Our aerial correspondent continues to send daily posts about her adventure. Check in with Arty at her blog and SPOT her during the day. After flying south, she’ll soon turn east.
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On the wing again
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Breaking the fear barrier
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Arty has checked in with her account of Tuesday’s flight and a bunch of pictures! Click on the pictures to enlarge them. She’s currently near Woodland, CA [northwest of Sacramento].
Adventure on the wing
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009The spirit of adventure is still alive and well in America! What I’m feeling right now, must have been in years past similar to the excitement folks felt about the aviation exploits of Amelia Earhart. I get such a thrill from following the progress of Arty Trost as she continues her aerial odyssey from Sandy, OR to Lakeland, FL. I just finished reading Arty’s first post since she began her flight…again. She writes so well that you can practically feel the cold and see the drifting clouds and majestic mountains. I swear I can smell the coffee at the FBO’s she stopped at! Continue the flight with Arty by reading her latest post and watch her progress on SPOT. Fly safe, my friend!
Ultralight Adventurer crosses into California
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Arty Trost and her Maxair Drifter
Arty Trost is currently near Montague, CA – northwest of Mt. Shasta. I haven’t heard from her since Saturday, but she told me that she will post messages to her blog and reply to e-mail as weather, Internet connections and time allow. Bob Comperini posted a message for Arty on her blog today. I’ll post updates when I receive them.
Arty’s flight plan
Sunday, March 29th, 2009Arty Trost on the wing to Florida
Saturday, March 28th, 2009Arty flying the Oregon coast.
In my previous article “Arty’s 2009 Ultimate Ultralight Adventure” [7 February 2009] I announced my friend’s marathon flight from Sandy, Oregon, to Lakeland, Florida, and back. Check out her blog and SPOT for her latest news and location. Arty called me this morning and although back home today packing, she’ll drive back to her plane and resume the trip. Confused? Here’s why her flight plan changed:
“I think most, but perhaps not all of you know that I’m about to take off on a mega-flight in my Drifter, flying from Sandy Oregon to Sun n Fun, round trip. Randy Simpson, a good friend and Carrera pilot will be making the flight with me, and lots of other pilots are chiming in about joining us for part of the flight.
“We are scheduled to leave Sunday, March 30. I was in my hangar yesterday, (Thursday) getting packed, when another pilot stopped by and pointed out that the weather forecast was for rain starting Friday night and continuing non-stop until next Tuesday or Wednesday. That’s what I was afraid of when I first began planning this flight – not being able to get out of northwestern Oregon during March or even early April.
“I looked out at the perfect blue sky and thought: “Right now is great flying weather.” I’m a great believer in taking advantage of the moment. So I called Norm and asked: “Honey, could you skip your meeting tonight and drive down to Lebanon and pick me up?” When he asked what the heck I was talking about, I explained that if I left right away and flew south to Lebanon – about 70 miles – I’d be pretty much out of the forecast rain storms. Since I had a work commitment on Friday that I absolutely couldn’t walk away from, I figured that I’d leave the Drifter at the Lebanon State Airport, come home, work on Friday, and then he could drive me back to Lebanon on Sunday so I could get on with the flight. Norm, bless his heart, is used to my shenanigans. He said he’d meet me down there.
“So – I had a great flight yesterday. Lots of clouds but a high ceiling so not to worry. More than 20 miles visibility. Calm air. It’s really peaceful flying by myself, and I enjoyed loafing along at 50-55 mph.
“I decided to fly strictly by pilotage instead of using my GPS, just to brush up on my ability to follow a sectional. It was great fun, but not a real test since I’m so very familiar with the area. I also turned on my SPOT tracker so that when I got home I could look up my track during the flight. (It works perfectly! I’ve now got a link to my SPOT tracking on my blog.)
“The FBO owners at Lebanon are absolutely wonderful. They have the first-ever S-LSA Hornet, which they want to use for flight instruction. They live right there at the FBO and the entire FBO looks more like a home than a business office.
“So Norm met me in Lebanon, we came home, I worked today (Friday,) will use tomorrow to finish packing and do miscellaneous other things at home, and will begin the 2nd leg of my flight on Sunday!!!”
Have a safe flight, Arty!
Flying Wires for Kindle and . . . iPhone
Saturday, March 14th, 2009Flying Wires is now available for download to your Kindle, Kindle 2 or iPhone [also iPod Touch]. That’s right. After a February announcement about Amazon.com’s Kindle 2, the e-books available for the Kindle products are now available for the iPhone. Perhaps Amazon.com is responding to the demand for the popular e-book format to be available on other media players besides the Kindle and Kindle 2. In this struggling economy, companies often fall back to the “whatever sells” game plan. For Kindle and Kindle for iPhone owners, take a sneak peak at Flying Wires. [See link for "Try it free."] Don’t have a Kindle or iPhone? Click here to see a sample from one of the chapters.
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Spreading the Word
Thursday, March 12th, 2009My novel, Flying Wires, is mentioned in this week’s issue of the Howard County Times and Laurel Leader newspapers. In his column, John Hayes highlights the books published by four members of the Savage Writers’ Circle. The writers meet at the Savage, Maryland library on the second Monday of each month. John – also an accomplished writer – has had poems published and a couple of his plays performed. Read about these five writers’ accomplishments here.
Flying Wires in Kindle
Sunday, March 8th, 2009Great news! Within 12 to 72 hours from the date/time stamp on this post, Flying Wires will be available at Amazon.com in Kindle format. We’re extremely happy about the latest release of this exciting novel! Please visit Amazon.com and order your copy.
The [non] Paper Chase
Friday, February 27th, 2009Today, when we applied for the Amazon e-book agreement, Chrysalis Publications, LLC put the wheels in motion for adding Flying Wires to the Kindle format. Once the agreement is approved, we can take the next step in this process and as things progress, we’ll keep you posted. Flying Wires is still available in PDF format for immediate download at $4.50 until tomorrow. The price will increase on March 1.
