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Flight To Hummel Field, Virginia (W75)

Swayne Martin
May 31, 2015
Airport Review, Private Pilot
Before graduation and college I wanted to go flying again with my grandfather and brother, so I planned a flight with them from Hanover KOFP to Hummel Field (W75), Virginia. Waking up early in the morning for...

Flight To Tangier Island (KTGI) For Mother’s Day

Swayne Martin
May 17, 2015
Airport Review, Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video
3 Comments
Since I'm headed off to college next year, my brother and I wanted to something special for mom this Mother's Day. We decided to take her on a day trip out to Tangier Island, VA - somewhere we had all talked...

Asking A Date To Prom With A Flight To Lunch

Swayne Martin
May 8, 2015
Airport Review, Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Trips, Video
8 Comments
For senior year, I wanted to come up with a cool way to ask my date to the Junior/Senior Dance (our version of prom). My first plan was to write out "Jr/Sr?" in chalk on a large parking lot and then fly over...

Jamestown/Williamsburg Test Flight

Swayne Martin
April 5, 2015
Advice, Airport Review, Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Trips
3 Comments
In preparation for this spring, when I plan on flying with friends and family to the Jamestown/Williamsburg Airport (KJGG), I did a solo trial flight to KJGG to better familiarize myself with the route. If...

Airport Review: Lynchburg (KLYH), Virginia – A Sunset Landing

Swayne Martin
March 10, 2014
Airport Review, Fun Flying, Trips, Video
2 Comments
After flying into Falwell's "ski-slope" runway, we decided to make the quick 5 mile flight over to Lynchburg (Class D), for another stamp in our aviation passport! The flight was quick, but really cool to make...

Airport Review: Falwell (W24), Virginia – A “Ski-Slope” Runway

Swayne Martin
February 9, 2014
Airport Review, Fun Flying, Trips
2 Comments
Falwell's airport in Southwest Virginia has one of the most unique runways in all of Virginia, if not on the entire East Coast. You can only take off from runway 10, and land on runway 28, due to a massive...

Airport Review: First Flight Airport, North Carolina (KFFA)

Swayne Martin
October 9, 2013
Airport Review, Trips
6 Comments
One thing I really started doing this summer was flying wherever I traveled with my family. Before North Carolina, I'd flown Piper's over Gulf Shores, Alabama, and gliders over Lake Tahoe, California. Being a...

Airport Review: Dare County Regional Airport, NC (KMQI)

Swayne Martin
September 11, 2013
Airport Review, Trips
As a part of my summer this year, I began taking flight lessons everywhere I travelled with my family. This allowed me to experience new planes, in new areas, with new instructors. Learning how to adapt to...

Airport Review: Soar Truckee at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport, CA (KTRK)

Swayne Martin
August 19, 2013
Airport Review, Trips
1 Comment
Two weeks ago, I was spending another family vacation in Lake Tahoe, California. It was my 5th time out West to Lake Tahoe for a summer vacation, but the 1st time I had done it as a newly minted pilot. If...

Airport Review: Dauphin Island Airport, Alabama (4R9)

Swayne Martin
July 22, 2013
Airport Review, Trips
6 Comments
A few weeks ago, I took a lesson in Gulf Shores, Alabama flying a Piper PA-28 Warrior. I flew out of Jack Edwards Airport (JKA, Gulf Air Center) with my instructor, Rod Kellogg, mom, and brother. You can find...

Airport Review: Jack Edwards Airport, Gulf Shores, Alabama (JKA)

Swayne Martin
July 18, 2013
Airport Review, Trips
2 Comments
Every two years, 50+ members of my family meet at Martinique on the Gulf, in Gulf Shores Alabama, for a family reunion and a 4th of July celebration. Since I just recently became a student pilot, I decided...

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