By zach on Dec 3, 2009 in General Aviation, Restoration | 0 Comments
Wow - haven’t posted in a while. We started on the Cessna 140 restoration project on Monday. Pretty much the majority of the day was taking inventory of all the parts that need polishing and rivet cleaning etc (ailerons, elevators, trims). I’m really excited about working on the plane as it gives me an inside [...]
By zach on Oct 10, 2009 in Commercial Aviation, Flight Time, Flight Training, General Aviation | 0 Comments
Thinking about risking it all and flying for a career? Well now is the perfect time to start training and getting your ratings. The aviation industry is dead calm right now but like the stock market it will jump back. Airlines aren’t hiring, no one is traveling and the economy just plain stinks. It’s times [...]
By zach on Apr 18, 2009 in General Aviation, Random musings | 0 Comments
If you haven’t heard it yet, ATC Monitor has a great mp3 of a passenger landing a King Air 200 after the pilot passes out and dies in mid take-off.
By zach on Dec 26, 2008 in Experimental, Flight Training, General Aviation, Seaplanes | 1 Comment
Right around Thanksgiving I posted a cool video of the ICON A5 Seaplane from Icon Aircraft. Well, treat this post as a continuation of the former and direct yourself to these wonderful and exciting images of the ICON A5 from 2008. What a way to close out the year! Hope you enjoy!
By zach on Nov 22, 2008 in Experimental, General Aviation, Seaplanes | 0 Comments
Continuing on the video kick this was just way too cool to ignore. Check out the new ICON A5 Seaplane from Icon Aircraft.
By zach on Oct 29, 2008 in General Aviation, Humor, Random musings | 0 Comments
As you can see Behind The Yoke has gone through some changes. I re-designed the home page and the structure of the whole site. I wanted to make Behind The Yoke more of an authority site of aviation by adding some features to it that will enhance your experience! There are some great things in [...]
By zach on Oct 21, 2008 in Aviation History, General Aviation | 2 Comments
If I had the money right now I would buy a Cessna 140. It seems like the perfect first airplane and a great one to learn in. I love like the simplicity of the instruments and its classic look. The plane won me over at Oshkosh this year. Read this guys take on them. And [...]
By zach on Aug 7, 2008 in Above the atmosphere, Aerobatics, Aviation History, Business Aviation, Commercial Aviation, Corporate Aviation, Experimental, Flight Training, General Aviation, Humor, Military | 0 Comments
Needless to say Oshkosh was incredible. It was my first time going and I was blown away. I couldn’t believe the number of aircraft that were there in one place. It was overwhelming. I’m not going to write much about it because words can’t express the feelings you experience. Exhilaration is one word that comes [...]
By zach on Jun 4, 2008 in Flight Training, General Aviation | 0 Comments
This morning I had the pleasure of taking the left seat with my father-in-law in his Twin Comanche. It wasn’t an official first lesson but it sure felt like one. The family is flying up to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this summer and I needed to learn some basic flying skills to help out the pilot [...]
By zach on May 31, 2008 in Flight Time, General Aviation, Random musings | 0 Comments
Wow - I haven’t posted in a while. Been very busy working on starting a business and getting married. Yay! Finally! With that being said, my leisure time for the last two months was stretched thin.
Its time to get on with the second chapter of my life. Time for harder work. Hard work comes rewards [...]
