Aviation-related stuff that I do: where I fly, what I fly, etc.

Training/Endorsements

• IFR Rating (Rainier Flight Service)
• Private Pilot License (Rainier Flight Service)
• Mountain Flying Course (Rainier Flight Service)
• High-Performance Endorsement (Rainier Flight Service)
• Complex Endorsement (Spanaflight)
• Tailwheel Endorsement (Aerodynamic Aviation, Cub Flying)
• Spin Training (Aerodynamic Aviation)
• Seaplane Rating (Alaska Floats & Skis)
• Bush Flying Course (Alaska Floats & Skis)
• Glider intro flights (Puget Sound Soaring Association)

Adventures

• Alaska Bush & Seaplane training
• Idaho’s nicest camping strips
• Fly around Maui County (Hawaii)
• Tips for taking pictures from an aircraft

Bucket List

• Commercial Rating
• Upset and unusual attitude recovery
• Aerobatics

Aircrafts

Owned

• Maule M5-180C (Sold)
• Cessna 172D (1964)

Checked Out

• Cessna 162
• Cessna 172 (N,S)
• Cessna 182 (S,T)
• Citabria 7KCAB
• Piper Arrow II

Flown with CFI

• Citabria 7GCBC
• Husky AA-1B
• American Champion Scout (Floatplane)
• Cirrus SR20
• Piper PA-11S Cub Special
• Piper PA-22/20S Pacer (Floatplane)
• Piper PA-22/20 Pacer
• LET L-13AC Blanik (glider)
• Politechnika Warszawska PW-6U (glider)
• Cessna 185 (Floatplane)

Right Seat (passenger)

• Cirrus SR22T
• Bonanza V35

Airports

Pacific Northwest

• Renton (KRNT)
• Pierce County (KPLU)
• Boeing Field (KBFI)
• Paine Field (KPAE)
• Crest (S36)
• Auburn (S50)
• Tacoma-Narrows (KTIW)
• Port Angeles (KCLM)
• Chehalis-Centralia (KCLS)
• Kelso Longview (KKLS)
• Sanderson (KSHN)
• Bremerton (KPWT)
• Skagit-Burlington (KBVS)
• Bellingham (KBLI)
• Friday Harbor (KFHR)
• Hoquiam (KHQM)
• Ocean Shores (W04)
• Easton (KESW) [grass]
• Ellensburg (KELN)
• Ranger Creek (21W)
• Packwood (55S)
• Auburn Academy (WA84) [grass]
• Astoria (KAST)
• Harvey Field (S43)
• Desert Aire (M94)
• Toledo (KTDO)
• Strom Field (39P)
• Swanson (2W3)
• Sequim Valley (W28)
• Jefferson County (0S9)
• Sky Harbor (S86) [grass]
• Monroe (W16)
• Vashon (2S1) [grass]
• Tieton State (4S6) [grass]
• Bandera (4W0) [grass]
• Bergseth Field (WN76) [grass] [glider]
• Goheen (W52) [grass]
• Skykomish (S88) [grass]
• Lake Wenatchee State (27W) [grass]
• Grand Coulee Dam (3W7)
• Deer Park (KDEW)
• Sullivan Lake State (09S)
• Olympia Rgnl (KOLM)
• Roche Harbor (WA09)

Idaho

• Priest Lake USFS (67S)
• Cavanaugh Bay (66S)
• Sandpoint (KSZT)
• Johnson Creek (3U2)
• Smiley Creek (U87)
• Lewiston (KLWS)
• Cascade (U70)

Oregon

• Troutdale (KTTD)

California

• Reid-Hillview (KRHV)
• Frazier Lake (1C9) [grass]
• Salinas (KSNS)
• Hollister (KCVH)
• Columbia (O22)
• Pine Mountain Lake (E45)

Alaska

• Talkeetna (PATK) [gravel]
• Herc Strip [gravel]
• Cash Creek Strip [gravel]
• Talkeetna River Gravel Bar
• Swan Lake
• Chelatna Lake
• Larson Lake
• Christiansen Lake (AK8)

Louisiana

• Southern Seaplanes (65LA)

Hawaii

• Kahului (PHOG/OGG)
• Kalaupapa (PHLU/LUP)
• Hana (PHHN/HNM)

Iceland

• Reykjavik (BIRK)

TODO

• Langley (W10)
• Cle Elum (S93)
• Cedars North (W58)

Navigation/Radio

• Across the Cascades (Snoqualmie Pass, Stevens Pass, White Pass)
• RNT-BFI Stadiums Transition
• Fly around Mt Rainier
• SeaTac (Burien) Transition
• Alaska Time (Lakes, Glaciers, Mountain Flying)

TODO

• Fly to Canada (and back)
• Public Fly-In (AOPA or other)
• Oshkosh

Tools

• ForeFlight
• Stratus II
• Bad Elf GPS Pro
• Jeppesen PPL Ground School
• Jeppesen G1000 Bundle (VFR)
• MyFlightBook.com
• Sporty’s Aspen Bundle

Books

• The Killing Zone, 2nd Edition: How and Why Pilots Die (Paul Craig)
• There I Wuz! Adventures from 3 decades in the Sky (Eric Auxier)
• The Last Bush Pilots (Eric Auxier)
• Bush Pilot Way (Bill Quirk)
• Vol de Nuit (Antoine de St Exupery)
• The Compleat Taildragger Pilot (Harvey S. Plourde)
• The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)

TODO

• Beyond the Checkride (Howard Fried)
• Stick and Rudder (Wolfgang Langewiesche)