Embry-Riddle Flight Training, Aircraft Fleet, and Observation Flight Swayne Martin December 5, 2013 Student Pilot, Trips 3 Comments As you read in my previous article, College Decisions for a Student Pilot, there are so many ways to the "top of the mountain," in my case, a professional pilot career. One option is not necessarily better...
Day Two: My Embry-Riddle College Visit, Daytona Beach, Florida – The College of Aviation and Related Programs Swayne Martin November 13, 2013 Student Pilot, Trips 4 Comments As you read in my previous article, College Decisions for a Student Pilot, there are so many ways to the "top of the mountain," in my case, a professional pilot career. One option is not necessarily better...
Day One: My Embry-Riddle College Visit, Dayonta Beach, Florida – Surprising Things I Learned Swayne Martin November 4, 2013 Student Pilot, Trips 6 Comments As you read in my previous article, College Decisions for a Student Pilot, there are so many ways to the "top of the mountain," in my case, a professional pilot career. One option is not necessarily better...
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...
First Glider Lesson (with Soar Truckee, in Truckee / Lake Tahoe, CA) Swayne Martin August 11, 2013 Fun Flying, Student Pilot, Training, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video 13 Comments Lake Tahoe, California, is one of my favorite places in the entire United States. This trip was our 5th time out during the summer. I've been going since I was about 5 years old. Never having seen it from the...
Sunset Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopter’s Tour (AS-350 N834PA) Swayne Martin August 2, 2013 Fun Flying, Trips, Video 8 Comments Weeks before our trip out West, my mom told my brother and myself that while in Las Vegas, we would be going on an adventure with one of her friends who lives in Las Vegas. She said it was a secret and that...
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...
Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Flight with Joseph Olmstead Swayne Martin July 13, 2013 Fun Flying, Student Pilot, Training, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video 2 Comments A few weeks ago, I had the awesome opportunity to take a flight lesson in Gulf Shores, Alabama. I flew out of Jack Edwards Airport (JKA), with Rod Kellogg as my flight instructor. You can read about that...
Piper PA28 Flight Over Gulf Shores with Rod Kellogg Swayne Martin July 9, 2013 Fun Flying, Student Pilot, Training, Trips, Vacation Flying, Video 7 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...