (Brian Oslin of Huntington Beach, Ca), and since I routinely WHIP his ass at golf, he feels he owes it to me. Brian designs everything from simple kitchens for shmoes like me, to multi-bazillion dollar homes for famous stars. That’s what’s cool about Brian – he’s a money whore, so he’ll do it for anyone.
Must go back to work now, so I can make enough money to someday, maybe, pay for this project.
Gracie’s Heart
Ok – so my niece Gracie (second one – sister of exceptionally cute but high speed terror Katie) has something called a Ventricular Septal Defect . In short, it means a hole inside your heart, that happens to about 1 out of 100 babies. I can’t tell you how much it sucks that that 1 […]
Programming my TV remote
Been a developer for going on 22 years, programming everything from TRS-80’s to IBM Mainframes, to mini computers, to Java, to .Net – and everything in between. Today I met my greatest challenge. My TV remote control. In all fairness, the MX-500 is truly an incredible device. It will control a ton of devices, and […]
Complex Training – Part II
Had some delays getting the next flight in thanks to scheduling (mostly of Dennis) and weather. Finally got it together and flew the 177RG today. What a great plane. Big inside, great view, excellent avionics, and just plain easy to fly. Procedures are pretty much identical as for the 172RG, right down to speeds. The […]
Complex training – Part I
Took my first step towards my advanced training today by going to a local airport (Whiteman – WHP) to get checked out in a couple of retractables. We started with a pretty nice 172RG today. Started by going through the typical – v-speeds, limitations, etc. We then talked about constant speed props – a topic […]
Instrument Checkride Practical – Part II
After some scheduling difficulties due to weather, as well as my catching a nasty cold, we finally got back together to finish the practical. Same drill – I picked him up at his office. We talked about last weeks bust, what a good learning experience it was, etc. Then off to finish what we couldn’t […]
Instrument Checkride Practical – Part I
I felt really prepared for today. The examiner told me what we’d be doing after we finished the oral last time – the BUR ILS 8 to a missed, back around for the BUR VOR 8 to a missed, out to the practice area for steep turns, unusual attitudes, holds and then back for the […]
Instument Checkride – Oral
Well – today was the big day. Got up at 5:30am (for a 9:00am checkride) because I couldn’t sleep. Got a weather briefing, finished the flight planning to Monterey, loaded up, and went to breakfast. Studied for the oral while eating, and then the time had come. Showed up at Mark’s office about 10 minutes […]
Last chance to clean up
Well, tomorrow is the checkride, so Kent and I went up for some final tuning. Things didn’t go as we’d planned, but it was good anyway. The weather was ideal for IFR training – 4000 foot ceilings and light rain. We headed to Chino first to shoot the ILS there and have breakfast at Flo’s […]
The home stretch
Well, it’s been an interesting few days. For starters, I took and passed the written last Thursday. I wanted it out of the way, and felt ready to take it. I got a 90. Happy with that. Then I flew VFR to Vegas to give the Lady Luck some extra cash I had laying around. […]