Pandora Parrot @pandora_parrot@beach.city

A shot of our camp #aviation

This picture of a bunch of geysers in West Yellowstone as I was banking left a bit. #aviation

I’m nervous about going to the high Sierra fly in on Thursday, but I’m also excited. It’ll be my first fly in! #aviation

I didn't know this, but today is Air Traffic Controller's Day. https://twitter.com/AOPA/status/1182008034899443715

So... happy day? Think about your air traffic controller today? #aviation

Last night, I did 4 takeoffs and landings at night so I'd return to being night current. My landings were all really soft and gentle. However, they were all also pretty long. I should really work on my short field landings again. I've been focusing on landing soft and not short lately. #aviation

I have returned to being night current. #aviation

It boggles that I've flown 193 hours in my own plane already... #aviation

Off to Reno to retrieve my plane with @pilot_zd ! #aviation

I've had my first two true diversions on this past #aviation #vacation trip to Yellowstone. The first was flying into West Yellowstone... We had to turn around and wait in Idaho Falls for the weather there to clear enough for us to get in. The second was flying back home. Had to landin Winnemucca due to turbulence and high winds over the Sierras.

I also got to experience de-iceing my plane... When we arrived in West Yellowstone to fly out, my plane was covered in ice.

Hellooooo friends! I'm back from Yellowstone! My plane is stuck in Reno for the week, but I made it back, safely! I'll write up the story and share pictures, but for now, here's a photo of Old Faithful from the sky! #aviation

Two #aviation related things that were a bit hairy this weekend.

1) On takeoff out of Lake Tahoe, we nearly had a bird strike. I legitimately do not fully understand how we avoided it. The bird was right in front of my propellor, and then slipped up and over our plane at the last moment.

2) I got to experience an INCREDIBLE updraft out of Reno. Like over 2000 ft./min. The sheer power shoving us upward at over 25 mph. I don't know precisely how fast it was because my gauge stops at 2000

As an #aviation geek, https://www.flightradar24.com is so cool

Now that the instructor that taught me to fly my PA-32-300 is on here, I'm noticing there's a lot of really great #aviation related folks here on mastodon!

I really don't like the MZeroA guy. He's got good content, but the guy reminds me of like a car salesman. Case in point: Good info in this video, but the guy annoys me in his presentation of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr5f_jBFXZc

#aviation.

Another amazing flight to Tahoe with @Critter and @coda #aviation

Did a little practice flight today. I’m pretty sure another pilot in the pattern was a trans woman student or teacher. One of them complimented my soft field takeoff technique and that made me super happy!

As I flew off, I was seriously thinking of saying “Piper Cherokee departing the pattern says trans rights!”

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I recently had an aviation adventure helping @Norintha move across the country.

https://write.beach.city/pandora-parrot/pandora-moving-services-part-1

I posted about it previously, but just posting once last time in case you missed it!

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My aviation story is finally complete! You can enjoy the entire thing now!

Here's part 5: https://write.beach.city/pandora-parrot/pandora-moving-services-part-5-the-conclusion

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I'm really enjoying writing up my #aviation stories from this adventure.

Here's part 2!

https://write.beach.city/pandora-parrot/pandora-moving-services-part-2

This is the part where having @coda as an autopilot really came in handy. I don't think I made all the right decisions here, but I made a lot of good ones, I think, and I was in constant contact with ATC, Flight Service, and ADS-B data services.

#aviation