Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Jul 24, 2010, 12:49 am
I went to the airshow the other night and watched talented pilots perform exeptional feats in wicked cool planes. Right then and there I decided that I wanted to get some aerobatics lessons from those pilots, perhaps one day even do a few airshows myself. One, it would just be really cool, and Two, ...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Jun 7, 2010, 5:12 pm
I'm beginning to rethink my plan to stalk the guy who owns the Maule and ask him for a ride. Why? Because if he is even the tiniest bit as weirded out by some stranger asking for a flight in his plane as I was the other day, he'd still be getting the heebie-jeebies from me. Now, to be fair to...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Jun 3, 2010, 8:11 pm
I went for lunch today at the airport. My mother invited me, I had some time off and since the winds were beyond awful, I figured I may as well since I couldn't fly. She'd heard the food at the airport was really good, so I agreed to meet her there. Now when I say the wind was awful, it was ho...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - May 31, 2010, 11:40 am
Here's another reason why you boys suck and why I'm stuck trying to figure all this out on my own... The last time I flew into a nearby airport, I saw a wicked cool Maule parked by one of the hangars. It was pretty much exactly what I wanted and I was drooling over it (well, I won't say drooli...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - May 30, 2010, 1:30 pm
At some point or another growing up as kids, some boy would have hung up some sign somewhere with the warning, "No Girls Allowed!" Now, not every boy might have written such a sign and posted it, but most boys would have been involved with this in some way or another. Or there would have been some k...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - May 28, 2010, 4:28 pm
In the time since I made a complete fool of myself to the control tower (see "What the Hell is Beta?" post) I've come to the conclusion that I'm in desperate need of more flight training. Or review. Or both. Either way, my aviation knowledge is definitely lacking and in need of upgrading. And...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - May 27, 2010, 4:58 pm
Last I checked, I was not illegitimately fathered by Zeus; nor had I engaged in any illicit behavior with Zeus. The problem is, he's a very tricky fellow, and often when he wants something, he gets it. He's come to women in the form of showers of gold, various animals, and in impersonations of other...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - May 19, 2010, 2:00 pm
For the past 6 months or so I have remained in my own little air zone of comfort; pretty much within 25 nm of the Fargo's parking spot. It's cozy and not the least bit intimidating. I know the people around me. I'm pretty sure the controllers know me and I've made an ass of myself on the radio enoug...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Apr 7, 2010, 11:40 am
There you have it, my new favorite quote. Definitely not one to instill confidence and pride. It's no, "seize life by the horns and beat it down until you come up on top," like most of them are in one way or another. But, from an aviation perspective, it's pretty good. And I'm pretty sure I read it ...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Feb 18, 2010, 3:59 pm
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Feb 18, 2010, 3:59 pm
According to my brief internet search, Albert Einstein was quoted saying, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." However, I also found a similar quote by Terry Pratchett, stating: "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.” Whether it...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Jan 21, 2010, 12:43 pm
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Jan 21, 2010, 12:43 pm
The other day, in my attempt to sell my beloved Fargo (ha!), I was asked a question by the potential buyer: "Why are you selling?" Isn't that the obvious question of the day? All he needed to do was look at the thing...it's a Cessna 150. It's tiny and gutless and, I have to admit, he looked ab...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Nov 9, 2009, 10:08 am
Winter seems to have settled itself in our little northern town. It's an inevitable fact that I personally hate. I am not a winter fan in the slightest as there is not much I do in the winter that I actually like. Mostly because anything you do in the winter that's not indoors is cold. No matter how...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Nov 9, 2009, 10:08 am
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Nov 6, 2009, 9:36 am
There is one profession that I have sworn I would never want to do, or involve myself with. That is farming. Why you ask? Because with farming you are completely and utterly dependent upon the weather. Obviously I mean grain or crop farming, not the kind of farming that involved any kind of animal b...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Nov 6, 2009, 9:36 am
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Oct 23, 2009, 3:50 pm
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Oct 23, 2009, 3:50 pm
While I was training for my private licence, my instructor informed me that I do not have the typical pilot's personality. What he meant was, I was a scatterbrain: I rarely had my papers in order, I never carried a watch with me (and no, I was not breaking the law  by not carrying at timepiece, my ...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Oct 14, 2009, 11:22 am
I went for a flight the other day. It was cold, miserable and gray, but I hadn't been flying in a few days and was suffering withdrawal. I was simply going to go up, see how the clouds were (they were pretty low) and then come in and perhaps phone someone to go for a flight if the conditions were go...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Oct 14, 2009, 11:22 am
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Sep 30, 2009, 1:50 am
My instructor almost ran over the lights along the runway today. I'm sorry, I mean tonight, as it was my first lesson on night flying. I'm pretty sure, as he was telling me how perfectly he was lined up with the centreline, that the wing of my plane was over the edge of the runway. I was cringeing w...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Sep 30, 2009, 1:50 am
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Sep 25, 2009, 4:41 pm
Today I learned the importance of the checklist. More specifically, I learned how important it is to respect the items on the checklist and if one is a little iffy, make a point of ensuring it's absolutely okay before taking to the sky. Let me back track a little. My son, who is two, recently ...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Sep 25, 2009, 4:41 pm
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Sep 21, 2009, 11:06 am
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Sep 21, 2009, 11:06 am
I've decided I need to get a little more "world aware". So, this morning, instead of wasting time on the usual social networking sites, I figured I'd check out the CBC news website instead. There was little of interest to me, or very little I wanted to be interested in. It seems the news propagates ...
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Sep 16, 2009, 11:39 pm
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Sep 15, 2009, 8:36 pm
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Aug 30, 2009, 2:08 am
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Aug 19, 2009, 1:23 am
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Aug 13, 2009, 10:14 pm
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Aug 5, 2009, 1:56 pm
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Randi Jo Torgrimson posted an article on Flying a Fargo - Aug 4, 2009, 6:14 pm
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