Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Nov 3, 2009, 8:08 pm
Sorry for the recent lack of updates on here - I haven't flown in a couple weeks for a multitude of reasons. The weather hasn't been great, I've been out of town on the weekends, and now t...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Oct 21, 2009, 9:39 pm
Plane: Cessna 150 Route: 40I, Local Weather: High overcast, 62 degrees, wind 190 degrees at 4 knots Wednesdays are bowling league at work, but when I woke up to blue skies and a forecast of light win...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Oct 11, 2009, 8:55 pm
Plane: Cessna 172 Route: 40I-1G3-15G-40I Weather: Scattered to high clouds, 48 degrees, wind 010 degrees at 5 knots Sure it's expensive sometimes, but flying is nearly always better than driving ...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Oct 1, 2009, 8:34 pm
Plane: Cessna 150 Route: 40I-AXV-40I Weather: Overcast, light rain showers, 59 degrees, wind 200 degrees at 5 knots I'll be honest up front - this was one of those flights where I really had to u...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Sep 29, 2009, 10:53 pm
In lieu of actual flying tales, this is a quick post with some information I've been meaning to share for a while. As I've mentioned many times before on here, one of the greatest things about...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Sep 19, 2009, 10:40 pm
Plane: Cub, 85 hp Instructor: Dave Route: 40I, Local Weather: Clear, 74 degrees, wind 040 degrees at 5 knots Honestly, I think that this is one of those flights where I'll let the video speak for...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Sep 18, 2009, 10:08 pm
Plane: Cub, 85 hp Route: 40I, Local Weather: Clear, 76 degrees, wind variable at 6 knots I hadn't planned on flying today but I found myself already tempted to head to Stewart before I even arriv...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Sep 12, 2009, 10:16 pm
Plane: Cessna 150 Route: 40I-EDJ-I74-40I / 40I-I74-40I Weather: Few clouds, 73 degrees, wind 050 degrees at 4 knots These are the kind of days where you simply must fly. Fortunately, I'd already ...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Sep 11, 2009, 10:04 pm
Plane: Cub, 65 hp Route: 40I, Local Weather: Clear, 70 degrees, wind 050 degrees at 8 knots After a week filled with clouds, wind, and thunderstorms the weather gods rewarded us with a weekend full o...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Sep 2, 2009, 8:55 pm
What are you doing this coming Labor Day weekend? If you're free, you should fly or drive to Waynesville for the annual airshow at Stewart on Saturday and/or pancake breakfast and fly-in on Sunday...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Sep 1, 2009, 9:57 pm
Plane: Cub, 85 hp Route: 40I, Local Weather: Clear, 67 degrees, wind 040 degrees at 6 knots My friend Mike sent me a text message on Saturday morning that said he and Dave had been flying in the 85 h...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Aug 31, 2009, 9:57 pm
Plane: Cessna 172 Route: 40I-I66-40I Weather: Clear, 65 degrees, wind 020 degrees at 5 knots Although I've been up in the 172 three times with Dave now, those being a checkout, re-checkout, and r...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Aug 25, 2009, 9:33 pm
You may remember that I flew with Shaun, a friend I met through this blog who lives in Australia, when he came to Stewart for some tailwheel training last month. He took some photos and video during o...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Aug 23, 2009, 7:00 pm
Plane: Cessna 150 Route: 40I-MGY-40I Weather: Overcast, 65 degrees, wind 320 degrees at 6 knots My dad came down from Michigan for the weekend to go with me and Gina to a Dayton Dragons game sponsore...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Aug 15, 2009, 10:40 pm
Plane: Cessna 150 Route: Y47-3W2-PCW-16G-40I Weather: Partly cloudy, 84 degrees, wind 060 degrees at 5 knots This post is about the second leg of our overnight journey. To read about Friday's tri...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Aug 14, 2009, 10:41 pm
Plane: Cessna 150 Route: 40I-Y47 Weather: Scattered clouds, 82 degrees, wind 170 degrees at 7 knots This post is about the first leg of our overnight journey. To read about Saturday's trip from M...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Aug 8, 2009, 11:49 pm
Plane: Cub, 65 hp Route: 40I, Local Weather: Clear, 68 degrees, wind 070 degrees at 3 knots Today was just too cool, and I'll get to that shortly. Gina's parents came down to visit for a coup...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Aug 3, 2009, 8:45 pm
Plane: Cub, 85 hp Route: 40I, Local Weather: Clear, 77 degrees, wind 190 degrees at 8 knots Hard to believe but it's been exactly one year since my first solo in the Champ. I'll never forget ...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Jul 31, 2009, 10:58 pm
Plane: Cessna 172 Instructor: Dave Route: 40I-MWO-OXD-I19-MGY-40I Weather: Clear, 66 degrees, wind calm Stewart has a 90-day rule on aircraft currency, basically meaning if you haven't flown an a...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Jul 24, 2009, 8:24 pm
Plane: Cub, 85 hp Route: 40I, Local Weather: Partly cloudy, 80 degrees, wind 280 degrees at 6 knots Quick post, as I'm writing about this a week later at this point. The weather last Friday made ...
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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Jul 21, 2009, 10:59 pm

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Steve D. posted an article on A mile of runway will take you anywhere. - Jul 21, 2009, 10:41 pm
Plane: Cub, 85 hp Route: 40I, Local Weather: Haze, 79 degrees, wind 120 degrees at 4 knots You have no idea how much I needed to get in the air tonight. Sure I was looking forward to it as I drove to...
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