First posting

So, I've been following folks like John over in Freight Dog Tales (now Aviation Mentor), Flight Level 390, and a couple others and figured it was time to start my own flying blog. I have no idea how often I'll post nor how exiting you'll find the subjects...but figured why not see how it goes.

A bit about me...well, at least the flying stuff. I'm a private pilot, instrument rated, co-owner of a Piper Arrow, and fly out of the Sacramento, CA area. I fly to/from the SF Bay Area fairly often, have been to Bend, OR, and love the cross country trek to Oshkosh.

In addition to several folks that blog here about aviation, another great source is the Usenet newsgroups. Specifically, I'd recommend rec.aviation.piloting, rec.aviation.owning, and rec.aviation.student. There's a fairly high signal to noise ratio in those groups and I've personally met several members (all of which are great people). The funny thing is that I wound up meeting many of those folks personally at Oshkosh. Hmmm, how come that word keeps coming up? :-)

Speaking of Oshkosh...a small glimpse of what it's like from camping in the North 40...