First Day As An Airline Pilot Swayne Martin June 11, 2017 Mokulele Airlines, Pinned, Professional Experience, Video 10 Comments Mokulele Airlines runs itself in a very similar fashion to much larger Part 121 Airlines. After training, First Officers or Captains are assigned a training pilot to complete a few days of IOE, or "initial...
My First Commercial Pilot Job – Mokulele Airlines Swayne Martin April 15, 2017 Mokulele Airlines, Pinned, Professional Experience, Video 25 Comments I'm so excited to announce that I've accepted my first ever job as a commercial pilot. I'll be flying as a First Officer for Mokulele Airlines this summer all around the Hawaiian islands. Better yet, Rod and...
Passing My Commercial Checkride Swayne Martin July 18, 2016 Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Training, UND Aerospace 8 Comments To get ahead with flight courses at UND, I stayed for an accelerated semester during the first 6 weeks of summer this year. In 6 weeks, 30 of us in my class took AVIT 323 (aerodynamics), AVIT 324 (aircraft...
G44 Widgeon Ferry Flight (Part 2 – Wyoming To Canada) Swayne Martin October 11, 2015 Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Trips, Video Video highlights of flying around Canada (detailed Canadian Rockies article coming soon): https://youtu.be/MhUnTGnL0iQ As you read about in Part 1, flying low and slow across the midwest was a pretty...
G44 Widgeon Ferry Flight (Part 1 – Florida to Wyoming) Swayne Martin August 14, 2015 Flight Report, Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Trips, Video 4 Comments My good friend Rod Kellogg invited me to join him on one of the most adventurous, fun, and eye-opening trips I've ever been on ... A low-level ferry flight in a 1943 Grumman Widgeon from Gulf Shores, Alabama...
King Air Adventure Flight – Alabama to Nicaragua Swayne Martin July 2, 2015 Flight Report, Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video 5 Comments As you may know, I was extremely fortunate to be invited to fly alongside Rod Kellogg down to Managua, Nicaragua from Gulf Shores, Alabama in the Shrimp Basket’s private King Air F90 (N931SB). I didn’t...
First King Air Flight Training Swayne Martin March 21, 2015 Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Training, Video 2 Comments The end of my Christmas aviation trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama with Haley Howard and Rod Kellogg was about to end - I only had one full day left. I was scheduled to leave from Pensacola, Florida on January 6th...
6 Hour Flights In The Scout – Panama City Banner Runs Swayne Martin February 3, 2015 Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Trips, Vacation Flying I was lucky to fly two banner towing runs from Gulf Shores, Alabama to Panama City, Florida while I visited the Gulf Coast over Christmas Break with Haley Howard and Rod Kellogg. While Haley and Rod traveled...
King Air F90 Flight To Jonesboro, AR (KJBR) Swayne Martin January 23, 2015 Flight Report, Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Training, Trips, Video After our short flight from Gulf Shores, Rod Kellogg and I met our passengers at the Innisfree Jet Center FBO in Pensacola, Florida. The Innisfree Jet Center is a unique FBO, complete with waiting rooms,...
Banner Towing With Haley Howard Swayne Martin January 17, 2015 Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Training, Trips, Vacation Flying 2 Comments It was only day one of my trip to Gulf Shores and I had already flown more than I normally do in an entire month. Upon arrival at Jack Edwards Airport (KJKA), Haley Howard took my up on a few banner runs in...
Martinair Charter Airline Internship – Nope, It’s Not My Family’s Airline! Swayne Martin November 12, 2014 Advice, Private Pilot, Professional Experience 4 Comments As a part of my school's Junior year internship program I was given the chance to serve as an intern at Martinair, a charter airline based out of the Richmond International Airport (UNRELATED to my last...
Life Of A Charter Pilot – A Full Learjet 35A Flight Swayne Martin September 18, 2014 Advice, Flight Report, Fun Flying, Private Pilot, Professional Experience, Trips 5 Comments I've always wondered as a professional pilot hopeful, "What's the life of a charter pilot like?" This summer, I had the opportunity through an internship at Martinair (a Part 91/135 airline - UNRELATED to my...
