Category: News and Information
The Loss of My Favorite Travel Partner Forever
What is love? Letting your gal sit left seat in a 727! On July 10, 2021, my beautiful wife and soulmate Brittany Brown passed away due to colon cancer. Now,
Read MoreFlying a Cessna over western New England – an AvGeek’s childhood dream achieved
0B5, aka Turners Falls Municipal Airport in Turners Falls, Mass. This is the airport where my AvGeek obsession first took flight, and I finally got to land and take off
Read MoreExploring an Abandoned L1011 TriStar on a Beach in West Africa
What a view! Could you imagine just seeing an L1011 on the beach? – Photo: Jerome de Vries I was recently in Cotonou for a 24-hour layover. Cotonou is the
Read MoreI am Glad I Waited to be Vaccinated Before Flying
A Southwest Air 737-700 seen at BDL – Photo: JL Johnson A few weeks ago I posted about how I was ready to fly. This is a follow-up to that
Read MoreI’m ready to fly
An early morning departure from Kansas City International – Photo: JL Johnson It has been three-hundred and ninety days since I last flew. That flight was as routine as possible:
Read MoreScore! GOL Airlines 737 Flight Review
Are you in the mood for a trip down to South America? I was down in Brazil last year and got my first chance to fly a couple of local
Read MoreHead-to-Head Battle: Comparing Air France and KLM in Business Class
Just like the 2020 Olympics, the AvGeek sports circuit has been on hold while we’ve been socially distancing. What AvGeek sports circuit, you might ask? Well, there’s the 100m sprint
Read MoreWe Tried America’s Newest Airline and It Was a Breeze
We recently flew Breeze Airways from Tampa (TPA) to Tulsa (TUL). Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of the airline, as it launched barely four months ago. Two Breeze
Read MoreLearning to Fly: Working Toward the High-Performance Endorsement in a Cessna 182T
A Cessna 182T looks quite similar to a C172; it has a slightly larger cowling and a more powerful engine with a three-blade constant-speed propeller. It’s rated for 230hp vs
Read MoreLivery Alert: Brussels Airlines’ Brighter (and Dottier) New Look
Brussels Airlines – Belgium’s flag carrier and part of the Lufthansa group – was forced to shut down operations completely during the first wave of the pandemic last year. Since
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