I stayed up for most of the night last night making sure I had everything necessary for flying a Wittman Tailwind across the United States. GPS Handheld radio Headset WACs Cell phone iPod Flashlight Lots of spare batteries and/or chargers for most of the above On the flight from Yakima to Seattle, I...
For those of you just tuning in, it has been confirmed that I will be flying commercially from Yakima, WA to Nashville, TN tomorrow (Thursday) morning. I'd like to take this moment to brag about the cheap price I got the plane ticket for: $429 including taxes and other fees. I may be wrong, but I be...
"1965 WITTMAN W8 TAILWIND • $XXXXXX • FLY RIGHT NOW!! • Built by Howard Passow. Continental O200. 150mph cruise. Call for pictures and details." That was the headline of the ad that caught my attention on Barnstormers on Sunday. I called my CFI and asked him to look at the ad and see what he thought...