KHEF – Manassas, Virginia
The FAA Flying Club has another IFR rated pilot! Sergio Nirenberg, our Club Secretary, successfully passed his IFR checkride yesterday. These checkrides are normally stressful, but Sergio experienced a little “added stress” when he was notified the night before his Read More
Yesterday, JP Stewart, Mike Walpole, and I flew out to KWWD (Wildwood, NJ) for the Smokehouse Pilots June Fly-out. If you are not familiar with the Smokehouse Pilots Club, it is a “club” of pilots and individuals who love everything Read More
Check out our very own, Doug “Smash” Yurovich, on The Afterburn Podcast! Smash joined John “Rain” Waters to discuss his career as an F/A-18 pilot in the United States Marines including his experience ejecting at 380 feet and surviving.
This past weekend, my wife and I flew out to Winchester Regional Airport (KOKV) in Winchester, VA. We decided to take advantage of a nice early spring day to enjoy a short flight and have lunch in historic Old Town Read More
Jeff Ensminger and I headed down to Aiken, SC for the first Cherokees to Oshkosh Friday morning. It was looking like we couldn’t make it down and back, but it began to look like we’d have a window to get Read More
The FAA Flying Club sends a hearty “Congratulations” to our very own, Mike Walpole, who earned his Commercial rating in mid December 2020 in the venerable Piper Cherokee N75382! Mike is a life-long learner who is now pursuing his next Read More
Happy New Year from the the pilots of the FAA Flying Club! For one of our pilots, 2021 will be a truly happy new year with new adventures. Congratulations to Dean Checknita, who successfully completed his Instrument check ride in Read More
Dean Checknita is in the final stages of preparing for his IFR check ride. He put out a call a couple of weeks ago for a safety pilot and I was quick to answer. His goal was to get another Read More
This past weekend, the FAA Flying Club achieved another milestone in its long and storied history. Our 1976 Piper Cherokee PA-28-151 received a much needed boost in power via a brand new 180 horsepower Lycoming engine provided by Bold Warrior Read More
I didn’t get around to the pursuit of aviation until I was 35. I took my first lesson at Shannon Airport with a fledgling instructor working his way through college. I switched to Warrenton and did all my Private training Read More