Almost a month has passed since I started studying using the Evionica CBT, and I have managed to almost complete three subjects. Almost because a bug in the CBT won’t let me finish the third one. I had initially made a plan I intended to follow every day, but flying and other activities got in the way half of the time. And some of the elements covered are simply so hard that I need some breaks in-between studying. But even though I am slightly behind the schedule I made for myself, I am happy with the progress.

Mørkt og fint vær, da passer det ypperlig med litt nattflyging! Dagens fartøy ble LN-GJP, siden passasjeren (tilfeldigvis instruktøren som lærte meg å fly den der) ikke hadde prøvd slikt i mørket før.

Helt siden det ble klart at familien skulle utvides har spørsmålet om når første flytur med oss alle tre skulle gjennomføres, og i dag ble dagen! Ikke dårlig å ha sin første flytur i småfly allerede før man er et halvt år gammel. Første flyturen ble riktig nok på et mye større fly for et par måneder siden, men dette var utvilsomt en milepæl for hele familien.

Sharing the joy of aviation with others are probably my favorite part of this wonderful activity. And I have for a while dreamt about being able to teach others to fly. I have talked about it with my wife, and my instructor, several times. And now I’m at the point where I have completed most of the prerequisites for the FI(A) training. I only need a little more than 4 hours of dual instrument, and then I have all of it.

I løpet av sommeren og høsten har jeg fått litt flere timer i motorseilflyet, og jeg har blitt mer komfortabel med å slå av motoren i lufta. Noe som er en litt uvanlig setning å skrive som motorflyger…

For å kunne fly VFR-natt med passasjerer må jeg ha en natt-landing i løpet av de siste 90 dagene, på korrekt klasse. Jeg har ikke fløyet VFR-natt siden jeg fullførte nattutsjekken i vår. Så jeg hadde behov for en landing i hvert fly, så jeg kunne bli current på både SEP og TMG. I dag var det fint vær, og jeg var allerede på flyplassen etter et par flyturer, så i dag passet det ypperlig å ta en natt-tur i hvert fly.

At the birthplace of Wilbur Wright you can walk around where Wilbur took his first steps. The house is open, and you can get a glimpse of how life was back then.

The Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation is a transportation museum, meaning you will find a bit more than aircraft here. But the majority of the exhibits are aviation related. There’s a little bit of everything here, from civil aviation to aviation in movies and experimental airplanes.

The Museum of Flight & Aerial Firefighting is as the name suggests focused around aerial firefighting, with most of the collection being located outside. The entrance is through the small museum building, which house the gift shop and a few exhibits with some cool artifacts.

The Museum of Mountain Flying is, as the name suggests, focused on mountain flying and aerial firefighting. The museum centerpiece is the old DC-3, Miss Montana - which you can go inside!

The Historic Flight Foundation is not like regular aviation museums - the airplanes here are airworthy and regularly used! You can even climb inside a couple of them.

The McAllister Museum of Aviation is not a big museum, but it still has a lot to offer. There are no big aircraft on display here, but there are a lot of artifacts and aviation history! And a couple experimental airplanes in the hangar that’s connected to the museum.

The Warkhawk Air Museum is located on the edge of Nampa Municipal Airport, and contains of a large hangar filled with aircraft and artifacts. The first part of the museum is full of various wartime artifacts, the second part has all the aircraft, and a small space themed exhibit.

Historic Wendover Airfield is both a museum and an active airport. The museum consists of two buildings, the old control tower, and the movie plane used in Con Air. You can also drive along the roads outside the museum and look at the remains of the old base.

The Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum is located in a former military base hangar, and has a large collection of aircraft and artifacts. When we visited there was a great variation, with everything from fictional movieplanes to military aircraft and gliders.