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Autumn. Nature's canvas. The colors were almost at peak in the Shenandoah Valley and we took a flight to soak in the colors. I've posted still photos here.  Fall Flight: Leesburg, VA (KJYO) to Front Royal, VA (KFRR) (15:15) WMV [Broadband] [Modem] RealMedia [Broadband] [Modem]

While I've been flying since my last video, I haven't had a chance to get the camera in the cockpit. You know how fussy passengers can be when they have to crane their necks around a tripod and camera that's spoiling their view. But, on the other hand, the smiles on the faces of first-time GA fliers is well worth leaving out the video. ...

This was a short rust-knocking flight to Hagerstown, MD (KHGR). It had been a few weeks since my last flight in any kind of weather and the fact that we had a solid overcast only heightened the anticipation. Air traffic control kept me skimming the top of the cloud layer for quite a while in both directions. Unfortunately, I forgot to grab my ...

Another beautiful IMC day. (That's "instrument meteorological conditions" or "pure instruments, baby!" for the uninitiated.) I flew to Frederick, MD (KFDK) and spent most of an hour and a half not seeing anything outside the cockpit but a gray curtain. I've posted still photos here.  ILS 23 at Frederick, ...

This was the type of day that the instrument rating was made for. Valley fog in the Shenandoah with low broken to scattered clouds over home base and the occassional rain shower thrown in to keep one on their toes. I flew to Winchester, VA (KOKV) and back home to Leesburg. I've posted still photos here.  ILS 32 at Winchester, ...

Nothing special here, but a good shot of coming into runway 17 at Leesburg at night. I've posted still photos here.  Departing Manassas, VA (KHEF) (5:37) WMV [Modem] RealMedia [Modem]

Another flight and another chance to take up the camera. I wasn't sure how the camera would do on a night flight, so I planned an evening flight to make sure I caught something on tape. :) Evening and night flights tie for my favorite time to fly. I find it a very pretty sight just at dusk when all the lights come on highlighting the ground ...

It's been a while since I could get the camera back into the plane. Between the events of September 11, 2001 shutting down all airspace and then the limitations placed on general aviation, KJYO was severely limited in its operations for quite some time. On top of that, I was working hard on my instrument rating (finally achieved in November ...

This Father's Day flight from my home base of Leesburg Executive (KJYO) to Shenendoah Regional Airport (KSHD) near Harrisonburg, VA was a little bumpy, but otherwise conducted in great conditions. Ground winds at KJYO were gusting to about 15kts at takeoff (from KJYO), winds at 3000 were about 25-30kts and ceilings were about 5500ft. I had ...