Jan 29, 2019
Flying drones is a hobby that so many have picked up in the last five years. It’s become so popular, that a lot of people are making a full-time living by piloting drones. Today on the podcast, we’re talking with a Maui resident who has an interesting background with droning. Daniel Fischter joins us on this episode...
Jan 22, 2019
How many of you have big dreams and aviation goals for 2019? Honestly, 2018 was a pretty discouraging year for us because we did not log any time until November. But here we are, a new year and a fresh start. We have big dreams and plans for the Fly Maui podcast and for our aviation journey. On today’s episode, we...
Jan 15, 2019
Part of the reason we started the Fly Maui podcast was to begin building an audio scrapbook in a digital format of our adventures and experiences for our family. One thing I wish I had was a recording of my pilot grandmother telling about her flight training, air races and involvement with the 99s. The only thing...
Jan 9, 2019
In early August, Hurricane Hector became a major, Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean. At its closest, Hector came within 200 miles south of Hawaii Island. NOAA dispatched an aircraft, a Gulfstream 4, from its hurricane hunting fleet to Hawaii to collect data for better forecasting the track of Hector. It’s...
Jan 2, 2019
There is typically a rollercoaster of emotions that a student pilot feels in the hours of training leading to the first solo. Like our son, Jonathan, you may have be fearful of being in a small aircraft. As you work through those fears, then it’s the exciting first hours when the aviation “bug bites.” You feel...