Flying was deep rooted in my family. Growing up my family owned a Piper Tri-Pacer, and my uncle trained pilots in P-38 Lightning’s during World War II. I had steady access to the Tri-Pacer, and I enjoyed learning to fly in it. I took lessons during summer breaks from college at the University of Illinois. [...]
On Saturday July 16th Chapter 932 had a flyout scheduled to Washington Island, WI. We planned to attend the Lion’s Club annual fish boil. George and Wendy Richardson were the only chapter members that made the event because they left Galt a day early. Due to low IFR conditions across southern and central Wisconsin [...]
Ed Moricoli Scholarship Update: About G’dang Time!! Grass Roots Galt Edition by JT Thuma In 2018, I received the Ed Moricoli Flight Training Scholarship. I was pumped. I started doing ground school with Justin Cleland and flying with Josh at JB. We flew throughout the spring and summer and by the end of [...]
Meet Mike Land I’ve been involved to some small extent in aviation ever since my father bought me a ride in a Cessna 172 as a child, while on vacation in Missouri. The air, the view, and the feeling of freedom had quite an impression on a young eagle (1970s, long before there [...]
Every now and then some very unique airplanes visit us here at Galt Airport. On Saturday, April 17, I was hanging out in the Galt FBO, and noticed a plain white Cessna 206 pull up to the gas pump. What caught my eye about this airplane was not only its all-white paint job, [...]
Enter the Numbut by Jerry Thomas With the pandemic on the wane, more and more pilots are getting back to flying. It hasn’t gone unnoticed in the business world that many pilots have gotten rusty in ways that have little to do with their flight skills. Apparently, most of us haven’t gotten any [...]
Expedited Takeoffs Now Available The expectation that things will get back to normal sooner than later has prompted concerns in management that hordes of pilots will soon demand to take to Greenwood’s skies. With that in mind, the airport searched for ways to keep the runways clear for takeoffs. The maintenance crew accepted [...]
Cogitations from the Editor Checklists Mayday…Mayday…Mayday! We were at 2,800 MSL over southern Wisconsin when my passenger had a heart attack. I never felt more useless. My only thought was to get the C172 on the ground. The nearest airport was several long minutes away, but we had just [...]
Several quotes surfaced last week that struck me as interesting. All involved fly-by-wire control systems. Great, a theme! (Newsletter editors quickly learn to never look a gift horse in the tailpipe.) I should note that none of the quotes apply to the kind of aircraft we typically see around Galt Airport. [...]
From July 22 to July 28, aviation enthusiasts from around the universe will, once again, make the pilgrimage to Oshkosh. If you’re simply heading there for one day to ogle the airplanes and watch an airshow (perfectly acceptable reasons) some of the following tips may still apply. If you’ve been making the trip [...]
