Photographic Logbook

MAY 19, 2025

Enter Tango Whiskey Aviation , an aerobatic flight school with operations at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester Area International Airport (KROC) and the Williamson-Sodus Airport (KSDC) where we share bays in the same hangar building. Despite the crosswind, take-off was perfunctory. Chop and drop!" A little slip-slip!

Rudder 60

Rudder Crosswind Airplanes Runway 60

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Once there, he put us in a slight right turn toward our first fuel stop 60 miles ahead, continuously fighting the stick as the gusting left crosswind did its best to push us off course. As the sun began its descent, we began the final leg of what would end up being a four-hour trek.

Runway 98

Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Landing Approach and descent Returning to the airport involves setting up for a stable approach. Although I consider myself somewhat of a fearless adrenaline junkie, watching the wheel just outside my window touch down on the pavement while the other was still suspended as we leaned into a crosswind got my heart racing a bit.

Rudder 98

Rudder Descent Pilot Runway 98

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At the airport, there was ice and snow to remove from in front of the hangar door, fuel to add to the Warrior now resting on three fully inflated tires (the left main had a new tube), and then there was the moment when I slipped on ice while pulling the airplane from the hangar and landed flat on my back. We had a deal.

Runway 95

Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 95

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Immediately, the pilot monitoring told the passengers to buckle up as the pilot flying disengaged the autopilot and pushed the stick forward into a smooth but rapid descent. Mechanical (shear) turbulence can form in the lee of any obstacle, from hangars and towers to massive mountain ranges. Turbulence intensity table.

Turbulence 40

Turbulence Weather Jet Pilot 40

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

In fact, we have a window over the stove that looks into the hangar. Descent and landing is smooth and calm this evening, and I make a wheel landing for the fun of it. A cruise climb as I make my crosswind turn, then downwind, more radio calls on the way. The grin on my face seems permanent these days.

Groundspeed 98

Groundspeed Runway Approach Crosswind 98

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

I was intrigued by what appeared to be a grass crosswind runway at North Bass Island, but no such runway is listed in official publications. Behind me, the other Cherokee (a Cherokee Six) landed and aggressively made for the main commercial hangar building. This airport is a mere 1.4 Must be the bootlegger's strip.

Runway 89

Runway Approach Knot Drag 89