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This is the end of the third approach of the day (GPS 17 KJYO). I know, I know. I have so many landings at my home field posted, but this landing was too smooth to pass up.  :) Weather: 28006G15KT 10SM CLR 36/21 A2997[YouTube:TfPI0jJRPEA]

This is the second of three instrument approaches today and is my low approach to Lancaster, PA (KLNS). Nice gentle approach with nothing particularly significant. You'll hear me negotiating my IFR trip home during this one. Weather: 29012KT 10SM FEW042 32/23 A2994[YouTube:UaLHVH6x0bo]

I went up today for a few instrument approaches. This is the first of the three for the day and picks up as I'm getting vectors to the final approach course for the ILS 36 approach into Reading, PA (KRDG). All of them were flown faster than normal to help break in new cylinder parts we recently had installed. This one if the first time ...

This is my taxi and departure from Manteo, NC (KMQI). With the hot weather I wanted to get airborne as quickly as possible, so I departed VFR and activated my IFR flight plan in the air. (I'd be talking to the same controller anyway. Listen up for the Pilatus activating his IFR plan from the ground. You see this plane at the beginning of my ...

This is my landing at Manteo (KMQI) in North Carolina's Outer Banks. The winds favored runway 5 and I'm approaching from the north. Yes, I was one of "those pilots" on this day. It's OK for you to laugh. Luckily there was nobody else in the pattern, so at least I didn't annoy anybody but me. Learn from my ...

Here's a time-compressed sequence from my trip to North Carolina's Outer Banks (KMQI). There was a thin cloud layer for several miles with the tops right at my cruising altitude of 7000 feet (2134 meters). Not quite canyon flying, but it was akin to skipping along the tops. :)[YouTube:OO8jn_C3Vnc]

This is my IFR departure from Leesburg, VA (KJYO) enroute to the Outer Banks of North Carolina (Manteo (KMQI), to be specific). This captures AWOS, clearance, takeoff and initial contact with Potomac Consolidated TRACON (PCT). Weather: 31003KT 10SM CLR 37/13 A3002[YouTube:khQpC0rytzw]

This is the last of today's approaches in actual conditions - and this was the "lowest" weather I've ever had coming into my home field. AWOS was reporting 4 miles in rain, but I didn't have the runway in sight until about 1 mile from the threshold. I also taught myself a lesson. It may not be clear from the video, but there ...

This is the second of my approaches today. The weather over Frederick, MD (KFDK) was better than either Martinsburg or Leesburg and the only real entertainment I had on this approach was listening to the "Err Froahn" (Air France) flight being worked by ATC. Oh, and there was a bit of fun not captured here where I was climbing out ...

This is my approach in IMC to Martinsburg, WV (KMRB). Besides being the first approach in actual conditions I'd flown in a few months, this approach was also interesting in that it demonstrates the need for all parties to pay attention. The tower controller asked me to "report CEBER". I responded that I would although that waypoint ...